Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 24, 2011
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Transcript:
The village of Fudai, Japan, survived the March 11, 2011, tsunami relatively unscathed thanks to a $30 million, 51 foot tall floodgate and sea wall that took more than a decade to complete! Worth the weigh! Christopher Steele of Columbus, Ohio, USA, has collected 200 coin-operated antique scales- some of which are more than a century old! In November 2010 Andrew Linn was impaled through the mouth by a metal pole during a car crash- and survived!
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roscoedog55 about 13 years ago
Druggest had a very old scale. Took off 20 lbs. Mirror attached made you look thinner. Funny stuff. Like to see it again. Case iron behemoth.
StelBel almost 13 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! and to Mr. Linn, who has much to be thankful for this year.
jpsomebody almost 13 years ago
Andrew knows what it is like to be tube fed a high iron diet.
moe_the_cat almost 13 years ago
That one mechanical scale is of the most recognizable product icons in the world; Mr Peanut.He’s also the “Grand Marshal” at the local Peanut Festival every year with someone dressed up as Mr P.Yet recognizable as he is, I heard a local one year exclaim “Look! It’s a man in a peanut suit”
You had to be there
iced tea almost 13 years ago
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Enjoy your peanuts plus your turkey.
Koolfunkygrrl almost 13 years ago
are you thinking of the Oscar Meyer weiner song?? LOL…..too cute :)
tuslog64 almost 13 years ago
Expect more seawalls to be built. It pays to look ahead.