Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 28, 2013
June 27, 2013
June 29, 2013
Transcript:
A giraffe can go without water for longer than a camel! David Rees of New York runs a business hand sharpening pencils. Smoooooth! Farmer Jason Barber from Dorset, England, produces vodka from pure cow's milk!
Truth of the matter is that giraffes get a large amount of the water they need not by drinking it but from the moisture content of the leaves they consume.
I would sharpen hand pencils too. He is not dumb by no means. The dummies are the ones paying him $35 to sharpen a pencil. He must have a government contract …………………………………………………………http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/index.html
Templo S.U.D. over 11 years ago
Farmer Barber, you’re as equally weird as Japanese farmers who give beer to their wagyu cattle to tendlerise their beef.
jack fairbanks over 11 years ago
david, really… handling #2’s all day?
Kali39 over 11 years ago
Aren’t giraffes in the same family as camels anyway?
hawgowar over 11 years ago
@templo SUD: Those Japanese farmers get about a hundred dollars a pound for that beef. They’re pretty smart.
Red_Fez over 11 years ago
New Yorkers… too dumb for words.
alan.gurka over 11 years ago
That’s why I prefer mechanical pencils—no points to sharpen.
Dkram over 11 years ago
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jackdohany over 11 years ago
Who on earth would want to buy a hand-sharpened pencil?And more to the point… WHY?
gocomicsmember over 11 years ago
Truth of the matter is that giraffes get a large amount of the water they need not by drinking it but from the moisture content of the leaves they consume.
fixer1967 over 11 years ago
I would sharpen hand pencils too. He is not dumb by no means. The dummies are the ones paying him $35 to sharpen a pencil. He must have a government contract …………………………………………………………http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/index.html
captainofgondor over 11 years ago
Sounds like the perfect answer to a White Russian.
The Dude Abides.
Captain Colorado over 11 years ago
I don’t know what he charges for a sharpened pencil but I’m sure mechanical pencils are cheaper.