Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 05, 2015
Transcript:
The large cumulonimbus clouds can be twice the height of Mount Everest. Zap chap! Carl Mize, a University of Oklahoma utility employee, miraculously survived six different lightning strikes! 165 million years ago, dinosaurs were plagued by giant flea like insects- ten times the size of modern fleas!
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
If I had a dog, I would have to get a few large, Costco-sized bottles of flea shampoo for those prehistoric pests. And, wow, what a lucky man Mr. Mize is.
Kali39 over 9 years ago
And Roy Sullivan survived seven lightning strikes. Beat you, Carl.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan
therese_callahan2002 over 9 years ago
“Fleas the size of rats, on rats the size of cats. This isn’t rock and roll. This is genocide—” David Bowie.
bmillard over 9 years ago
You beat me to it. So here is the world’s shortest poem, titled “Fleas” by Ogden Nash:
AdamHad ’em
goweeder over 9 years ago
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goweeder GoComics PRO Member said, 4 minutes ago
@Prof’s hubbie
“….And little fleas have lesser fleas,and so, ad infinitum.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cute! I love it. Did you make that up?
I made a little poem (not as good as yours, though):
‘Don’t worry about yesterday -It’s already gone.Don’t worry about tomorrow -You might not live that long.’
goweeder over 9 years ago
That guy in Oklahoma must really get a charge out of life!I wonder if he’s building up an immunity to electricity-??
Old Texan75 over 9 years ago
I should have pointed out that Prof’s hubbie didn’t claim to be the author. He just may have revealed his age, though.
benbrilling over 9 years ago
Carl should change his name to Rod.