Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 12, 2016
Transcript:
Fresh! Alwyn Wils of the Netherlands incubated a box of 12 supermarket quail eggs and one hatched- he named it Albert. Ow! Bonk! Club Direct, a British insurance company, provides insurance protection from falling coconuts. Ella Ruby Ginn of Hastings, England, drinks 23 gallons of vinegar a year!
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Uh… why, Ms. Ginn, do you drink vinegar?
SpaceBuckaroo over 8 years ago
I have never seen a coconut insurance salesman.
therese_callahan2002 over 8 years ago
You’d think she’d drink gin instead of vinegar.
Bilan over 8 years ago
The best insurance is to not sit under a coconut tree.
Dean over 8 years ago
Must be hard on her teeth
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Falling coconuts kill 150 people a year, which is 15 times than shark deaths.
Dean over 8 years ago
I have heard that because in Europe since eggs go directly from the bird to the carton they do not need to be refrigerated, but in the US they need to be kept cool because of the washing and candling that removes the natural protection.
tadchem over 8 years ago
Ginn and vinegar – a VERY dry martini.
PMark over 8 years ago
23 gallons a year equals a cup a day.
aimlesscruzr over 8 years ago
If Club Direct is British, are they suggesting that those coconuts are migratory?
Simon_Jester over 8 years ago
And her cousin, Ruby Ella Vinegarr drinks 23 gallons of GIN every year.
linsonl over 8 years ago
I think I know some people who drink 23 gallons of beer every month.
Stephen Gilberg over 8 years ago
Albert, not Dan?
Jogger2 over 8 years ago
I heard frequent drinking of vinegar increased the chance of getting esophageal cancer.