Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 01, 2020

Seen any orchestras that have serpent players?

It’s a good thing Michael Bay didn’t direct The Last Voyage.

Perhaps the Mickey gas mask would appeal enough to the Orange Reaper to actually get him to wear PPE.

The serpent was never played in my grade schools’ orchestras.

I hear making masks less scary to little kids is a prevailing thought behind many of the colorful masks companies are making for this pandemic.

Yeah, that mask is a lot less scary. (Sarcasm)

How do you play the scales on the serpent?

I’ve seen pictures of Britain during the war with babies in prams in a body suit of sorts to prevent gas poisoning.

As to the Mickey Mouse has mask, the first thing that came to mind when I saw it was, “Are you my mummy?”

The ship was long, but not THAT long as depicted in the drawing. That ship would have two different time zones.

Okay, children, as you can tell by these Mickey Mouse masks, there is nothing to be scared of. Just remember, the moment you hear the alarm siren go off, place these masks over your face immediately, or YOU WILL DIE A HORRIBLE AGONIZING DEATH!!! But the rest of you will look so cute!!

Okay, now open your books to page thirty-seven so we can begin today’s first lesson.

The serpent has been replaced by the contrabassoon in most performances.

And it sounds like a few hours after a can o’ beans.

Take care and gesundheit.

so what? good idea. At the time no one knew when the Japanese would be back for another visit. Especially when we had (at the time) nothing to stop them.