Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 04, 2021

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    eromlig  over 3 years ago

    A farmer has an old rooster who just wasn’t “pulling his weight with the hens” so to speak. So he buys a young, healthy cock and puts him in the barnyard. The old rooster approaches the younger one and says, “Listen, I know you’re here to replace me. You can probably service the hens much more quickly and efficiently than I can any more. But I have a proposition for you: let’s have a footrace to the other side of the barnyard. The winner will rule the roost. OK?”

    “Sure thing, Grandpa,” says the cocky newcomer.

    “Just one thing I ask you,” says the older rooster. “I’m old and infirm; you’re in your prime. So give me a ten yard head start, OK?”

    “Sounds fair to me,” says the youngster. So they take off toward the far end of the barnyard, the older rooster with the promised head start. The younger cock sped forward, quickly gaining the distance between them, getting closer, closer…

    And then BLAM! A shotgun goes off, and the younger rooster disappears in a cloud of feathers and chicken nuggets.

    The farmer sets his shotgun down and says to himself, Damn! Third gay rooster I’ve bought this week!

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    seeing a gecko like that will make you think it has gone radioactive or paranormal

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    monkeysky  over 3 years ago

    Aw, no pig facts today?

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    Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Web-Footed Gecko photo, video and article: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/behold-the-neon-glow-of-the-fluorescent-webfooted-gecko/

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    UmmeMoosa  over 3 years ago

    Now that is a remarkable professional graffiti.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Today’s strip was brought to you by H.P. Lovecraft.

    Ooh, them water tanks is creepy.

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    Gent  over 3 years ago

    Wait, what? Octopuses are mollusks? Like snails and slugs? Dang. I never knew.

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    Shirl Summ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    They have three water towers next to each other in my town labeled “hot”, “cold”, and “warm”.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    Oh those incorrigible Pratt boys.

    Take care, may yellow brick painter Dorothy Fifi Galemord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    George Washington Mollusk’s tongue was wood covered.

    The web footed geckos in Namib started glowing in the late 1940s.

    Pratt, Kansas city fathers declared it ‘Taste of Pratt’ and raked in the tourist bucks.

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    The Duke  over 3 years ago

    Eromlig and Steve are shipwrecked on a deserted island and decided to pass away the time by playing a guessing game with movie stars. Eromlig started the game off: " I am five foot five, long blond hair, passionate green eyes, a 40 inch bust measurement, 23 inch waist. I am sultry, and very appealing, with large luscious lips. Who am I?" “I don’t care who you are!” said Steve, “kiss me quick!”

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    Indianapolis Smith  over 3 years ago

    In a seemingly unrelated note, more “little green aliens” are spotted in the Namib desert on moonlit nights than all other deserts combined.

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    dwdl21  over 3 years ago

    Wonder if they ever found out who pulled the prank…lol

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    A radula would sure come in handy for eating BBQ ribs!

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    sbwertz  over 3 years ago

    I lived in Pratt when I was a kid and I remember those. I had completely forgotten about them until now.

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    stamps  over 3 years ago

    Should have painted “COFFEE” and “TEA”.

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    Scott S  over 3 years ago

    If your travels take you along I-85 through South Carolina don’t miss the Peachoid water tower by Gaffney.

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    The raptors in the Namid desert sure have an easy time searching for food.

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    ekke  over 3 years ago

    In the ’60s, Richmond CA had several oil tanks visible from what is now I-80. In that tank farm, one was painted pink with a red “Hot” label; another was painted pale blue with a dark blue “Cold” label. However, the tanks were petroleum tanks — but the joke was well received.

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    spaced man spliff  over 3 years ago

    Leapin’ Lizards !! Call Progressive Auto Insurance. We got a lizzie on LSD !!

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    trackfodder  over 3 years ago

    In Bartlesville OK our 3 are hot, WARM, and cold !

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    Craig Westlake  over 3 years ago

    Big deal; the ones at Chernobyl glow in the daylight…

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    Taracinablue  over 3 years ago

    I googled pictures of the gecko. Boring little pinkish-tan lizard by day, fluorescent like UV paint at night! God’s creation is amazing =)

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    pbr50138  over 3 years ago

    That’s pretty cool of the city to keep the words on the water tower.

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