Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 05, 2021

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    eromlig  over 3 years ago

    Are introductions necessary? I doubt it. But if not…

    A young Jewish man is sitting on a park bench in Gorky Park, obviously studying from a book. A Muscovite policeman passing by asks him what he’s studying. “I’m learning Hebrew, Sir,” the man replies.“Baah! That’s a useless endeavor, Comrade. You must realize you’ll never be allowed to emigrate to Israel; you’ll die here in Russia someday.”

    “Then I’ll be able to converse with Abraham and Moses when I get to Heaven.”

    “And what makes you so sure you’ll go to Heaven? What if you wind up in Hell?”

    The young Jew shrugs his shoulders. “I already speak Russian.”

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    Nothing takes your mind off of hunger like a small orchestra driving by.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    Would the three-two-one baby be considered unlucky if his middle name had three letters (like Leo) because the total number of letters in his full name would be thirteen?

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    Grumpy Old Guy  over 3 years ago

    My son was married on 07/07/07 at 7:07…

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    Cool Hand Luke Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Forget the orchestra…..stand on the trailer handing out t-shirts that say “The floggings will continue until morale improves!”

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    dlasher  over 3 years ago

    It might be interesting if the orchestra played the 1812 Overture while the driver used the engine brake as a substitute for the cannon blasts.

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    pearlsbs  over 3 years ago

    Those Australian critters are very good at hiding.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    They should’ve named their son 3 21 Kerr. He’d have a lot of fun explaining that to his peers.

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    jbrobo Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Daughter was born on 9/13 at 9:13 pm our son was born In may at 9:13 am.

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    john666766  over 3 years ago

    Typical socialist solution.

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    FreyjaRN Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Australia has a lot of weirdness. Islands often do.

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    Lenavid  over 3 years ago

    I suppose we here in America can look forward to mobile orchestras after our collapse is complete.

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    Nala the Great  over 3 years ago

    3 to 1 odds the kid will grow up to be a gambler!

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    The Pro from Dover  over 3 years ago

    I hope 321’s middle name is Blastoff!

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    So that’s where all the animals are going.

    Take care, may boring track star Olga “Me ME MEEE” Soakthenetworkord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    It looks like Carter Kerr is also the first body-less child to be born and survive, which is a MUCH bigger deal. Why aren’t we talking about that?!?

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    “Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Kerr! You’ve given birth to a happy, healthy, one-and-a-half-pound bouncing baby head!”

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    flpmlp  over 3 years ago

    I’m glad that most of their reptiles are there, not here! Most of them are very poisonous!

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    euphinism  over 3 years ago

    It is an island continent, d’uh!

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    Saddenedby Premium Member over 3 years ago

    1 sad solution and 2 believes. amazing the animal life in the Australian area. I have a friend who visits often to that continent and has some amazing pictures of the animal life there. The marsupial aspect is a very different way of nurturing young to ‘birth’.

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    jamesbaird1572  over 3 years ago

    Nearly all of the animals native to Australia are not mammals, but are marsupials.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Well then – lets send a flatbed trailer with an orchestra to Chicago, NYC, Minnesota, Portland…

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    craigwestlake  over 3 years ago

    What a great idea. Imagine if we put an orchestra on a barge and floated it down river from town to town, somebody should get a Handel on it…

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    pbr50138  over 3 years ago

    And the Kerr’s room at the hospital was 321. Why not?

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    Tossle Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I’m happy to give away some of our snakes.

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