Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 01, 2013
December 31, 2012
January 02, 2013
Transcript:
In 1866, U.S. inventor Charles Hess won a patent for his bed that doubled as a piano! NEED WORK! Police in Orissa State, India, employed a fleet of 1,400 carrier pigeons until 2005, when they were made redundant by email and cell phones! Edna Geisler, of Detroit, Mich., is afraid to leave her home because of an aggressive 25lb. turkey that is stalking her!
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Kali39 over 11 years ago
Dinsdale!
DoubleM over 11 years ago
That turkey one is hilarious
Aussie Down Under over 11 years ago
With America’s gun laws, why doesn’t Edna buy an AK47 assault rifle and solve her problem and the problem of what’s for dinner?
Captain Colorado over 11 years ago
Hey, Turkey! Don’t bring none, won’t be none!
fixer1967 over 11 years ago
Th one about pigeons is surprising. From what it says they were still in use until 2005. I would have thought that they would have be out dated by the radio and telephone (land-line) long ago like back in the 70’s.
CHAZ.SHIELDS over 11 years ago
Actually there is enough gunfire in Detroit so that the turkey will probably not last long anyway.
darkman12 over 11 years ago
right!!!!!
Mostly Water Premium Member over 11 years ago
Hey Edna, this is a civilized country and we have laws. Get a restraining order.
da11a5 over 11 years ago
in that drawing…..who stalking Who!?
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
Present tense? Even after this made the news, nobody got the turkey out of the way?
Puddleglum2 over 11 years ago
If Hess plays the piano before retiring for the night, he gets too keyed up to go to sleep!