Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 15, 2019

And if I ever have a son, I think I’m going to call him… Bill or George, any dang thing but Sue!

Shel wrote most of the hits for Dr. Hook as well.

So what was the original title of Scary Movie?

This explains why you never hear an elephant sneaking up on you.

How can they tiptoe if they don’t have toes?

They nail it.

There was a real boy named Sue by the name of Sue K. Hicks. He was present at the Scopes Monkey Trial. The song was also inspired by Jean Shepherd of “A Christmas Story” fame.

Sel Shilverstein

I bet he doesn’t play that song in front of kids. I’ve heard it a few times, and it’s not very appropriate for kids like five years old or so. Maybe by the time they’re eight or ten, they’re used to profanity.

Do the elephants tiptoe through the tulips?

Take care and may God bless.

He also wrote the Unicorn song (sung by the Irish Rovers), many of the songs by Bobby Bare, and most of the songs by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.

Just like horses!

Shel used to draw cartoons for Playboy

How do they tip toe when their toes have no tip?

very carefully

In the mud and the blood and the beer.

I have tried many times to find that bar in Gatlinburg but it does not seem to exist. I think they must have paved the street of mud since the fight.

Walks in on tip toe, “My name is Sue, how do you do? Now you’re gonna die!”

Scream!!

My parents thought “a Boy named Sue” was wildly funny when my first girlfriend, back when we were both too young to be really serious would call and ask for “Sue” because se wasn’t old enough for her parents to allow her to call boys.

Here is a video of Johnny Cash and Shel Silverstein performing “A Boy Named Sue” together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmt7wo0Tnr8

Why do elephants paint their toenails red?

So they can hide in cherry trees.

Ever see an elephant in a cherry tree?

Hide pretty good don’t they.

Shel Silvertein was much more than a childresn’s author. Author, Poet, Cartoonist, Songwriter, Playwright………quite accomplished.

But do Elephants Tip Toe through the Tulips? :)

LOOK OUT SHEL! Gonna get stabbed in yer HEAD!

You know what that red stuff is between their toes?…….Slow hunters.

You mean Shelly Silverstone?

When Shel Silverstein died, I first learned that he wrote the Unicorn song. I didn’t know about any of his other songs; my thanks for the comments that have added to my knowledge of this wonderfully clever and funny man.

They tip toe so that they don’t wake up Mrs Elephant…