Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 08, 2020

That’s going to be quite a driver’s license, passport, marriage license, school diploma, and — more importantly — a writer’s cramp of a signature for that British lad.

Thus endeth civilization.

Ripley’s Relieve it or Rot.

Well, now I know why my internet speeds are so dismal.

Who needs booze?

Now the kid needs to get some tats, nose rings, and other piercings to make him totally unemployable.

What with “wife” being a somewhat subjective term these days, I wonder if any same-gender teams compete in the wife carrying competitions.

“Pleased to meet you, Mr. Combined.”

So is that cash-by-weight award based on paper money or coinage? And in either case, which denominations of said bills or coins?

CFFTSSBWtH&tFC is not even a good acronym.

In Welsh his name is pronounced Charlie…

Is that really what civilization has come to, Adam Sandler video. Scary, very scary, but not surprising.

The North American Wife Carrying Championship is the only known race where it’s better to have an overweight spouse!

5 times the wife’s weight in cash sounds like a lot. Its probably all pennies

Depends on how you define ‘civilization’. Always remembering that the existence of ‘Adam Sandler movies’ may be taken as proof that ‘civilization’ has not yet started.

Why?

I should have won that contest, I’ve been carrying my wife for about 35 years now…

You sure he was 19 and not 9?

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/10/14/newark-couple-wins-north-american-wife-carrying-championship/3973174002/

Most of those heroes aren’t even particularly known for their speed, so it’s particularly stupid.