Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 09, 2020

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    eromlig  over 3 years ago

    Jason? Mockey Miuse??

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    jasonsnakelover  over 3 years ago

    Chinston Wurchill

    Not that these zebra striped patterns will do good at keeping moths and roaches away when you don’t have any. Then there’s anything that flies and stings.

    May the Lord be with you.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    I’ve heard Mortimer was the name of a childhood pet mouse of Walter. His wife Lillian suggested to name his internationally famous cartoon rodent Mickey instead (Mortimer was used for the love rival to Minnie).

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    wjones  over 3 years ago

    Mortimer was Charlies buddy. right Edgar.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    Even way back then the older generations were baffled by abbreviations. Or maybe that’s an acronym. Whatever. Believe it or not.

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    James Wolfenstein  over 3 years ago

    Which ones? the white ones or the black ones? If they really repel insects, why isn’t the zebra all that color?

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    Guybrush Threepwood  over 3 years ago

    “Mortimer” then would become the name of Mickey’s rival.

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    JDP_Huntington Beach  over 3 years ago

    But in Winston’s day, OMG stood for the “Old Man’s Gin” which, to Winston was sort of like worship, so Oh, My God…too.

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    Smokie  over 3 years ago

    Wasn’t he Steamboat Willie in the first cartoon?

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    KevinKoehler  over 3 years ago

    Was it “OMG”, or was it the full “Oh my god”?

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    Only because of “recorded” being the keyword. Abraham said it aloud in Hebrew.

    Once skinned, dried and stretched, the Zebra stripes can be used to swat flies.

    Mortimer was renamed ‘Mickey’.

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    sikeli  over 3 years ago

    It’s not that a zebra’s stripe REPEL insects, but the research shows that some flies become confused and have a hard time landing on them.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    Walt’s wife said no to Mortimer. Thus Mickey. Shame.

    Take care, may the fliggerflord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    Scott S  over 3 years ago

    I remember a character named Mickey Rat.

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    Buckeye67  over 3 years ago

    “M O R T I M E R M O U S E”, the Mouseketeers could never have spit that song out.

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    6turtle9  over 3 years ago

    Hmmmmm, I wonder if I wear black and white stripes it would keep mosquitoes away?

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    Craig Westlake  over 3 years ago

    Raid is rumored to be bringing out a line of zebra-striped outerwear for Summer…

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    WDD  over 3 years ago

    In the newspaper comics Morty and Ferdie were Mickey’s nephews.

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    pbr50138  over 3 years ago

    So…will wearing striped clothes repel insects?

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