Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 08, 2021

Hello, Ripsters! Before you read tonight’s offering, count slowly to ten. I think I’m going to need to get a head start out of here:

Ferdinand Feghoot (longtime Sci-Fi fen will recognize the name) was traveling through time and space, as was his wont, when he landed on a planet inhabited by big, furry creatures. Using his Acme translator, he was able to communicate with these beings, who, it turned out, referred to themselves as “Furries.”

Naturally, our hero wanted to meet with the leader of the Furries, so he eloquently said, “Take me to your leader.” They proceeded to take him into the presence of a gigantic Furry, who had what looked for all the world to be a hypodermic needle on its head.

“THIS is your leader?” Ferdinand asked, incredulously.

“Yes, indeed,” he was told. “That’s the Furry with the syringe on top.”

Wait, 5 miles isn’t that far for a human

One time I carried a queen piggyback 51 feet away from her home.

May the Lord be with you.

what’s quite a species of ant

I’m sure the queen ant just loves that. Getting evicted from her home and having to meet a whole bunch of strangers, who all want to sleep with her.

What is this so called “dark matter” and what are these invisible filaments made of? Does these scientists even has a clue or they is just doing it for the sake of publish more papers in journals?

In regards to Cases, such as prophet Adam and prophet Noah,,,,I beg to differ.

Dark matter is causing chaos among scientists. They don’t realize it might be the equivalent of an interstellar tax code that invades every habitable planet out there.

A queen’s life is never easy. Oh NO!! Not yet!! I have maternity leave left from the last batch.

Wonder how many living examples they were able to study to reach the 150 year end of warranty period?

Hmmm, sure kills the Methusela story

At some point they’ll come to realize what we’ve been calling “the universe” is just a large organism.

Take care, may renowned writer Rod Serlingord be with you, and gesundheit.

I remember THEM ants.

Ouch! You should begin running now but are encouraged to try again tomorrow. Thanks

in some areas, hillbilly ants are into inbreeding

Researchers be damned! I’m going to live forever or die trying.

Considering how no one (officially documented) has lived to 150 I wonder how that figured that out.

Said the spider to the fly.

The researchers are off. Yesterday I stubbed the same toe I injured while serving in the Union Army, and it’s fine today.

I’ve travelled much further than that to avoid inbreeding. But my sister is really ugly…

About 15 years ago, I was listening to a program about advancements in biology and medical research. Someone said “The first person to live to reach the age of 200 has already been born.”

I’d be more interested in how one discovers ‘“invisible threads.” Isn’t the definitin of invisible based on not being visible?

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Say no more, say no more.

SOMEthing is holding things together. It might as well be invisible filaments.

Frickin’ lazy Queen Bee should transport herself, instead of going through life like some insect version of Leona Helmsley!

Dark matter is Ungoliant’s web.

3 NOTS – for today. First reason – guesses. I can make guesses. You can make guesses. History is full of thousands of wrong guesses. Second – seems like the correlation between ants and humans is just a little bit off for inbreeding purposes. But then again, that’s just a guess. ROFLMBO

So-o-oo, how many over 150s did they study to make this assumption?…

Just pray that we never meet that dark matter spider…

Honestly the way the world is today i would dread immortality. And that’s just social (ha!) media, political nutters and those who want all rights but stuff responsibility

150 years is just another obstacle to over come.