Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 13, 2021

Wayanna Illiams One time I went 31 years without cutting my nails, and they grew to 25 feet. I wonder how that girl dealt with hangnails.

May the Lord be with you.

It’s not clear in this drawing, but Williams’s nails were (are, in the museum) intricately decorated, which apparently took huge amounts of time and nail polish. For a self-proclaimed nail artist, having your nails permanently in a museum display must be pretty great.

Also, if you think lightning never strikes the same place twice, talk to the people who maintain the lightning rods of skyscrapers. The Empire State building gets struck about twice a month!

Lightning can strike the same place more than twice.

“The Empire State Building is struck by lightning about 20 to 25 times each year, on average, said Martin Uman, a lightning expert at the University of Florida in Gainesville.”

https://www.livescience.com/13704-empire-state-building-lightning-strike.html

It’s too bad Ayanna wasn’t a nail biter.

I knew a lady who worked at a Walmart who also had very long nails. She too decorated them. I always found her to be a very nice person. Her long nails were unusual, though.

I wonder how Ayanna took care of wiping? No job is complete until the paperwork is done.

I’ll bet Ayanna gave some awesome back scratches…..deep, too! Owwwwwwwwww

Who cleaned her butt?

I know it’s good to let wild animals live in the wild, but…Juliet seems lonely? That little heart suggests she has a crush on one of those zoo birds. It’s like Romeo and Juliet.

1: Disgusting 2: Sad 3: Who didn’t know that?

I once went 3 months without cutting my fingernails. I couldn’t properly wipe my ass:( My girlfriend at the time refused to do it. Worthless woman:(

Catatumbo river: Only twice? Pfffffff….

Could you imagine the angst if Ayanna broke a nail.

Juliet says: Pretty nice Ayanna. But can you hang upside down from a branch with those claws?

So basically, she did nothing for best part of a quarter century. That I can believe.

Recent news items shows lightning only has to hit at just the right moment to take out dozens of people. A second shot would would just add to the total.

So, they’re supporting a dating service for a bird? Hope they give him a little spa time between events.

And she kept her tushy clean with a friendly neighbor.

Take care, may Arnold Cohenord be with you, and gesundheit.

Obviously a psycho to have nails like that.

This is for you, Steve. The next night the same guy leaves the bar staggering and falls into his car and drives away. He’s all over the road and is pulled over by the same cop who walks up to the car, smells his breath and says “Sir you are in no condition to drive!” The guys says “well I’ll tell ya thish…I’m certainly in no condition ta walk!” I’m gonna walk away now…….if I can!

People who grow their nails like that would face SO many inconveniences— bathing, toileting, cooking, and eating, to name a few— that you have to wonder about what kinds of underlying motivations sustaining that choice.

I just want to know how these people growing fingernails so long, how do they wipe their butts??

Isn’t that Kramer’s former girlfriend “Olive” from the Seinfeld episode: The Pie?

How do people get so weird?

By golly, when she scratches your back you’ll really remember it…

I’ll bet Ayanna didn’t have a lot of dates.

Great! I finally have a reason to plan a trip to Orlando!

I’ll bet the muscles in her hands and arms were weak after that long of a time.