Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 21, 2021

As a result of being stuck in the spin cycle, I missed the recent Parrot Cycle. Is it too late for the Classic? As I’ve said before, there are no new jokes, and even if you’ve heard this one before, you’re hearing it now at its most recent…

A retired man of the cloth buys a parrot from a retired sailor. “Don’t worry,” the sailor assures him. “This bird has been around some salty language, but he’s nearly always genteel.”

Well, the ex-preacher soon finds out that “nearly always” means “almost never,” and soon the bird is, well, cussing like a sailor.

“You stop that swearing, or I’ll do something drastic!” the reverend says.

“You wouldn’t ****ing dare!” replies the parrot.

“Either straighten up and speak right, or it’s the cooler for you!”

“Up yours!” the bird screams. So the retired minister takes the parrot to his kitchen freezer, opens the door, and tosses him in.

Five minutes pass, and the preacher decides to check up on his new avian acquisition. He opens the freezer door, and a very contrite parrot comes out. “I humbly apologize for my disgraceful behavior, Sir. And I promise you it won’t happen again.”

“You’re forgiven, of course,” the man replies.

“I have just one question,” the parrot says. “Please, Sir – what did the chicken say?”

One time I was 1,801 years old. One time I held 20,001 people.

May the Lord be with you.

Just to mess around, but shouldn’t that Indian zoo also have an escaped lion and bear along with that tiger?

Ironically, the Turkish gladiators and spectators hated figs.

I was wondering why the Nandankanan Zoo Map is showing me the “you are here” sign inside a Tiger!

I have a question: how long do canned goods last if the can is NOT dented or punctured?

Did they call it Flipper?

Looks like a bundt cake.

Not sure why closing a zoo that has an escaped tiger roaming the grounds is BION material.

And now the figs are ours! Victory! ~ Willie Wasp

Take care, may famed horticulturist Pigpen “Hey, Stuff Grows In Dirt” Stinkord be with you, and gesundheit.

Another yawner today.

I wonder if that Dolphin stopped off at Bourbon street for a couple of pints and some gumbo

What is the The Dunning-Kruger Effect called when the subject is humor, not intelligence?

Seeing that tiger coming at them would make most people evacuate and fill their pants without being told.

Those Romans loved their amphitheaters wherever they went.

All the blood that was shed in that amphitheater probably resulted in some very fertile soil. I’ll bet those figs are very tasty.

Was that park named by Nana Kuntunkununku II?

Now if they DID NOT evacuate the zoo, that would make a nice RBION story.

From around 300 C.E.- late Roman Empire…

https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-arena-discovered-in-turkey.html

Nice Doggy.

An amphitheater in ancient Turkey? Holding as many as 20,000 spectators? I wonder what the seating capacity of the Roman Coliseum originally was?