Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 14, 2021

Flary Managan One time I was standing 10 feet tall.

May the Lord be with you.

In which town of that Canadian province did that occurrence occur? Moose Jaw?

This joke is pretty stupid. Two pieces of string walk (walk?) into a bar. The bartender says, “Hey, we don’t serve strings here. Get out.” The strings go outside, feeling bereft, until one says “Hey, I have an idea.” He (it?) tells the other string to wrap tightly around him, and they both mess up their hair (hair??). And so, the strings walk back into the bar. The bartender looks at them. “Aren’t you those strings I just kicked out?” he asked. One of the strings replies “I’m a frayed not.”

That joystick looks like it’s for an Atari. I’m more impressed that they have one of those than I am by the joystick.

OK, I give up … is that some sort of coded message on the banner on the moose antlers?

Dartmouth is using a 9-foot joystick to teach university students? I guess the Ivy League isn’t what it used to be.

I am sure folks appreciate the walkway in Calgary in the winter.

It came in through the classroom window

Maybe it heared a female sing

But now it’s stuck and thumps and wanders

Why it has learned there not a thing

He was looking for a rabbit to pull out of his hat.

This is what they do at Dartmouth college? The students play?

When asked by his parents what had happened, Sylvia Fedoruk 3rd grader, Paulie McCartney told them “She came in through the bathroom window”.

The 15+ name probably comes from the length of the walkway system in kilometers, as 10 miles equals just over 16 km.

Methinks Mary could fine easier ways to have students work together.

Take care, may savant fool Ingrid “I Forgot The Problem But I Remember The Formula” Einstord be with you, and gesundheit.

The English Lit class was reading “Of Moose and Men” at the time.

I’m pretty sure Minneapolis compares at least equally with the skywalks in Calgary.

Walkway or no, I still avoid Calgary.

Calgary is certainly prepared for the future when today’s young people grow up having been raised on video games, computers, and Netflix and rarely setting foot outside.

HE CAME IN THROUGH the classroom window, he heard they gave away free prunes…

Do Calgarians allow jogging in the skywalk? Would holding a 10K run in the Skywalk break it?

I thought Bullwinkle went to Wossamotta U?

Moose go where Moose wanna go …

Calgary’s 15+ network (10 miles or 16 km) is all very nice, but the PATH system here in Toronto covers 30 km (or 18 miles) of shops and walkways etc. Largest underground shopping complex in the world, according to the Guinness World Records folks. You can walk the whole thing without stepping foot outdoors.

Using the Houston underground Tunnel system you can walk 6 miles without having to step outside

You can walk or cycle from one end of Milton Keynes to the other, along the cycleways, without ever touching a traffic road. The occasional Grand Canal but no roads…

And last as well as least, Des Moines, Iowa, has a skywalk of 4.2 miles, but even so it’s long enough for a good walk over your lunch break.

I’ll take Moose for $600, Ken.

Two Irishmen flew to Canada on a hunting trip. They chartered a small plane to take them into the Rockies for a week hunting moose.

They managed to bag 6. As they were loading the plane to return, the pilot said the plane could take only 4 moose.

The two lads objected strongly. “Last year we shot six. The pilot let us take them all and he had the same plane as yours.”.

Reluctantly, the pilot gave in and all six were loaded. The plane took off. However, while attempting to cross some mountains even on full power the little plane couldn’t possibly handle the load and went down.

Somehow, surrounded by the moose bodies, only Paddy and Mick survived the crash.

After climbing out of the wreckage, Paddy asked Mick, “Any idea where we are?”.

130 years ago (Dec 1891) Dr. James Naismith fastened peach baskets to the gym wall at Smithfield College to teach team work and a way to stay active in winter in New England. You may have heard of the game.