Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 11, 2022

Before I get to tonight’s story, I wish to thank all of you who got in touch with the GoComics moderators to ask for stevesilver48’s reinstatement. As you can see, it worked, and The Silver Man is back in all his dubious glory…and to Himself, I say, Welcome back, Silver! (Wasn’t there a TV show like that?) And in honor of his ethnicity, I’m telling a (gasp!) joke involving a Jew tonight. Here goes…

Henry Ford was well-known for his anti-Semitic views, so when a Jewish man approached him with a plan to put air conditioning in automobiles, Ford hesitated. On the one hand, he saw the obvious advantages of cars with cool interiors, but on the other hand, he didn’t want to let a Jew have the glory of being the Father of Automobile Air Conditioning.

“Tell you what,” Ford said to the Jew. “I’ll buy your system and make you a wealthy man… on the condition you never tell a soul you had anything to do with it.”

“Agreed,” replied the Jew. And it was settled.

However, the Jew had a trick up his sleeve, and, though his own name appeared nowhere in any literature, or on the units themselves, he still managed to get his sons’ names worked into the mix. And now, to this day, every time we turn on our car’s AC, we choose from one of his three sons: Norm, Hi, and Max.

And also for Silver: eromlig. Out!

The driest air on Earth isn’t in the Sahara; it’s in Antarctica.

The French postal service checking on someone sounds like a good idea for other international postal services.

While the Sahara Desert and Death Valley have great reputations for being dry, The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth, other than the poles. It receives less than 1 mm of precipitation each year, and some areas haven’t seen a drop of rain in more than 500 years, i.e., there’s never been a single drop of rain in those places since record keeping began.The Atacama Desert is in Chile, and if my source article linked below doesn’t make you want to go there, nothing will.

https://www.sevencorners.com/blog/destinations/the-driest-desert-in-the-world#:~:text=The%20Atacama%20is%20the%20driest,in%20more%20than%20500%20years.

That French thing about checking up on people probably dates back to the light-headed era of the French Revolution.

A man from Maine is taking a hike one morning. The Sun is up, the sky is clear, it was all in all a beautiful day. The man checks his phone for the time, and when he looks up he immediately noticed a change in both humidity and temperture. To his left is a sign welcoming him to Orlando! He decides to call his friend.

Friend:“Hey, whats up?”

Man:“I’m not sure. All I know is that things went south really quick!”

For now.

Airplane cabin air is dry? How about airplane cabin food?

Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 use carbon fiber airframes which allow for a lower altitude cabin pressure (6000 feet rather than the standard 8000 feet) than most metal body aircraft, also increasing relative humidity from 20 to 25%. Additionally, the 787 cabin pressure is supplied by electric compressors rather than engine bleed air.

QE2 funeral drew 4.5 billion viewers globally. She planned for the Gospel to be preached to the world during her services, truly she was Defender of the Faith!!!

FIFA FO FUM I smell the sox of a Croatian guy kicking a ball around. .. wait, it’s the Frenchman.. hold on… oh it’s mine. Never mind. ~ Emily Litella

Take care, may slow but steady desert camel Nyak-Nyak “None Of Us Smoke Camels” Blurk-Blurk be with you, and gesundheit.

good idea France

The humidity in a plane I was on was so bad the mist coming from the cabin vents caused a fog in the plane. Couldn’t see past 3 or 4 rows. Eventually cleared up once the door was closed.

Just put a stamp on grandma’s forehead, and the postal service takes care of the rest.

An old man was walking in the Sahara desert with his donkey and reached a village. The people welcomed him with great hospitality, taking care of his donkey, and feeding him.

While having dinner, he was surprised to be offered camel milk, as it is of notoriously bad taste. He asked about it and was told that the village has been cursed with an everlasting drought, and that the people have resorted to saving any water they could find for crops.

“Truth be told, I am one of the wise.”, he said. “I know how to bring you rain. However, you must first bring me a wide bucket full of water, for I need some to bring more.”

The next morning, all of the villagers heard of his saying, and started collecting every drop of water they still had in reserve. In the end, there was barely enough to fill a bucket, but they gave it to the man.

He then took the water, and walked into his host’s house. There, he took off his dirty clothes, and started washing them. A curious villager saw him through the window, and alerted everyone around.

By the time the other villagers arrived, angry and shouting, it was too late. The old man was hanging his last piece of clothing to dry.

“Shame! Shame on you, old hag, for wasting our water when our children don’t have enough to drink!” said the chief.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the sky darkened as clouds gathered around the village. It rained for 7 days and 7 nights. People got their fill, and everyone’s reserves were overflowing.

The old man was treated as a guest of honor, and a hero, and the chief apologized profusely for ever doubting him.

Only when he was about to leave, had the villagers gathered the courage to ask about how he did it.“It’s simple” said the old man “It always rains when I hang my clothes out to dry”

Quite a build-up there, Charlie.

My uncle used to say you could tell he was a hard worker because his first job was as a lumberjack in the Sahara Forest.