Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 25, 2012
March 24, 2012
March 26, 2012
Transcript:
Only one president of the United States of America has ever been elected independently of a political party- George Washington! Tommasino A Cat belonging to Italian millionaire Maria Assunta, inherited a fortune worth about $15 million when his owner died in 2011! The international distress signal- SOS- isn't an acronym and doesn't stand for anything! It was chosen because it is simple and is easily recognizable and Morse code.
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fireboy28 cfde16 about 12 years ago
I WAS TOLD IT WAS FOR ‘’ SAVE OR SHIP’’ OR SAME OLD -- .
Mr. Majestyk about 12 years ago
In the army it was “Sh*t On a Shingle.”
kakiman1078 about 12 years ago
My understanding is that it stands for “Save Our Ship”, at least that’s what I was told when I was in the Navy.
ransomdstone about 12 years ago
OK, Tommasino A. Cat was his(her?) name. What did the “A” stand for?
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
SOS …it could be Signal Of di’Stress’!
milano99 about 12 years ago
No, “S” is the only Morse character comprised of 3 dits, and “O” is the only character with 3 dahs (or dots and dashes).
i_am_the_jam about 12 years ago
George Washington also said that political parties were a bad idea. Too bad no one listened to him.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 12 years ago
heeeeere, kitty kitty kitty…..
johnrussco about 12 years ago
AMEN
Simon_Jester about 12 years ago
Yeah, but I heard her canary is contesting the will.
iced tea about 12 years ago
Too bad none of our presidents today have the humility George Washington had. When told he was going to be made king, he refused it, Then he said no at first at being made president. He was loyal to his country.
What does Thomassino A. Cat do with all the money he inherited. Does he spend it all one catnip?:-)
lee_hoyle about 12 years ago
SOS = Save Our Souls
Canuckguy about 12 years ago
Ok, the acronyms came after SOS was chosen. Save Our Souls is another.
celliejoe46 about 12 years ago
@ransome: it reads “tommasino – a cat belonging to…”, not “tommasino a. cat…”
Pygar about 12 years ago
Yeah. Imagine how much worse it would have been without a Republican spacing them out…
Simon_Jester about 12 years ago
Didn’t Leone Helmsley leave a big chunk of change to her dog when she kicked off?
Chuck Norton about 12 years ago
The wireless operators on the Titanic were among the first to transmitt SOS in an emergency. Only recently had it replaced CQD.
tuslog64 about 12 years ago
CQD and SOS both were used re some of the articles I’ve read on the Titanic. Some of the radio CW symbols are given letter groups to remember easier.Example: / is same as DN jammed togetherSign off is SK jammed together (SILENT KEY)What if CQD were still the distress signal? When an amateur is sending out a call for anyone to answer him, he sends out a CQ – followed by DE – followed by his call sign. Thus, the airwaves would be full of —CQD——
corpcasselbury about 12 years ago
Given that Obama had a supermajority of Democrats in both houses of Congress when he took office and still accomplished nothing shows that you are as big an idiot as Obama is.