Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 07, 2011
July 06, 2011
July 08, 2011
Transcript:
Here's looking at you! English poet Lord Byron (1788-1824) drink from a cup made from a skull found by his gardener! Rome, Istanbul, Jerusalem and many others all claim to be the city of seven hills! A 2000 pound hippo can out run a person in a short sprint!
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Dkram almost 13 years ago
He may have been running from a Hippo.
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Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
“Drink to Me Only…” – adaptation of a poem by Ben Jonson “To Celia”This one would be Drink of Me Only.
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Sometimes it’s amazing what a gardener can ‘produce’. It could have been a ‘head’ of lettuce or cabbage.
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
Not just anyone has the ability or the ‘skull’ to make a cup from it.
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
The person tails behind the hippo at first, but then the hippo’s speed tails off.
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
After awhile, the hippo’s speed isn’t worth ‘seven hills’ of beans, dkram!
Gellzey almost 13 years ago
No, he actually died while assisting the Greeks in their fight to gain their freedom from the Turkish Ottoman Empire, of a fever, as I recall.
Nighthawks Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Rome, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Paterson…..(New Jersey) …..Slooooowly, I turned….step by step….inch by inch……
spirit2002 almost 13 years ago
Poor Yorick…
asharali almost 13 years ago
Now Lord Byron has an opportunity to learn how it feels to be a cup.What goes around comes around!
oldpine52 almost 13 years ago
Tell that to the many people who have been bitten by hippos.
Trainwreck_1 almost 13 years ago
In many rivers in Africa hippos kill more people the crocodilies.As for how fast they can run… Well the same can be said about crocodilies that is they too can out run a person in a short sprint.
Trainwreck_1 almost 13 years ago
… I know I shouldn’t but O’well Sir Lord Byron, Here’s mudd in the eye of your eye!
TheHillsHaveDerp over 12 years ago
I thought it was TB…