Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 12, 2020

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    jasonsnakelover  over 3 years ago

    Walliam Wirren A shapeshifting bookshelf

    What did pirates do to improve their ability to hear?

    May the Lord be with you.

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    Caldonia  over 3 years ago

    That looks like the pirate from those old ads, I think it was an ad for a so-called art school and you were supposed to draw him. John Graziano might just get in!

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    JanBic Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Pirates wore gold earrings to pay for their funerals.

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    Tog  over 3 years ago

    A pirates earring pulled on their ear lobes thus also pulling their eyelids up. BTW, did you know that in Britain if you are and Earl and somehow get awarded an OBE, you turn into an Earlobe?

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    R.R.Bedford  over 3 years ago

    This End Up did the same thing with their computer cabinet unit. I intend to be put to rest in mine.

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    jpayne4040  over 3 years ago

    So the Swiss don’t like doing shift work?

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    jpsomebody  over 3 years ago

    That was how pirates carried their monocle when they weren’t using it.

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    J Short  over 3 years ago

    You bought the bookcase in the 80’s. 2020 rolls around, “Where the hell did I put those coffin instructions?”

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    Gent  over 3 years ago

    Some books are Worth Dying For, eh?

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    James Wolfenstein  over 3 years ago

    I thought the eye patch was for that… and now that I think of it… they wore makeup… lace underwear… yeah! sure! it’s to improve eyesight… :D

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    ricktaft46 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The earring showed that you had survived a shipwreck.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    One casket said to the other, “Is that you coughin’?”

    Take care and gesundheit.

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    Illegal flights?

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    watcheratthewell  over 3 years ago

    I’d heard that pirates wore gold earrings to pay for their burial should their plundering days end at the point of someone’s sword.

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    comixbomix  over 3 years ago

    So…books are dead?

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    djlactin  over 3 years ago

    Pirates wore a patch over their eye not because they were blind, but to keep it dark-adapted so they were not vulnerable when they went below deck.

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    IKEA has the same thing, it’s on SALE! And it comes with the authentic CDC manual for handling pandemics.

    The Swiss Air Defense is also their outer space agency. They previously announced traveling to the Sun, but at night so they wouldn’t burn up.

    Had their eyesight not been so bad those pirates would have read that it was nose rings that improve aim.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    The coffin looksLike something IKEA would make

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    stamps  over 3 years ago

    I’ll keep that in mind next time I plan to bomb Switzerland.

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    Buckeye67  over 3 years ago

    That coffin/bookcase is a great idea as long as the assembly instructions are not misplaced prior to death.

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    Ricky Bennett  over 3 years ago

    On the other hand, the majority of pirates complained about ringing in the ears…

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    craigwestlake  over 3 years ago

    It improves your eyesight by giving you a circle to aim at…

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    Gameguy49 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The plus of the coffin bookcase is that when you die and are shipped off in it, the library books it held for decades can be returned with no “fines” payable by you!

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