Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 16, 2022

Before today I had never heard of the palmaris longus muscle. But I just verified that I do have it.

Some brown bears can use simple tools to scratch themselves, reach high places or even open closed containers.

As for berries, that category technically also includes tomatoes, pumpins, bananas, hot peppers and cucumbers. It does not include cherries, strawberries or blackberries.

This one’s right on point.

Designing bear-proof garbage cans is very hard.

There will always be a significant overlap between the smartest bears, and the dumbest people.

Authorities in Lake Tahoe are on the lookout for three bears that have collectively broken into more than 30 homes.

Current leads suggest that the bears’ location is somewhere in the goldilocks zone.

Pumpkins are also berries.

Discovering too late that a watermelon spiked with vodka had accidentally been served to a luncheon meeting of local ministers, the restaurant’s owner waited nervously for the clerics’ reaction.

“Quick, man,” he whispered to the waiter, “what did they say?”

“Nothing,” replied the waiter, “They were all too busy slipping the seeds into their pockets.”

For now.

I like that honey cough medicine commercial where a bear opens up a window and starts talking to a girl.

One is intelligent enough to tell humans only they can prevent wildfires.

I can relate. I think of my daily agenda during my workouts.

Poor bears given the current human population

Bears are not good at playing football.

Hallie Berry is a ……

And the one that flew over the mountain maxed the SAT.

Take care, may joyous New York City daydreaming taxi driver Phramlut “In Dhaka I Not Have Sandwich Like One I Soon Eat When Gridlock Begin” Khatunord be with you, and gesundheit.

Be sure to read today’s Rubes. It’s about bears.

…then tell Chicago about how smart are da 2-4 Bears in drafting Trubisky second overall in 2017….

i thought pumpkins were Gords

Are bears fruits? Or vegetables?

https://www.gocomics.com/rubes/2022/10/16?ct=v&cti=807021

Check for your Palmaris Longus muscle today!

I still have mine! Whew!

Re: the intelligence of bears. The Wiley bears are even smarter than that.

I believe that about bears. Especially after seeing a video of a bear opening a car door.

I wonder if @gent knows he is smart as a monkey.

May Lord Robert Manners be with you as he is with me.

Captain Lord Robert Manners (6 February 1758 – 23 April 1782) was an officer of the Royal Navy and nobleman,

https://foodanswers.org/are-watermelons-berries/

https://www.plantgardener.com/watermelon-berry/

There is a problem with designing bear-proof trash containers for campsites as there is an overlap in intelligence between the smartest bears and the dumbest campers.

Wow I eat and love watermelons!

If the seeds are outside of the pulp (strawberries, blueberries, etc.) They are not berries. Seeds inside the pulp (tomatoes, watermelon, etc.) are berries.

To me, watermelons aren’t worth 1¢. MAJOR YUCK!!!

STRAW is also a berry…