Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 29, 2023

Have any of you heard of Jerry and Marge Selbee, the Michigan couple who made millions for themselves and their friends after noticing a loophole in a state lottery?

There’s a recent movie about them. “Jerry and Marge Go Large”.

“When retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife go on an exciting, multimillion dollar winning spree with the goal of reviving their small Michigan town. However, when a selfish college student cheats the system, Jerry must find a way to make the game fair for all.”

Some might say Mars is still an impersonator but he’s certainly done well.

And no matter what they charge for their “food” now, it’s still worth 19 cents, max.

Take care, may renowned food cynic Gordon “So Your Goal Is To Stop All Humans From Ever Eating Again” Ransord be with you, and gesundheit.

I miss the Elvis-impersonating Bruno Mars. Who does he impersonate now?

I remember when tacos were 99 cents. I saw a Bruno eating one in his Elvis costume, that’s how long ago that was. He used to put on shows at Taco Bells across the land. You whipper-snappers are too young to remember that.

I’m a Pennsylvanian. I could use some of that Powerball money!

So does the Pennsylvania Power Ball factoid indicate that Pennsylvanians are luckier than the rest of the country, or that way more Power Ball tickets are sold in Pennsylvania than the rest of the country?

I worked for Taco Bell in the early 80s and the food was still cheap but not a big player in the fast food world yet. Then they noticed, when they’d offer their main items for under $1 on special “slow days” (Mother’s Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Easter), how well the things sold. So they re-priced everything and for a while it was the cheapest place to eat around. Now, they’ve gotten too big for their britches…

As I suspected, from his glaringly obvious absence from this comment section, Pickled Pete is now in time-out.

I haven’t been here awhile. Why did so many get put on timeout?

When Taco Bell first opened in 1962, every item was startlingly unauthentic – a standard they mostly still cling to today.

A McDonald’s burger was only $.15 at that time!

I remember early McD’s, 15 Cents each for a hamburger, french fries, and milkshake.

It’s not even worth reading here anymore. I think I’m out. Thanks moderators for putting everyone in time out. You made a once “fun comment reading fan”, become a now ..“I think I’ll just pass this one by”. You’ve ruined yourselves.

They built a Taco Bell in the heart of SF’s mission district. It was for people who wanted something sort of like Mexican food, only really gross instead.

One word to describe Tetris: classic.

The truly sad thing is the creator of Tetris never made any money off it. Once it got out of the USSR it was pirated alot.

Today $.16 would be $1.87, according to my inflation calculator.