Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 23, 2012
Transcript:
With a violent death occurring on average every 74 minutes, Honduras, population 8 million, has the highest murder rate in the world! Dawn McManus of Hartlepool, Durham, England, officially change her name to include the children involved in her favorite charity- her name is now 161 words long! Song Changjiang of Chengdu, Sichuan, China, won a BMW during an endurance competition by holding his hand against the side of the vehicle for 87 hours!
goalgo about 12 years ago
congratulations Song. Now, here is your property tax bill, Insurance bill, licence plate fee, drivers licence application and fee, veichcle inspection fee and dont forget to list the value of the car as income so you can pay the taxes on that.
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 12 years ago
Well, “Long” is easier to spell than “McManus”, but when it comes to first names, I prefer “Dawn” to “161.”
What?
KLepo about 12 years ago
he didnt even with the car, only the right to use it for 5 years. must have really hurt when he found out
Tog about 12 years ago
Terrine = terrible. %#?!€$ spellchecker.
daniel_bel about 12 years ago
@susan: I don’t think you got it right: it says there her name was changed to:Include-the-children-involved-in-her-favorite-charity.What I can’t read from the text, is if that is her first name, or if 161-word-long is…
Carl Rennhack Premium Member about 12 years ago
In a future book I want to see RBIoN publish a list of all 161 names!
Stephen Gilberg about 12 years ago
In the ‘90s, “Road Rules” had contestants on a beach press first one hand, then both, then a foot as well, and finally both hands and feet against an ice car. The pair of teammates who stayed on the longest won a real car. Those who lost mostly couldn’t feel that the ice had melted beneath them. Unsurprisingly, one of the second-place teammates (who got no prize) threw a tantrum.
Lazydoggs3 about 12 years ago
Dawn’s name must read like Santa’s Christmas list
StrangerCoug about 12 years ago
And I thought Mexico had it bad.
Puddleglum2 about 12 years ago
I suppose it is calculated that Honduras has the highest murder rate among countries.