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Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 02, 2013
Transcript:
Going solo! The Solowheel is a self stabilizing electric personal unicycle! Who's great idea was this??!!! In the 1850s, the United States Army imported Arabian camels with the idea of mounting cannons on their humps! President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) owned an amphibious car!
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 12 years ago
The camel driver the US army hired, Haidji Ali, is buried in Quartzsite, Arizona.
Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
That unicycle is a modern-day wheel from the “B.C.” comics.
billb181 almost 12 years ago
Have to be a bit older to get this one: “I’d shoot a mile with a Camel!”
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Dkram almost 12 years ago
I’d love to own a anphicar, but it’s not likely to happen.I would settle for WDUC called a duc..\\//_
jack fairbanks almost 12 years ago
elbee used to pick it up by the gills
belldee90 almost 12 years ago
When I was a girl, they were called “unicycles.” Yeh, I know these are different, but they sorta look the same, minus the bicycle seat.
Lazydoggs3 almost 12 years ago
they have those WW2 DUKW Duck Trucks running tours in San Fransico CA
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
Still better than the failed idea of bats with bombs.
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
The bat bomb worked very well – almost wiped out the military base it was being tested at!(SPCA wouldn’t approve it)
Mister Mean almost 12 years ago
seem to recall that LBJ use to use his limo to herd cattle on his range.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Modern amphibious cars cannot get certified to drive on public streets- Air Bags deploy at the first bump.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member almost 12 years ago
That camel jockey was buried in Quartzsite. I have seen the place.