Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 07, 2013

The Jerusalem artichoke reminds me of glass snakes and horned toads: both of which are really lizards.

Oh, great! A movie that will take two years to watch an instantaneous event that will leave me two months old when it’s over.

If John’s an expert on mind reading he shouldn’t have to be reminded in a comics comments section.

Where did you get the picture of my mother-in-law?

the name comes from “jerasoli” (spelling may be off) which means something along the lines of “turns with the sun”. When the “Jerasoli” got to England, they decided that the Spaniards meant “Jerusalem” and they started calling it the “Jerusalem artichoke”. (information courtesy of David Attenborough’s Life Stories “Foreign Fare” where he spends ten minutes giving a history of food name that double- peppers, artichokes ect…)

Also, the sunchoke/Jerusalem artichoke is a totally different part of the plant than a true artichoke. an Artichoke is the flowerhead of a thistle while the sunchoke is a rhizome from the root of a specific variety of sunflower. (this bit I got from my boyfriend, the chef)

An interesting idea, if it’s feasible. And presuming that there is no way to interfere with or change history.

Sammy RE 2 days ago on quitting smoking.

Not everyone is addicted, for some it is just a habit. For them quitting is no problem.For example I used to drink alcohol a lot but was never addicted, quitting was easy.I will NEVER dis anyone for having a hard time with ANY addiction.

Maybe we can go back to the beginning and start over. Try to get it right this time.

I can read your mind.Let’s see…You’re thinking I can’t.

If light bends around black holes, maybe there is something out there that can bend it enough to boomerang back towards us. Then we will see everything that ever happened (including the commercials).