Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 09, 2013
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Transcript:
The froghopper bug can leap 100 times its own link and accelerates faster than a ballistic missile! He is kinda busy right now! In 18th century Scotland, human toilets walked the streets with chamber pots and privacy cloaks- charging money for their use! At the 1821 coronation banquet of the noted gourmet British King George IV, he served 7442 lbs. of beef, 7133 lbs. of veal and 2474 lbs. of lamb.
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Space_cat almost 11 years ago
Talk about having a crappy job!
Templo S.U.D. almost 11 years ago
Put it all the together and you get 17,049 lbs. of meat at King Eddie’s dinner (1,217 stone).
Marv Walker almost 11 years ago
And the BugHopper Frog’s lazer tongue can flick it down.
Marv Walker almost 11 years ago
Smelled that comment coming…
Frogman_tg almost 11 years ago
That job stinks – literally.
e.groves almost 11 years ago
Monkey Ward catalog, for one.
Peam Premium Member almost 11 years ago
I’ve got a recipe somewhere for a ‘Texas Style BBQ’ that starts off ‘Take 3000lbs of prime beef, cut into 1lb cubes’…. etc.
Dkram almost 11 years ago
Sears & Roebuck catalog too. :-).\\//_
goweeder almost 11 years ago
“What about the vegetarians?”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~They needed toilets, too.
Squirrelchaser almost 11 years ago
What? No chicken?
boldyuma almost 11 years ago
18th century Scotland sounds just like 21st century San Francisco.
ABADABA almost 11 years ago
They used their left hand
loner34 almost 11 years ago
Those misguided folks didn’t come along until the last half of the 20th century.