Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 22, 2015
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At McGuire's Irish Pub in Pensacola, FL, the ceiling and walls are covered with over a million dollars in bills! To show how advanced primitive tools actually were, in 1983 archaeologist Dr. Adrien Hannus underwent major surgery performed with stone blades instead of steel scalpels. Holy carp! At Teller Lake in Boulder, CO, domestic goldfish have taken over- multiplying by the thousands.
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
A blade made of obsidian can be sharper than a razor.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
I wonder how did the doctor do with that that kind of surgery. Did he survive?
charliefarmrhere over 9 years ago
Living in the Pensacola, FL area, I have been a number of times to McGuires. It is true. I believe from what I observed, they are all one dollar bills, which make the walls & ceilings look like they are covered with a green shag carpeting at first glance. One of those stapled to the wall is mine, & most if not all have a name & date on them with marker pen they make available, along with a stapler. Being a big fire hazard, they have extra insurance & a good fire suppression system. Believe it or not, I was told by a waiter, that they have to do a yearly guess count on how many bills are added each year, as they are considered income, & taxes have to be paid on the guessed amount. They also have a lot of surveillance cameras, & a few times have caught patrons try to steal some of the bills from the walls. I am not sure how they guess the new amount, but maybe they count a square foot of bills & average it out. The tradition started years ago by patrons wanting to leave a remembrance of their visit.
Bilan over 9 years ago
There’s goldfish in them thar hills!
Space_cat over 9 years ago
The maximum thinness of an obsidian blade edge is one molecule!Far thinner than the finest surgical steel..
Peam Premium Member over 9 years ago
Obsidian’s no good for cutting hair though.
Simon_Jester over 9 years ago
We had the same thing happen in two lakes in Oregon, Mann and Chickahominy. The goldfish got so thick in Mann, you could see their color from the air, It completely destroyed the trout population in both lakes and they had to be poisoned out and restocked. …at taxpayer expense.
This isn’t funny
AliCom over 9 years ago
Hope the Pub has enough fire insurance.
corpcasselbury over 9 years ago
And another invasive species, the Asian carp, is wreaking havoc on the eco-system of the Mississippi River.
Makapo over 9 years ago
I can think of at least one reservoir and few streams here in Utah with the goldfish problem.
charliefarmrhere over 9 years ago
@Tarred—-I think that I read this past year that Molly passed away, in a story by the Pensacola News Journal, that also mentioned your version. I am not sure, but I think they originally had a different location. You might be able to look up the story in the PNJ archives.
charliefarmrhere over 9 years ago
@Tarred—-Yes, Molly passed away last year at age 77. Here is a link to her & the McGuires history:
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/pensacola/2014/08/18/pensacola-pub-mourns-loss-molly-martin/14232399/