Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 30, 2015
September 29, 2015
October 01, 2015
Transcript:
1916 1917 1918 The town of Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on the same date, May 20, for three consecutive years! In 2015, Tama, the stationmaster cat of the Kishi train station in Japan since 2007, was enshrined as a goddess after her death. In colonial era America, prisoners were fed lobster!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
How fortunate for the colonist prisioners. How unfortunate for Codell.
johnt204 almost 9 years ago
Ah, lobster. One of the refuse collectors of the sea.
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 9 years ago
AND then there are the cats who think they’re goddesses (or gods) while they’re still alive!
They’re right, of course!
Yes, I am a cat-lover!
Totalloser Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Lobster was originally considered junk food only fit for the poor. Skirtsteak was the same when I was growing up , now super expensive
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 9 years ago
BUT no BUTTER! Oh the pain! It was probably overcooked too.
therese_callahan2002 almost 9 years ago
“You want fires with your lobster roll?”
Brown Leghorn almost 9 years ago
Lobster? Just a big roach!
ZorkArg almost 9 years ago
Alexikaka rides again…
hankgillette almost 9 years ago
According to Mother Jones, in the 1850s lobster salad was cheaper in restaurants than chicken salad, and 3-6 pound lobsters were common.
AliCom almost 9 years ago
The worst part of feeding it to the prisoners is they didn’t give them a nut-cracker to open the claws.
ssledge almost 9 years ago
When I was in Nova Scotia a few years back, our tour guide said that during the Depression lobster was so plentiful that often poor kids took lobster sandwiches to school and more affluent students got bologna. And I read about Orange County, Ca. during that same time period and a lady said basically the same thing. She said that her father just had to pick them off the rocks. So maybe the prisoners were just getting what was then a cheap meal.
flowergirl19 almost 9 years ago
Mmmmmmm, there’s nothing like Maine lobster! I don’t like the lobster in California or Mexico.
Angry Indeed Premium Member almost 9 years ago
I have a recommendation for the townsfolk of Codell: MOVE!
Angry Indeed Premium Member almost 9 years ago
A common comment made in Codell: “This town sucks!”