Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 30, 2015

How fortunate for the colonist prisioners. How unfortunate for Codell.

Ah, lobster. One of the refuse collectors of the sea.

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!

Lobster was originally considered junk food only fit for the poor. Skirtsteak was the same when I was growing up , now super expensive

BUT no BUTTER! Oh the pain! It was probably overcooked too.

“You want fires with your lobster roll?”

Lobster? Just a big roach!

Alexikaka rides again…

According to Mother Jones, in the 1850s lobster salad was cheaper in restaurants than chicken salad, and 3-6 pound lobsters were common.

The worst part of feeding it to the prisoners is they didn’t give them a nut-cracker to open the claws.

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.

Mmmmmmm, there’s nothing like Maine lobster! I don’t like the lobster in California or Mexico.

I have a recommendation for the townsfolk of Codell: MOVE!

A common comment made in Codell: “This town sucks!”