Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 17, 2015
Transcript:
Les Stewart of Mudjimba, Australia, wrote out every number from one to one million in words- requiring seven typewriters, 1000 ink ribbons, 19,890 pages and 16 years and 7 months! Minor league catcher Dave Bresnahan carved a potato into the shape of a baseball to deceive a baserunner in 1987- it remains preserved in a specimen jar to this day! A group of parrots is called a pandemonium!
Templo S.U.D. about 9 years ago
What an accomplishment, Mr. Stewart.
spaced man spliff about 9 years ago
Someone needs to really get himself a life.
spaced man spliff about 9 years ago
A group of beers is called a six-pack.
SpaceBuckaroo about 9 years ago
16 Years, 7 months wasted. Now with a simple script, and a computer it would only take minutes. It might take a while to print it, but it wouldn’t take long to create.
TB73 about 9 years ago
If you are the leader of your band are you the Headcase??
therese_callahan2002 about 9 years ago
Why am I not surprised by the parrots’ group name?
goweeder about 9 years ago
I, for one, would think a better name for a group of parrots would be a ‘cacophony.’
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member about 9 years ago
For those curious why Mr. Stewart devoted so much time to this mundane task, “When asked why he has undertaken this time consuming and repetitious task, Les says that he has little else to do now that he has been classed as an invalid, and can no longer work. Besides that, Les enjoys typing and used to be a police typing instructor before his sickness which meant his withdrawal from the force. Typing an average three pages a day with one finger since April 1982, Les said his secret was to type for 20 minutes on the hour, every hour”
He began the task, "as therapy following an accident and serious illness. "
Read the rest here .
CeeJay about 9 years ago
When he was done, did Mr. Stewart then type it all backwards?
goweeder about 9 years ago
A little response to those who commented early on,about the unusual activity of Mr. Stewart:Now that you know more of his story, try to remember—
Judge not, lest thee be judged.
Or, as my neighbor says, “Don’t jump to concussions.”
goweeder about 9 years ago
Read the rest here .
brooklyn51 about 9 years ago
Who brings a potato to a baseball game??
comixbomix about 9 years ago
To paraphrase, “All the Les Stewarts of the world, laid end to end, would not reach a conclusion…”
kaboobs about 9 years ago
How STUPID was Les?
bookworm0812 about 9 years ago
Wow. Somebody was bored out of his skull to type all those numbers in words. And did you know that in doing that he did not touch the letter “A” until he typed “one thousand?”
benbrilling about 9 years ago
Mr. Stewart has obviously led a more productive life than the congressional republicans.
benbrilling about 9 years ago
Unless that’s a really sloppy illustration, that “baseball” looks more like an egg.
louieglutz about 9 years ago
where my daughter lived in burbank there was a group of feral parrots, she sent a video with sound. pandemonium is a huge understatement.
josietn about 9 years ago
To think the “a” button wasn’t pressed until he typed the word “thousand”.