Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 17, 2016
Transcript:
When Barbara Thorpe died in 2002, she left most of her fortune to the stray cats of Dixfield, Maine! Thank you, Barbara! The first book published by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was a guide to rearing, mating and managing chickens. Center Parcs Sherwood Forest in Rufford, Newark, UK, holds the record for the tallest stack of pancakes- piling 213 pancakes 3 ft 4 in high!
dianajurdan over 8 years ago
I enjoy my Comics Page daily. However, they are no longer on a page, I have to click each one to enjoy it. I paid my fee
dianajurdan over 8 years ago
I really git a kick out of “Peanuts Begins”’. The artwork is almost primitive and the characters are much younger
Templo S.U.D. over 8 years ago
Mr. Baum’s first initial stood for Lyman (like “Garfield” dog Odie’s original owner) which he despised even though it was an uncle’s name. Would 213 pancakes take one whole standard-sized bottle of maple syrup? If most of Ms. Thorpe’s fortune went to stray cats, who got the rest?
comixbomix over 8 years ago
That only proves there’s a limit to how many pancakes you can stand to stack before you give in and start eating them…
therese_callahan2002 over 8 years ago
Crazy cat lady! Or a real life version of “The Aristocats.”
Pedmar Premium Member over 8 years ago
That one about Baum reminded me of an anecdote an English professor told us in college. Story goes that the Queen loved Alice in Wonderland so much that she told Lewis Carroll to send her a copy of his next book. He did. It was a math textbook.
benbrilling over 8 years ago
Why does this Ripley surrogate so often leave out very significant details. Like how much money was in Barbara’s “fortune”? $132? $4.95? $23,000?
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 8 years ago
In particular, it was a book about the Hamburg breed of chickens.