Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 16, 2016
Transcript:
British furniture designer Gigi Barker devised a range of flesh colored leather sofas and chairs that look, feel and even smell like human skin! An elderly couple from Essex, England, regularly allowed their cat to sleep in a ceramic bowl- which was later discovered to date back to the Ming Dynasty of 15th-century China! Injured Viking warriors drank onion soup to determine the seriousness of their wounds- if onion could be smelled through the wounds, it meant they were fatal!
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
As ancestrally part Scandinavian that I am, first aid with onion seems pretty ludicrous.
Bilan about 8 years ago
Why bother with onion soup? If you can smell bile, you know it’s serious.
tom_wright about 8 years ago
A fitting place for a cat to nap.
Nighthawks Premium Member about 8 years ago
uh…FLESH colored?…..I would think that they come in different colors.
Crayola had problems with this with their ‘flesh colored’ crayon that was later changed to ‘peach’
joe piglet Premium Member about 8 years ago
I see our viking friend is wearing his Hermes helmet today. Must’ve run out of his other horned helmet.
Scott S about 8 years ago
Ed Gein would have loved those!
comixbomix about 8 years ago
I already have a couch that smells like human skin…perhaps I’m spending too much time there?
Chad Cheetah about 8 years ago
The couch smells like human skin, but the bowl smells like cat hair
chain gang charlie about 8 years ago
Do you keep the furniture clean with Saddle Soap or with Lifebouy B.O. … … …
Lagoulou about 8 years ago
In the 17th century, apparently, a good poultice to ward off infection in wounds was a poultice of honey and cooked onions…
Larry Zambrano Premium Member about 8 years ago
The first time I read about this was on Michael Crichton’s Eaters of the Dead a.k.a. The 13th Warrior.
Peam Premium Member about 8 years ago
Hope the furniture comes with a selection of appropriate deodorants.
Dean about 8 years ago
To avoid sticking to the couch, I use towels. Much easier to keep clean on a regular basis with all the other laundry.
Lagoulou about 8 years ago
Wings on a helmet were for the god Mercury, I think.
Petemejia77 about 8 years ago
I don’t like it when Vikings are close to death in my comics. :(
Masterius about 8 years ago
The correct term is “mortal”, not “fatal”. A fatal wound kills you immediately, while a mortal one is a wound that kills you, just not instantly.