Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 21, 2019

On the other hand, James Cheeseburger only lived to be 74, but he enjoyed it a lot more.

That assertion about the cat is pure conjecture.

Robert must be like Mary Poppins (just a spoonful of petroleum jelly makes the medicine go down in the most PECULIAR way)

Ah! So thaaaaat’s how one win’s a cat’s affection! Bring home a bunch of dead animals all of the time!

Well, my cats never brought me a present, so I guess I’ve got great hunting skills.

What a waste of real chocolate. They could’ve made a lot of poor kids happy, but nooooo.

It was the original movie — and far better version — that established the Wonka brand….

How do we know that if he had not eaten petroleum jelly, he would have lived to 104?

Sorry Mr. Chesebrough, that ones tough to swallow.

Gallup ran a poll online for cats and found out the real reason…

He would have lived longer but got too close to the candles on his birthday cake.

Leave it to a cat to turn a gift into an insult.

When my cat catches something he avoids me. I guess he is afraid I will eat his mouse or rat.

My mother lived to be 95 & she didn’t eat patroleum jelly. So what is one year?

I’m pretty sure there is actual Wonka chocolate, is it a sub-brand of Nestle or did they not support the movie about their own stuff?

It’s only fair, I almost always share my kill with them!

I hope no one tries the petroleum jelly claim. It seems to me that this water proof item would coat intestines and interfere with the digestive process. Sounds bad to me.

Not only did Robert Chesebrough claim health benefits, he also established several bathroom speed records.

Too bad that dude ate so much petroleum jelly, he probably would have lived to 106 if he hadn’t eaten that crap.

I would not want to spoon with Mr. Cheesy Brow.

Robert Chesebrough apparently went to extremes to sell his product.

According to Wikipedia: "Chesebrough traveled around New York demonstrating the product to encourage sales by burning his skin with acid or an open flame, then spreading the ointment on his injuries and showing his past injuries healed, he claimed, by his miracle product. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_jelly

There was tremendous difficulty in burying poor Robert; he kept sliding out of the coffin…

Our cat loved to gift us with dead birds, chipmonks and rabbits. See if you can find him here https://www.wkrp.org/jeff/Find%20The%20Cat.html

Mr. Chesebrough, I see, slipped through death’s touch for many a year

Chesebrough may jave lived that many years in spite of this strange dietary habit, not necessarily because of it.

A single case of something happening proves that the thing happened once. And more often than not, cause/effect are not only not proved, they aren’t even evidenced.

Mr. Chesebrough also coined the phrase: “Never trust a fart.” He learned this the hard way.

My grandma lived to be 96 and she drank a glass of sherry every night before bed.

96. I don’t want to live that long so, Yay bacon!