Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 23, 2019

… which quickly led to the invention of the frowny face.

Well, the Portuguese word for “necktie” — which could be the root word — is “gravata.” (As a grabatologist myself, two of my favorite neckties in my closet are a skinny one and a square-ended one.)

A lot of kids drew happy faces, including myself when I was young and never got paid for it. I mean years back.

It’s also a well-known fact that after Psycho, Janet Leigh never took another shower. It was strictly tub baths.

Seems like they should be called grabatielogists.

And I thought Forest Gump invented the smiley face. lol

I hesitated about telling this story, but here it goes. I was eating a bag of M&M’s when I noticed a yellow M&M with a smiley face on it. I looked at the other M&Ms and no others had one. I actually contacted the Mars company to see if they were running some kind of contest; you know find the smiley face and win a vacation for two or some such thing. They said they weren’t. Later that day I read an article about the death of Harvey Ball.Hey, believe it or not.

I was a grabatologist for years. Finally gave it up. Still have the ties, though. Love the straight ones, no taper, square at the bottom. Never wear them, of course.

Gee, a flushing toilet in a movie and we all lived. What’s next a married couple sleeping in the same bed?

When I was a graphic artist I designed several logos for major companies but was paid peanuts.

A flushing toilet? Oh, the horror!!

To be fair, it’s an awfully simple design.

45$ – still much for such a simple task.

No, they are not known by that name. Probably nobody of us has ever heard about this word.

Was he Happy about that?…..

my teen-aged aunt and cousin took me to see ‘psycho’ when it opened….. I was 7

and those who wear excessively long ties and suffer from grabbyness are called “donald trump”…

I always thought a Grabatologist had something to do with women…