Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 09, 2019

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    pearlsbs  about 5 years ago

    Thomas Jefferson and John Adams passed away on the same independence day, July 4th, 1826. James Monroe passed away on July 4th, 1831.

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 5 years ago

    After his childhood leg surgery for osteomyelitis (then thought as typhoid), Joseph Smith, Jr. had a hirple. (So do salt-water crocodiles — whose habitats are salt-water wetlands — also lose salt through their tongues?)

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    Tossle Premium Member about 5 years ago

    But when they cry crocodile tears, they would be salty.

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    Radish the wordsmith  about 5 years ago

    He had to hirple

    because he broke his curple

    and his bruise was purple

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    eromlig  about 5 years ago

    Trappers stretch animal hides on a fur pull.

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    whahoppened  about 5 years ago

    Wha? “Purple Nerple” is not legit?

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Roses are red

    Violets are purple

    And sugar is sweet

    Just like maple syrple

    (Thank you, Roger Miller.)

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    1ecrae  about 5 years ago

    At first glance I saw the 3 Stooges.

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    mudleg  about 5 years ago

    Adams and Jefferson were friends, then enemies, then friends again. After their respective presidencies, from 1812 on, they struck up a long correspondence, exchanging 158 letters. Adams’s final words were simply, “Thomas Jefferson survives.” Unbeknownst to Adams, in Massachusetts, five hours earlier, Jefferson had passed away in Virginia.

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    drycurt  about 5 years ago

    How is limping not awkward? I’m going to replace limping with hirpling.

    Added comment. Spell check doesn’t recognize hirple as a word.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 5 years ago

    The Hurkle is a Happy Beast!

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 5 years ago

    What about burple, durple, furple, gurple, etc… zurple. Doesn’t say dictionary words.

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    comixbomix  about 5 years ago

    And what about maple slurple???

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    Sassy's Mom  about 5 years ago

    I had no idea that hirple and curple were actual words.

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    Gerard:D  about 5 years ago

    They declared their independence from life.

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    markhughw  about 5 years ago

    Schmurple

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    57BelAir  about 5 years ago

    Most people don’t seem to know what Independence Day is, they call it by the date it’s observed.

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    pearlsbs  about 5 years ago

    They say roses are red and violets are purple

    And sugar’s sweet and so is maple syrple

    Well I’m seventh out of seven sons

    My pappy was a pistol, I’m a son of a gun

    I said dang me, dang me

    They oughta take a rope and hang me

    High from the highest tree

    Woman would you weep for me?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPTKCjKatuc

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    jvn  about 5 years ago

    How about Silver and Orange? And who decided to make colors so hard to rhyme?

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    Jogger2  about 5 years ago

    Two obscure words? Are there any common words that rhyme with “purple”?

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    craigwestlake  about 5 years ago

    Well, it’s a strange way to honor the holiday, but I guess you can’t get much more independent than dying…

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    craigwestlake  about 5 years ago

    I also imagine that the old-timers used to curple their disobedient kids…

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