Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 15, 2020

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    Leroy  over 4 years ago

    The paper was entitled, “It looks like you’re flipping pancakes. Do you need some help?”

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    pearlsbs  over 4 years ago

    When that guy yells at kids to, “Get off my lawn!” They better take him seriously.

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    pearlsbs  over 4 years ago

    That Elvita Adams story reminds me of a joke:

    A guy walks into the bar high up in the Empire State Building and has some drinks and is there for a few hours.

    Another guy comes and sits next to him.

    The first guy who has been there for a while looks at the man and says to him, “You know that there is a nice breeze outside and if you jump out it will blow you right back in.”

    The second guy doesn’t believe him and tells him to prove it. So, the first guy jumps out the window and comes soaring right back in.

    The second guy asks him to do it one more time. So, the first guy jumps out and the nice breeze takes him right back into the bar.

    At this time the second guy believes him and decides he needs to try this. He then jumps out and falls down to his death.

    The bartender turns to the first guy and says, “Superman, you’re mean when you’re drunk!!”

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    eromlig  over 4 years ago

    JVN? Where are you?! I thought you were going first tonight.

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    Caldonia  over 4 years ago

    Bill Gates was once considered for People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive cover story, only to lose to Daniel Craig. Believe it or Not.

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    h.v.greenman  over 4 years ago

    You have to admit it though, those decorations help keep stray dogs off the lawn.

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    fuzzbucket Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Bill was smart enough to keep his profitable ideas for himself.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    door-to-door salespeople better be careful when treading on that Cambodian’s turf

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    sevaar777  over 4 years ago

    I guess Cambodians really have problems with kids on their lawns.

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    flashdrive1988  over 4 years ago

    I could use a couple of those land mines. The deer keep eating my roses.

    … but then there is the UPS delivery van…

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    Daniel Verburg  over 4 years ago

    These decorations sure keeps the dogs of his lawn !

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    jpayne4040  over 4 years ago

    Since she was trying to commit suicide, Elvita’s first thought was probably, “Dang, I can’t even kill myself right!”

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    Gent  over 4 years ago

    And I thought he published a paper on flipping Windows open.

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    Gent  over 4 years ago

    The pancakes encountered an unexpected error. Close them or look for a solution.

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    Gent  over 4 years ago

    Halfway through the paper, a blue sheet appears saying : A problem has been detected and the pancakes making process have to be shut down to prevent damage to your pancakes. :(

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    James Wolfenstein  over 4 years ago

    I can relate to that man in Cambodia… my in-laws show up frequently… :D

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    R.R.Bedford  over 4 years ago

    To all those veterans who know only too well what is written on the front of the US issued Claymore, thank you for your service!!!

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    bryce.gear  over 4 years ago

    Think the Cambodian disliked his neighbors?

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 4 years ago

    “That mine. It’s live.” “No. That mine.”

    Take care and gesundheit.

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    russef  over 4 years ago

    Wow! Live land mines. Now that’ll keep the rollers out.

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    Attwater's prairie chicken  over 4 years ago

    on this day in history on September 15th 2008 The largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US history is filed by Lehman Brothers financial services firm.

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    J Short  over 4 years ago

    Only one paper. And now he is an expert on vaccines and viruses. He’s uses the same technique for his computers; create a virus, and then charge for a program to fix it.

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    jmcenanly  over 4 years ago

    The bottom panel gives an entirely new meaning to “Get off my lawn!”

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    DaveQuinn  over 4 years ago

    If you are a rich as Bill Gates, you do not need to publish anything. BTW, he and Paul Allen developed the first DOS.

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    ncorgbl  over 4 years ago

    Bill Gates most important paper of his entire life was deposited in his bank.

    Elvita was attempting suicide and thought the wind was just another in a long line of her bad luck.

    Better Homes & Gardens sent a reporter to interview the man in Cambodia who had decorated his lawn with land mines. The man was found in Phnom Penh, Takeo, Kampong Saom , and Battambang.

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    dv1093  over 4 years ago

    Is this suppose to somehow diss Bill Gates? – Not

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    Carl Rennhack Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Is Ms. Adams still alive?

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    Buckeye67  over 4 years ago

    So what would you expect from a Harvard dropout like Gates.

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    Buckeye67  over 4 years ago

    Well at least someone found a use for all those landmines left behind in Cambodia.

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    paranormal  over 4 years ago

    Good thing the guy wasn’t using the land mines for baseball bases…

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    Phil721  over 4 years ago

    Those mines may not have been dangerous to people. Those that were designed as anti-vehicle take more pressure than a person could generate to detonate.

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    craigwestlake  over 4 years ago

    1) isn’t it a strange coincidence that the Gates & Adams tales are about pancakes? — 2) Good Info! Now I know how to keep kids and dogs off my lawn…

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    paullp Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I heard a story about a man who jumped off a 200-foot high building and survived with no injuries. Of course he only jumped from the first floor.

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    FireAnt_Hater  over 4 years ago

    The guy in Cambodia was really, REALLY tired of dogs pooping in his yard !

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    jjackson928  over 4 years ago

    That’s because Bill Gates is a fraud and now, for some reason, in charge of international health and vaccines. But don’t worry he isn’t a businessman anymore just a selfless humanitarian. Yeah right.

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    scpandich  over 4 years ago

    Two guys are in a bar at the top of a 90 story building.

    After a couple of hours of drinking the first guy says, “Hey, I hear that the winds up here are so strong that if you jump out the window it’ll blow you right back in.”

    The second guy says, “Eh, you’re nuts.”

    “No,” the first guy says, “I’ll prove it,” and he then gets up, goes the window, opens it, and jumps out. Ten seconds later he comes flying back in.

    “That’s incredible,” the second guy says. “I’ve got to try that.” So he gets up, goes to the window, and jumps out. A few second later there’s a long, fading scream, and then a faint “thud.”

    The bartender looks at the first guy and says, “Superman, you are a mean drunk.”

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    Petemejia77  over 4 years ago

    Bill Adams had a weakness for rusty pancakes that he stuffed in landmines sold at the dollar store in the basement under the Empire State building.They are BOGO when you buy any used microsoft product.

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    RandomLantern445  about 4 years ago

    Land Mines??!

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