Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 14, 2020

So that’s why Winnie the Pooh had a girly-sounding name. I used to wonder about that all the time as a kid. Oddly enough, I didn’t question the “Pooh” name. I was weird.

so that Australian arthropod eats the plant itself in order to survive or it eats the plant’s prey?

Wingless fly sounds like an oxymoron to me.

The sad part is that the real Christopher Robin was later bullied so badly in school due to the books that he ended up hating the Winnie the Pooh characters and never talked about them to anyone for the rest of his life. What should have been happy memories was permanently spoiled by a problem that hasn’t been solved to this day.

Winnie The Pooh is scheduled to be on Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. “Find Your Roots” on PBS.

BS! Don’t let nobody tell you otherwise, wingless flies is just ants….

Guinea pig trafficking must be stopped!

Guinea pigs are social animals and need to be in pairs or groups.

If the fly is wingless how does it get to Albany??

Actually, in the book, Christopher calls him “Winner-ther-Pooh.”

“He’s Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don’t you know what ‘ther’ means?”“Ah, yes, now I do,” I said quickly; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get.

Is there anything about why the pitcher plant doesn’t eat (or is it “eat”) that species of fly?

Teddy Bears were named after Teddy Roosevelt.

There’s an Albany in Western Australia.

Ok, now I get where the “Winnie” part of the name came from. What about the second part of his name?

I depend on prime rib to survive.

And Losie the poo lived in Washington, D.C.

Take care, may Akka Wa Dakkastord be with you, and GESUNDHEIT.

Initially, the bear was not named Winnie but Edward. To set the matter straight.

The rent a Guinea Pig thing reminds me of my uncle’s funeral. Shortly after the funeral, we started getting a monthly bill from the local formal shop. Seems my aunt wanted him to go in style and rented him a nice tux.

I wonder what happens if your rented Guinea Pig dies???

Hush, hush, whisper who dares?

Well, that Winnie explanation shoots down the theories of a lot of really strange people!

This still leaves much unexplained about the Pooh. If you’ll remember, this was a male as indicated by the “the”.

where’d the pooh come from?

I started to say that the Switzerland service would get more customers if they rented girls instead of Guinea Pigs; then I remembered every city has one downtown…

No-fly flies: Believe it.

Pooh Bear: Believe it.

Guinea Pig: Believe it.

No “or not” today. May Henry Ford be with you. (or at least Ransom Olds.)

A fly with no wings? That’s called a walk.

What happens if your rented guinea pig dies?