Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 26, 2021

One day, many years ago, the Pope decides he wants all the Jews out of Rome, so he tells the Chief Rabbi. The Rabbi says, “You can’t do that to us! You at least have to give us a chance to stay.” So the Pope agrees they’ll have a debate over it. However, due to language differences, the debate will be held entirely in sign language. The Rabbi reluctantly agrees to the terms, and the next day, they meet just outside The Vatican.

The Pope begins by waving one arm over his head; the Rabbi points to the ground.

Next, the Pope holds up three fingers. The Rabbi holds his index finger up, and twists it.

Finally, the Pope takes a chalice and bread from the folds of his robe. The Rabbi pulls out an apple. The Pope declares the debate is over, and that the Rabbi has won.

Back at the Vatican, the Catholics ask the Pope, “what happened?”

“Well,” the Pope answers, “First I told the Rabbi that God rules all the Heavens. But he responded by telling me Satan still rules the Earth. Then I told him the Trinity rules all, but he countered by reminding me that, in the end, therre is still but one God. So I took out the Sacraments to remind him of our Savior’s sacrifice, but he countered even that by reminding me of original sin, as represented by his apple. So the Jews may remain!”

Over on the other side of town, the Jews want to know what happened. “Well,” the Chief Rabbi explained, “The Pope first waved his hands over his head, telling me ‘We catholics own all of this, and you Jews must leave! So I pointed to the ground to tell him, ’We Jews are staying right here!’ Then he held up three fingers to tell me ‘You Jews have three days to get out of Rome!’ And of course I replied, we were here FIRST!”

“OK,” says his audience. “But then what?”

“I don’t know,” the Rabbi admitted. “He took out his lunch, so I took out mine.”

I guess Dickens had some Great Expectations about the results of sleeping that way.

any other falsely said Star Trek lines that made it into casual phrases?

According to the below site in “Star Trek IV: The Journey Home”, Kirk did say, "“Scotty, beam me up“.

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/10/beam-scotty-never-said-original-star-trek/

The closest they got in the original series was “Scotty, beam us up”. My favorite though, was “Gentlemen, I suggest you beam me aboard”.

Couldn’t some computer science teacher publish an “How to create your own d..n blog or site” tutorial on Ripley’s from time to time?

Exactly? How accurate can you be? Who uses just the border of the bed? And I’m guessing that the bed was aligned with the room, the room had one wall facing North, and the bed was on that wall. So, he was pretty much sleeping in his bed like any other human.

“You dirty rat!” was never said by James Cagney. Yet, people always say that when they say something about Cagney.

Without understanding WHY Dickens embraced this quirk, it’s just an annoying fact, not something interesting. BELIEVE IT, OR DON’T!

My wife read that you actually sleep better with your head to the north. Unfortunately, our bed faces east. So, after I get up in the morning she’ll turn in be crossways and nap for a little while with her head facing north.

In Casablanca – “Sam, would you kindly play that piece over and over, again and again?”

In Gone With the Wind – “Frankly Scarlett, I don’t give a rat’s a$$.”

So, on top of really annoying his wife by taking up most of the bed, Dicken’s Great Expectation of living forever by sleeping that way fizzled in the end.

Dickens never figured out that his tin cap was magnetized.

To confirm Mr. Gibson’s figures Ripley’s Believe it Not team will travel to the sun – at night.

“Beam me up Scotty. There is no intelligent life on this planet.”

he’s dead , Jim

The sun is actually right here in an important way.

Take care, may astronomer Carl Sagword be with you, and gesundheit.

Silver’s story reminds me of one of similar theme! It seems a fellow is hospitalized somewhere in Tennessee and the nurses are all giggling about his tattoo! They said that the tattoo, which was on his private part said “Willy”! As they continued to giggle, one very attractive nurse said "t doesn’t say “Willy”! When I was bathing him yesterday it said “Willy’s Bar and Grill atop Lookout Mountain Chatanooga Tennessee” !

My new Avatar is my painting of one of the cute little Sandpipers that my wife and I love to watch at the beach!

Shatner was on a night time show when he looked at the camera, said “Beam me up, Scottie”, and then said “There! I’ve said it”.

Is that why Dickens’ hair looks like that?

Great reading in the featured comment today – I did not use my scroll.

So Charles Dickens didn’t rearrange the furniture in his bedroom, and slept alone. Interesting because?

so Dickens slept alone?

And Cary Grant never said, “Judy, Judy, Judy.”