Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 06, 2021

I believe I had heard about that Franciscan marriage. (How are the couple now?)

High flying nuptials!

The Opportunity had better last longer than the average car. It cost about $400 million.

132 years, Eh? I prefer aged alcohol in ol’ bottles.

He married two male attendants? Very cool, but I didn’t think that was a catholic thing. Good for him in either case.

what did the note say? LEAVE ME ALONE……..

All marriages by popes and priests are (fill in the blank).

Take care, may ceiling painter Mike Angelord be with you, and gesundheit.

The Pope did not marry two men, nor would he have blessed such a marriage as the art indicates. He did officiate at the marriage of a male and a female flight attendants.

In a bold patriotic move Post Master General Louis DeJoy vowed to beat the Aussie’s record.

Former tRump Transportation Secretary, and wife of ‘Moscow’ Mitch McConnell, took the call informing her that the manufacturer’s vehicle warranty was coming to an end for the Mars Rover Opportunity. It is now covered by Carshield. So far Pete Buttigieg has not been successful in breaking the contract.

On his way to the restroom Pope Francis caught the couple in the ‘mile high club’ seats, and the rest is history.

They seldom clean the beaches in Australia.

gaze?

I hope the message in the bottle wasn’t a plea for help.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/131-year-old-message-bottle-found-australian-beach-180968381/

Ok folks, time for a lesson.

The Pope can’t marry you. The Pope only performs a religious ceremony. He can do his little show, say his words (good words, I agree) but you are NOT legally married.

A marriage is a legal, binding contract between two people and the state which grants their marriage license. The couple has obligations to each other and to the state. The state likewise has its own obligation to the couple. A marriage is all about PROPERTY. We are forming a legal union, recognized by the state and agree to be bound by certain laws. This is why so many businesses (and governments) are dead set against same sex marriage, they don’t want to extend the property protections involved in a marriage to gay or lesbian couples.

The ceremony that the Pope (Bless his heart) performed has no legal substance. The couple in this case could get off the plane and each could sign a legal, binding marriage contract on the very same day and there would be no harm, no foul. Well, besides having dissed the Pope.

With all the comments I have read , makes me believe I will stay out of the mess!

Slightly different sort of “mile high club”

The message said: “Important information about your wagon’s soon to expire Warranty”

“132 years” Hah! The USPS can do that without even breaking a sweat…

Interesting photo touchup. They removed the female flight attendant from the picture. Can we ever trust Ripley’s again? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42736504