Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 22, 2021

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    KA7DRE Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Years ago, my parents used to own the smallest model of an Airstream trailer that they made and it was called a Bambi.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    By the looks of the map, most Canadian immigrants to Seattle come from Ontario? The few Canadians I’ve met that immigrated to Washington where I’m from I think are from either British Columbia or Alberta. Also, I never lived in Seattle despite having the temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in said city as my GoComics profile picture.

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    flashdrive1988  over 3 years ago

    In the context of the panel, it looks like those Canadians live more East of Seattle than South.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Up here in Edmonton we all look down on all you southerners (geographically speaking).

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    sandpiper  over 3 years ago

    As to where the Canadian live, I don’t blame them.

    The little owl must have a very specific diet. It is as small as most birds who come to our feeders. Not much else out there for it except insects. Most yard pests are as larger or larger.

    Missed buying a used airstream back in the day and never got near the price of another one. Still kinda wished we had. But our Nimrod canvas-topped popup was great for camping and travel, and we spent lots of great years on the road. Nice that life offers alternatives to wishes that we can enjoy just as much.

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    motaxyle  over 3 years ago

    So, Greenland is part of Canada now?

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 3 years ago

    And the air streamed right byam.

    Take care, may obscure Peruvian trout polisher Junipero “Have They Invented Tin Foil Yet?” Garciord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    FassEddie  over 3 years ago

    So Canadians are posers, eh? "Lookit me! I’m from the Great White North!” /s

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    FassEddie  over 3 years ago

    Way to go Wally! “If this airstream’s a bucking…”

    I’m just suggesting that Wally had a happy wife, which is always nice.

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    More people live within a 50 mile radius of Manhattan, NY, than in ALL of Canada.

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    Adam-Stone(Soup)  over 3 years ago

    Sorry Ripleys’.

    That bit of trivia about “Most Canadians live south of Seattle” no longer holds true and is out-dated.

    Though the statement may have once been true for this “central Canada region” defined by south western and eastern Ontario south of North Bay towards Ottawa, and the lower region of Quebec near to Montreal and Quebec City, i.e. having the greatest population density in Canada. NOTE: this thereby created an unfair political representation in parliament for those regions.

    However, through the years, given the balancing in all those “central Canada” regions in particular, e.g. migration west for work, immigration (largely of refugees), mortality rate spikes and and birth rates increasing, it would appear that western Canada and its northern regions have experienced a much greater population expansion, especially in British Columbia and at one time, Alberta.

    I would check your facts.(former south west Ontario, Montreal, Alberta and BC resident).

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    dv1093  over 3 years ago

    Airstream – proudly made in Ohio.

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    poppacapsmokeblower  over 3 years ago

    The area of Canada north of Seattle, and I’ve only seen a tiny, tiny part of it, is amazing! (I’m including from Calgary to beyond Whitehorse.)

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    zippykatz  over 3 years ago

    All of South America is east of Key West. Reno NV is west of L.A. and San Diego.

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    joeatwork212  over 3 years ago

    You can also get to Canada by driving south. Detroit to Windsor.

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    tvketchum  over 3 years ago

    From the Airstream Club International historian:

    Cool, but unfortunately NOT true. The Airstream company was not founded until 1931, with volume production beginning in the spring of 1932, though would not use the company name of Airstream until April 1934.

    Wally Byam started home building trailers for his own use in the late 1920s, but that was not a business at that time.

    The image is of the Torpedo Dr. Norman Holman built himself based upon plans purchased from Aitstream in 1935. It was supposedly not completed until 1937. Airstream called that trailer the oldestest existing Airstream after a search in the 1980s, but it is “home built”. Several factory built 1936 Airstreams do still exist.

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    comixbomix  over 3 years ago

    But you should see it try to swoop off with an orc…

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    ncorgbl  over 3 years ago

    The first Airstream was built just in time for the Great Crash.

    No, many Canadians live SouthEast of Seattle.

    Looks like Santa’s helpers ran afowl.

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    JanBic Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Another geographic note, Reno, NV is WEST of Los Angela’s, CA.

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    JanBic Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Where are the jokes today?

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    Craig Westlake  over 3 years ago

    Rehabilitation of eating habits and proper nutrician should get them to 10 inches…

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    stamps  over 3 years ago

    Would they rather be in Philadelphia?

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    pbr50138  over 3 years ago

    I don’t know blame that woman at all. The few times I’ve slept on the ground, I hated it too.

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    Malcome1  over 3 years ago

    Reminds me of the lyrics in a Bob Seger song were he mentions “South Detroit”. There is no S Detroit, that’s were Windsor, Canada is.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Serious comment of the day (from me): I did not know that about Canadians! That explains something that has always puzzled me: If they all live north of our northern states, then they must have some pretty short summers and cold winters. But now I know the majority actually do NOT live south of our northern most states (not counting Alaska of course.) Can’t say as I blame them.

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