Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 07, 2021

Even in this age of jet travel, we still rely on trains for much of our transportation needs. However, they often (even in The United States) run on time…

A train is just leaving the station when a young man comes running up, throws his valise inside, and jumps aboard just in time. As he stands in the doorway, huffing and puffing, trying to catch his breath, and older man who had been watching says to him, “Youngster, you’re out of shape! When I was your age, I could have run to this train and jumped aboard without breaking a sweat.”

“That may be, old man,” the youth replies. “But I’ve been chasing this train since the last station!”

What is that squirrel’s design supposed to be? I can’t tell for the picture is monochrome.

Poor horsie. Did some weirdo try to ride him between those trees, or was it Eddie’s idea? And what is that he’s wearing, an apron? Dang, am I going to have to Google this stuff? Come on!

May, 2021 was a busy month, apparently……

Wild! I’ve heared about a tree HOUSE before, but a tree HORSE?! There are things…

There is a piebald whitetail deer in my homer county. I see her now and again and have for three years. We also have white, and interestingly also have totally black squirrels as well.

Squirrel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n8Yqfo5ccI&ab_channel=CBSDenver

Seems to me that the horse lacked horse sense. Just like so many humans lacking common sense.

Why would anyone want to line up to smell a corpse flower?

Googled May 2021 and gave us 3 anecdotal nothing burgers.

Take care, may famed critic François Truffautold be with you, and gesundheit.

Wood you believes he was just horsing around and got stuck?

“Hey, kids… Remember the time we piled into the station wagon, and drove to Alameda to get a whiff of that Corpse plant? Ah, the memories!”

Not only does that plant stink; it gives you the bird.

That is truly a “horse” tale.

RBION used to be very interesting, obscure factoids. None of these pass that bar. I guess there’s just so many “facts” to share before you run out of them.

Good thing it was Mr. Ed and he could call on a cell phone!

Is Ripley’s becoming an odd-news-story aggregator?

Did they get a new illustrator?

May 2021 was a busy month!!!

I wonder if it was a Shire Horse; it certainly is big enough to be one.

Get Lolo away from the corpse flower!

I just noticed that all 3 items were from May 2021. Believe it or not.

Meanwhile at Tokyo 2020, a show jumping horse decided not to show off. And gets punched for being stubborn as a mule.

Well, I guess now we know the lead time on this strip.

Solomon has them whipped into a frenzy waiting now to see his Century Plant bloom…

Googled the piebald squirrel. Striking!

I’m glad the rescued the horse!!!

Not piebald, but there’s a squirrel among the many in our back yard with a blond tail!

That flower looks like is giving the finger!