“Nearly Ten Bull Snakes”??? What? Were they chopped into pieces and there were ALMOST Ten Snakes or did these guys not know how to count up to ten? And We’re NOT talking 100 or more. It’s “NEARLY” Ten. Ripley’s bar for these items is pretty low.
My topic choice tonight? In Matthew McConaughey’s own words: Whale, Whale, Whale let’s take a look.
A teacher was teaching her class about whales. She said that it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human being as even though it was a gigantic animal, its stomach was very small.
A little girl put up her hand and said that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.Irritated, the teacher insisted that a whale couldn’t possibly swallow a human. The little girl said, “When I get to Heaven, I’ll ask Jonah.”.
The teacher replied, “What if Jonah went to Hell?”.
A cannibal came home from work, where her husband was in the process of stewing an enormous wrestler. She wrinkled her nose. “What’s cooking, good looking? Because that meat has an incredibly strong aroma.”
Believe It or Not! for the Mort’s Water Company of Latimer, Iowa, raising a pipe from a faulty water well story? Not! It was actually covered by 10 bulls**t snakes. Mort made the whole thing up. Believe It or Not!
After hitting an uncharted mountain on the South China sea floor, the captain of the submarine immediately blamed it on Trump and global warming and the Chinese Commie navy built a base on it.
That smashed up U.S. sub – they had an episode of the once-forgotten “Sealab 2020” about a submarine that crashed into an undersea mountain…
They remade it straight on the parody version, “Sealab 2021”, probably to show how boring the original show was… (and it was; the things we kids would watch on Saturday mornings back in the 1970s…). :-P
This suggests China have discovered stealth mountain technology, and we in the US need to develop our own stealth mountains. Otherwise we’ll have a mountain gap
The Chinese government tried to raise a stink about that submarine incident. They accused the U.S. government and navy about lying about the cause of the damage to the sub, and also claimed Chinese territorial waters were violated. They often make claims about their territorial waters or airspace being violated. They claim their airspace & water space extends farther out than other countries recognize.
Whales and other sea animals becoming entangled is too common now. Finding one and cutting the net, rope, or whatever to free the animal is not an unusual story now.
That was the second US submarine to hit an uncharted undersea mountain.* Sadly, the first one had fatalities. The “uncharted” mountain was in fact known but wasn’t on the charts they were using to navigate. Oopsie.
*Makes you wonder if they were driving with the headlights off! ;-}
ramonmister28 almost 3 years ago
“Nearly Ten Bull Snakes”??? What? Were they chopped into pieces and there were ALMOST Ten Snakes or did these guys not know how to count up to ten? And We’re NOT talking 100 or more. It’s “NEARLY” Ten. Ripley’s bar for these items is pretty low.
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
Was the US submarine totaled?
SWCarter almost 3 years ago
US submarine captain: “That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.”
Copy-&-Paste almost 3 years ago
Timmy in the well: “Lassie, that’s a bunch of BULL!”
therese_callahan2002 almost 3 years ago
“I’m tired of all these snakes in a pipe.”
stealth694 almost 3 years ago
That sub was probably in the Dragon’s Triangle,
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 3 years ago
My topic choice tonight? In Matthew McConaughey’s own words: Whale, Whale, Whale let’s take a look.
A teacher was teaching her class about whales. She said that it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human being as even though it was a gigantic animal, its stomach was very small.
A little girl put up her hand and said that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.Irritated, the teacher insisted that a whale couldn’t possibly swallow a human. The little girl said, “When I get to Heaven, I’ll ask Jonah.”.The teacher replied, “What if Jonah went to Hell?”.
The girl said: “Then you ask him.”
Until next time.
Caldonia almost 3 years ago
A cannibal came home from work, where her husband was in the process of stewing an enormous wrestler. She wrinkled her nose. “What’s cooking, good looking? Because that meat has an incredibly strong aroma.”
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Believe It or Not! for the Mort’s Water Company of Latimer, Iowa, raising a pipe from a faulty water well story? Not! It was actually covered by 10 bulls**t snakes. Mort made the whole thing up. Believe It or Not!
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Yes, but did Matt Capron of San Diego also save the lobsters in the trap? Well, did he? Enquiring minds want to know.
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Yeah, but I bet that undersea mountain on the South China sea floor is not uncharted any more.
Count Olaf Premium Member almost 3 years ago
After hitting an uncharted mountain on the South China sea floor, the captain of the submarine immediately blamed it on Trump and global warming and the Chinese Commie navy built a base on it.
markhughw almost 3 years ago
and the captain was relieved of command
Huckleberry Hiroshima almost 3 years ago
And that’s not bull about those snakes.
Take care, may famed lobster Fred “I’ve Got A Whale Of A Story For You” Pinchord be with you, and gesundheit.
artmer almost 3 years ago
“Nearly”? Where’s the rest of it?
sheilag almost 3 years ago
That smashed up U.S. sub – they had an episode of the once-forgotten “Sealab 2020” about a submarine that crashed into an undersea mountain…
They remade it straight on the parody version, “Sealab 2021”, probably to show how boring the original show was… (and it was; the things we kids would watch on Saturday mornings back in the 1970s…). :-P
Wirepuncher almost 3 years ago
The sub hitting a mountain under water in 2021 wasn’t the first time.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/what-happens-when-us-navy-submarine-hits-underwater-mountain-166703
oakie817 almost 3 years ago
these are getting kind of very believable lately
tremaine53 almost 3 years ago
Saved the whale? Or the lobster trap? Jebus, I wish Ripley would be more specific!
moondog42 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
This suggests China have discovered stealth mountain technology, and we in the US need to develop our own stealth mountains. Otherwise we’ll have a mountain gap
paranormal almost 3 years ago
China purposefully left some underwater mountains uncharted…
Jogger2 almost 3 years ago
The Chinese government tried to raise a stink about that submarine incident. They accused the U.S. government and navy about lying about the cause of the damage to the sub, and also claimed Chinese territorial waters were violated. They often make claims about their territorial waters or airspace being violated. They claim their airspace & water space extends farther out than other countries recognize.
Jogger2 almost 3 years ago
Whales and other sea animals becoming entangled is too common now. Finding one and cutting the net, rope, or whatever to free the animal is not an unusual story now.
mindjob almost 3 years ago
I hope our underwater mountains are bigger than China’s
ekke almost 3 years ago
Is “nearly ten” something akin to “about 9”? Weird wording, wasn’t it?
ekke almost 3 years ago
That was the second US submarine to hit an uncharted undersea mountain.* Sadly, the first one had fatalities. The “uncharted” mountain was in fact known but wasn’t on the charts they were using to navigate. Oopsie.
*Makes you wonder if they were driving with the headlights off! ;-}
WCraft Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Dang those wily Chinese! Now they’re planting uncharted mountains under water!
Caeruleancentaur almost 3 years ago
Wiktionary says that “bit” is also correct, but that it’s rare.
pbr50138 almost 3 years ago
I guess the sonar on the sub wasn’t working.