Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 28, 2021

Dahl also (co)wrote the screenplay for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also based on a Fleming novel

Here is the article about Bryan Webb if anyone cares.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-59070753

Vauxhall is a car manufacturer that’s been around since 1857 and I’ve never heard of them?

….And to add to the Believe it or Not story: He worked on the same car for 75 years!…”DANG, STILL NOT WORKING!!”

You Only Live Twice was going to feature a fun musical number about candy, but the scene was replaced with more action scenes. Believe it or Not.

In honor not only of Roald Dahl, but of writers everywhere, and I do mean everywhere . . .

A writer died and was given the option of going to heaven or hell. She decided to check out each place first. As the writer descended into the fiery pits, she saw row upon row of writers chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they were repeatedly whipped with thorny lashes. This didn’t seem like a place to spend all eternity", so she asked “Let me see heaven now.”.

A few moments later, as she ascended into heaven, she saw rows of writers, chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they, too, were whipped with thorny lashes.

“Wait a minute,” said the writer. “This is just as bad as hell!”

“Oh no, it’s not,” replied an unseen voice. “Here, your work gets published.”.

Until next time.

The chocolate factory with illegal immigrant slave workers made a lot more sense than Sean Connery pretending to be Japanese :D

I’m also a little Hoarse this morning

‘You only live twice’ was Ian Fleming’s last Bond novel. The movie version’s only similarity to the book was the title and that it was set in Japan. and that’s about it. Each succeeding Bond film strayed further and further away from the novels; this one wasn’t even close

Miniature appaloosa. Far too many syllables for such a small horse.

Take care, may esteemed lug nut thrower Cooter “I Tried To Make It Scooter But Could Get No S” Davenpord be with you, and gesundheit.

these days, this has become more of a trivia post

Roald Dahl was also a RAF fighter pilot in WWII which is far cooler.

Are the horse breeders trying to re-invent Eohippus?

Dahl also gave us gremlins from a short story.

what if ALL bad guys in westerns rode miniatures? would the Sherriff say “shoot low boys they’re riding miniatures!?” I wonder if Bryan ever called in sick? (as in sick and tired of his job) you live once as a spy and then reincarnate to own a chocolate factory with a wonkavator.

There are a lot more James Bond novels by John Gardner, so I guess they won’t run out of ideas for movies anytime soon. I personally wish they would kill him off until the next cold war

Technically, any horse under 14 hands is a pony.

Are we sure that horse wasn’t just a big dog?

Shoulder blades on horses are called “withers”!

Bombel is THE longshot in the 2022 Kentucky Derby! Believe it NOT!

So… He is the one responsible for a lot of wonky/crappy rust buckets that fall to pieces and crappy Lucas electrics refuse to start every time it rains?

Under those black spots on the Appaloosa’s romp, should be a white blanket of fur. 22 inches = 5 1/2 hands. Extremely short, indeed.

Many years ago, my father and I saw Goliath, who was, at the time, the world’s tallest living horse.

Since the hood is up, this apparently shows they are prone to breaking down.

So what was his diamond anniversary present?

That Webb factoid is pretty impressive. I hope they gave him a tie pin when he retired.

75 years?! What kind of watch did he get for being there that long?