Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 12, 2022

Continuing a theme I started yesterday…

A man sits down in a restaurant and orders a bowl of soup. The waiter brings the soup, but shortly thereafter the man calls him back to the table. “Yes, Sir?” the waiter says.

“Taste the soup.”

“Is it too hot, Sir?”

“Taste the soup.”

“Is it too cold, Sir?”

“Taste the soup.”

“Is it too spicy, Sir?”

“Just taste the soup.”

“Is it too bland, Sir?”

“Just taste the soup!”

“Oh, all right; I’ll taste the soup…uh, where’s the spoon?”

“a-HA!”

I can just hear the volunteer inmates’ conversations with one another: what are you in for?

Did those volunteers at least get paid? The Stanford Prisoner Experiment volunteer kids got paid, for their horrible troubles. Heh, what am I saying? Switzerland is probably a picnic by comparison.

Another ancient giant redwood sacrificed to the god of stupidity.

I wonder how the zip line installers crossed the unnavigable river.

Carved???? I see slabs!

Out of 830 volunteers, there must have been a least a few who deserved to stay in prison after their “free trial” period.

I mean no offense, of course, but.. you know.. it would have .. a-HEM, been a lot less trouble to .. you know… um.. BUILD A CABIN OUT OF SMALLER LOGS.. but .. hey, that would not have been as fun and interesting and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not worthy so chip and carve away, boys and girls.. say, there’s got to be a big rock here somewhere for a house.. … yay.

Take care, may confused maladroit chisel sharpener Harry “Ow By Doze Iz Aroun’ Here Sombwhere Id Diz Bloody Bess” Pokeord be with you, and gesundheit.

And, at the Ripley’s Odditorium in St. Augustine, FL (plenty of free parking) will we find a gift shop?

What’s the rent on that redwood apartment?

Will someone explain why I can’t see the comics?

I’m not familiar with zip lines. I thought the end was always lower than the start, so they make use of gravity. If that is the case, would Lazimi have two zip lines, one to bring people there and the other to take them away?

May Lord Charles Wellesley be with you.

Major-General Lord Charles Wellesley (16 January 1808 – Apsley House, 9 October 1858) was a British politician, soldier and courtier.

I went to the RBION museum on my honeymoon- don’t remember seeing that log, but that was in 1975, so I may have forgotten, or it might not have been there then.

failure means ReTest

That is a barrel, not a log.

Besides- one advantage of living there is it would Really cut down on visits from the in-laws.

Why would anybody want to live in such a place? Well, its very impassability makes it safe from outside intruders, conquerors, etc. (or did, in the past — nowadays, where there’s a Chinese Communist and a will, there’s a way.)