Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 21, 2022

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    eromlig  over 2 years ago

    “Believe It Or Not” might be a fitting preamble for the following:

    Many years ago, I heard my older sister come home from high school and start talking with our parents. I couldn’t quite hear what she was saying, but it became clear when I heard my father roar, “You’re PREGNANT? How did THAT happen?!”

    Well, my junior high school health class had just covered that topic the week before, and I eagerly went in to answer Dad’s question. However, before I could open my mouth, I caught the look Mom was giving me, and I decided Dad’s elucidation could wait…

    I’m not certain if I’ve ever shared this story on this forum, but I am certain it was one of the better decisions I made in my youth.

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  over 2 years ago

    A military airfield, a test of new aircrafts. A special commission is standing and watching.Suddenly, a huge bomb falls off one plane, which was going to take off, and begins to roll in the direction of the commission. All fall to the ground, except the old colonel. The bomb rolls straight towards him. He stopped it with his foot, without removing the cigarette from his mouth.

    A young officer approaches him: Why aren’t you hiding?

    Colonel replies: Hiding, you say? This is a nuclear bomb.

    Until next time.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 2 years ago

    What’s the weight of a bumblebee bat pup? a kernel of wheat?

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    Ricky Bennett  over 2 years ago

    Shi Huang died trying…

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    fuzzbucket Premium Member over 2 years ago

    It didn’t work for Qin Shi Huang any better than it has for Putin. Bluster and bullshit can only carry you so far before overconfidence and Alzheimers catch up to you.

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    FassEddie  over 2 years ago

    You just gotta admire the emperor’s early attempt at fly abatement. It didn’t work for him, but horses everywhere benefit.

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    scpandich  over 2 years ago

    That’s not actually a bat. It’s a bumblebee who decided to dress like a bat to fight crime after its parents were murdered.

    Additional factoid: the bumblebee bat’s mother was named Martha. Believe it or not.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  over 2 years ago

    No reason to search for a way to become immortal.

    Take care, may renowned Jesus Christ impersonator David “Listen If You Will Or Don’t If You Won’t It’s All The Same to Me” Koreshord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    Rise22  over 2 years ago

    How do you “lose” a nuclear bomb?

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    8francesco  over 2 years ago

    fyi: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/us-military-missing-six-nuclear-weapons-180032

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    diegot  over 2 years ago

    Losing a nuclear weapon seems to me to be the epitomy of incompetence. Losing six?? Makes the US military look like the Keystone Cops.

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    ChessPirate  over 2 years ago

    I remember seeing a show on the First Emperor of China. It is thought that he tried consuming mercury to extend his life. And his tomb is also thought to have been encircled with rivers of liquid mercury. Ironically, what he was taking for immortality is likely what killed him…

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    TossedSaladCartoon  over 2 years ago

    “Lost”.

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    198.23.5.11  over 2 years ago

    Then he changed his name to “Dr.Phibes” and moved to Hollywood.

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