Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 04, 2022

From what I understand, that doesn’t mean potato chips are the most weight-gaining food (that’d probably be some sort of intense dietary supplement), but that they contribute some amount to weight gain AND are eaten very commonly. So, not super relevant to dietary planning unless you also happen to be a strict nonconformist.

Termites are unique among eusocial insects in that they have “kings” as well as queens.

I thought I had shared this fact here recently already, but it turns out I actually said it on a classic Nancy strip:

https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2022/06/01

Hello once again, Brothers and Sisters of the comics! I’m still on the road, sometimes with internet connectivity and other times not. But the Wifi Gods are smiling tonight, so I’ll continue with my Reagan theme, triggered by the John Hinkley news from a few nights ago. This one concerns 40 himself, and has the added advantage of being verified True — my favorite kind of Funny:

On an official visit to England, President Reagan found himself in a horse-drawn carriage beside The Queen of England, both waving to the adoring crowd, when one of the horses let loose with a loud and foul flatulence. Both kept smiling and waving, albeit through wrinkled noses and gritted teeth.

“Oh, Mister President,” said Queen Elizabeth, “I’m so terribly sorry about that.”

“It’s quite alright, Your Majesty,” Reagan answered. Then, deadpan, he added, “To tell you the truth, I thought it was the horse.”

So from John Adams (the second president of the US, but first president to reside in the White House) to Theodore Roosevelt, what was the President’s office called as? Just the “president’s office”?

Crisps.

I bet the study about potato chips will Ruffle a lot of feathers-

Aw, man! I had a small canister of Barbecue Pringles on Memorial Day this week.

I swear Ruffles are so addictive they should be prescription-only.

ANYTHING – With, O P Money !

And finding left-handed potato chips is often ignored by the most long-lived termites.

Take care, may failed pest exterminator Fred “But They’re So Cute” Orthord be with you, and gesundheit.

We once had a “leader” of this country, that called the White House a DUMP.

But when Taft was president, did they even have potato chips?

A woman, annoyed because her husband is late coming home again, decides to leave a message on the dresser with the following content: “I’ve had enough and I’m leaving you…. no use looking for me!” Then, grinning, she hides under the bed to watch his reaction.

A short time later the man comes home and she hears him scurrying in the kitchen before he comes into the bedroom. He goes to the dresser and reads the note. After a few seconds he writes something on the note and picks up the phone to call someone… “She’s finally gone…. yes, I know, took a long time! I’m coming to you, put on that sexy negligee’! I love you…. can’t wait to be with you…. we’re going to do all those things you like!”

He hangs up, takes his keys and walks out. She hears his car drive away and crawls out from under the bed. Trembling with rage and with tears in her eyes, she takes the note and reads what he has written….

“I can see your feet. We are out of bread, be back in 10 minutes.”

If I’m not mistaken, Taft lost a whole lot of weight after leaving the white house, and ended up serving on the Supreme Court. THAT seems more “believe it, or not” than establishing the precedent of working in the Oval Office.

I’m just conceited enough to believe you are all familiar with my infatuation with word play and puns. That being said, let me share a quip my daughter gave me just the other day: Today I saw a dwarf climbing down a prison wall. I thought to myself “That’s a little condescending!”

If that is true about potato chips – I’m in BIG trouble!

It started out as the Circular Office, but as Taft expanded, so did the office.

I’m pretty sure in this case “potato chips” refers to the heavily processed, heavily preserved, heavily salted snack food you buy at the grocery store. If you make your own potato chips at home, it’s not much different than any other home-made fried food.

Granted, you probably won’t be able to properly give them whatever flavor it is you like from the store, but the chip itself will taste 100x better than the store one

Little known but true is the fact that all presidents since Taft have preferred working in the Oval Office so they couldn’t get cornered. BION. ;-P

Potato chips – ALL potatoes – #1 contributor to type 2 diabetes.

WHTaft was the first (and only) President to get stuck in the White House bathtub.

Yep, while you watch some skinny person eat a can of chips without weight gain, you eat 4 chips and gain 10 lbs.

You have just caused a run on the bank on pot ato chips.