Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 30, 2023

That woodpecker story is just nuts!

Regarding the junior hotdog vendor: good try, kid’s neighbor.

Oooohhhh. And here I thought it was because of sitting in it barefoot without long pants on.

The neighbors should not have called the health inspector right before lunch, when he was hungry.

Kudos to the inspectors, and I hope the nosy neighbor spikes 40 points on his/her blood-pressure every time they see the stand in business and making money for the lad. Maybe the young man can use some of the money to take out insurance on said neighbor, so that when s/he strokes out in an apoplectic fit of rage over not being able to micro-manage his neighbors, the lad will have his tuition for college as a bonus, then, and not have to fall into the student-loan trap.

Hooray for the kid! Speaking of hot dog stands, the one I visited in front of Westminster Abbey in London had the most delicious hot dogs ever.

Grass. That reminds me, it’s tree pollen season now, with lots of sneezing and itchy eyes.

Two woodpeckers, 700 pounds of acorns? Sounds more like two ancient Plesiosaurs.

KANKAKEE, Ill. one 11-year-old Kankakee girl has found her stand shut down by local health officials. And here is an opposite action to a similar venture. Kudos to these Inspectors in Minnesota.

Gasp! He used the word “naked”! I’m horrified! I’m about to faint! (clutches pearls)

In southern Indiana there are chiggers in the grass. Those will make you itchy. And scratchy.

“Hey, Woody, drop your acorns over at that place in Santa Rosa, spread the word.”

“Okay. I’ll tell Knothead and Splinter and have them head across town and tell Sawdust, Twiggy, Studlengthboard, and Weightbearingcrossbeam. Ha-ha ha HA ha.. HAAAAAAAAAA.”

Take care, may aspiring entrepreneur Phillip “Once Word Gets Out On How Delicious And Nutritious These Road Tar Chunks Are I’ll Make Millions And I’ll Bet I’ll Even Be On Shark Tank Just As Soon As I Get Out Of This Hospital” Gastrord be with you, and gesundheit.

I didn’t know woodpeckers stored acorns. I thought they were into worms and larvae and not plant fruit.

They don’t call ‘em “blades of grass” for nuthin’ apparently.

Woodpeckers don’t collect nuts, they peck for insects.

Was the home still habitable afterward?

Well, Woody the Woodpecker was known to be a trouble maker…imagine two of them!

Woodpecker(s) stored about 300 pounds of acorns in a microwave communications antenna. That house had double plus one third: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkAP-CQlhA

I feel sorry for the woodpeckers when the squirrels catch them!

Woodpeckers! That home must not have had insulation. And I bet California has laws protecting the woodpeckers. That’s a good thing. But why didn’t they notice the birds busy work. Cutting the holes, frequent trips, are people oblivious to their surroundings. Did someone buy an abandon house?

Grass can also make you itchy by allergy.

As for the woodpeckers, yes that has been reported of blue jays and scrub jays as well.

No more barefoot in the park for you!

That bit about inspector helping out instead of fining that kid for a hot dog stand is hard to believe, especially in Minnesota! They’re the ones who usually shut such enterprises down!