Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 10, 2023

yes, Jason, you were once the eighth member of the Swiss federal council

Maybe if he’d slowed down a little he could have spelled “Greg” correctly.

The strip states that Switzerland has a SEVEN member council, but there are EIGHT people in the illustration.

So, there’s not only ONE big cheese in Switzerland?…BTW: I can write more than 300 words per minute – not that anyone including me or my doctor can read that stuff than…but I guess the last one was a letter to my beloved, saying: "Oh, my…deer, electrified fence or not, visit me in Germany! OK. I’ve never been there but I like my “current” girl energized…

seven member councel with 8 pictures, is it a musical chairs type event

I once read that the Swiss populace didn’t like for their president to rise too high above them. He was required to live in a modest apartment, pay his maid’s salary himself, and even ride to work on the streetcar.

Gregg Shorthand was included in my typing classes.

A canceled check is an indication of upright book keeping and a forthright mind. ~ Asa Deering, avoiding the fence

Take care, may fast talking and faster writing Texas court reporter Alice “Hep Hep Me Mah Wreeust Hurtin’ Somethin’ Awful” Blisterdigitord be with you, and gesundheit.

200 words per minute? Too bad you can’t read them.

did nobody notice the seven person council of Switzerland has eight persons drawn?

Whenever my doctor wrote me a prescription, I assumed it was in shorthand because I could never read it

If Switzerland has a seven member control group why do you show eight people in the graphic?

My father taught Gregg shorthand for over 30 years in high school. I can’t read it all, but the middle stroke that looks like a u reads “of the”.

So who’s the eighth person in the picture, George Santos?

The Swiss Council story shows eight people. Are we supposed to guess which one is not on the council?

Who, today, can read those old business letters, notes and memos?

If Switzerland is ruled by a SEVEN member council, why are there EIGHT heads here? An alternate?

And now we’ve had eight comments about the eighth person!

Perhaps Castano could come on the comments section and explain the mystery of “eight” people drawn in the Swiss entry and give all these fevered brows some peace?

Now if American deer would just stop trying to cross the interstates.

I want to know who wrote the portion about Switzerland and can’t count. Seven? There are eight people in the picture.

If you Google images of the Swiss Federal Council, there are several pictures with eight people. WTF?

Maybe shorthand is a required course for medical doctors and pharmacists?

I.m gratedulfor shorthand, because it was at a shorthand class that my parents first met back in 1961.

So if Switzerland only has 7 members on it’s ruling council, who is the EIGHTH person sho

I kind of inherited my mother’s shorthand textbook after cleaning out their home; I don’t see how anybody could memorize all of that, but I guess if the Chinese/Japanese can do it with their language… Not sure what to do with it – maybe a used bookstore would want it?

I took Gregg shorthand my senior year in HS. I got a certificate saying that I had a speed of 200 wpm. That particular speed test was easy, as it was a fairly short sentence, so although I couldn’t necessarily read my shorthand, I remembered what the sentence was.

Regarding the Swiss leadership, this quote from Wikipedi seems to explain who the eighth person is. As is noted, this “president” does not have any actual power; just the seven council members share power.

The President of the Swiss Confederation chairs the council, but exercises no particular authority;

I’m amazed at the deer avoiding an area into the next generation. We had a dog who kept climbing over the fence, so we had to put up an electric wire to keep him in. He only encountered it once, and never tried to climb the fence again, even when the power was off. He was unharmed, just made uncofmortable, but we had to do something to keep him in, because additional fence height was not allowed by the HOA, and we wanted to keep him safe.