Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 29, 2023

yum, Penzoil, not just for Pancakes anymore….

Isn’t possible the prankster(s) got a cherry-picker truck or a fire engine and skewered said pumpkin onto the Cornell U steeple?

They also use Elmers glue in cereal still shots because under the lights milk gives off a greyish appearance.

Mashed potatos are sometimes used as ice cream because ice cream melts under the lights.

9 Theories on How a 60 Lb Pumpkin Landed on Top of the Cornell Clocktower

https://ecornell.cornell.edu/news-center/press-room/60lb-pumpkin-on-cornell-clocktower/

Maybe with a drone?

Did you know that naked mole rats live longer than any other rodent species by a huge margin, usually several decades. There’s a lot more to them, including other exceptional health features, but that’s for another comment.

HOW THE PUMPKIN GOT ON THE TOWER https://cornelldailysun.github.io/pumpkin-feature/

Whoever did that clearly didn’t have a fear of heights.

“Before we left, he drank half a quart of Pennzoil…..”

Just like shaving cream is used for whipped cream. it doesn’t melt under the lights…….

Oh someone knows how it was done.

Take care, may jealous mouse Mickey “So They’re Ignoring My Obvious Decades Of Age Over This Silly Talentless ‘Pocket Mouse’ Are They Well That Does It Watch Out Because Here I Come And I Have Minnie With Me” Mousord be with you, and gesundheit.

Crain

The pumpkin was a great prank and the doers have still not come forth.

Motor oil on pancakes? I think not. Kudos to the mouse. Aliens put the pumpkin there; nobody got the message.

Colored Crisco is scooped as ice cream or used as a Wendy’s frosty in their commercials because real ice cream or frosties would melt under the studio lights

Ground hamburger is shaped into a patty, barely cooked, colored to look completely cooked, then have fake grill marks seared into them to make it look like a thick, grilled, juicy hamburger patty.

Raw chicken and turkeys are seared in some places, then artificially colored to look like completely cooked birds because they look better that way on camera.

It seems they know how the pumpkin got on the spire. Who did it remains a mystery. https://cornelldailysun.github.io/pumpkin-feature/

And.. in old western movies where they were in the saloon downing shots of whiskey, they were actually drinking tea

Three people, a tethered weather balloon with a pumpkin suspended below, and four long ropes. Once the pumpkin is directly above the spire, according to each of the three people controlling the balloon, pull down on the ropes to force the pumpkin to impale itself. Use the fourth rope to release the pumpkin from the balloon and retrieve the balloon via the three control ropes.

If something a family member told me decades ago is (still) true, it would not be maple syrup that is being advertised. He said you never see people actually drinking in liquor commercials on TV because of two laws: 1) If people are shown drinking on TV, it had to be a non-alcoholic substitute. 2) An ad on TV had to show the actual product. Substitutions not allowed.

Zippy’s pancakes.

Mr. Jingles was older. LOL

Back in the “black & white movie days” they used chocolate syrup for blood in the western movies and corn flakes for snow. I learned that during a tour of Universal Studios as a pre-teen. The syrup flowed the best and horses used to eat the corn flakes.

Aren’t those the pancakes and “syrup” they served up in the Bond movie: Quantum of Solace?

hope you don’t serve Mr. Haywire any pancakes with motor oil on them…could spark trouble

What about the little mouse on the “Green Mile”! ;)

The “GREAT PUMPKIN” knows ….. :)

Groat cakes! Heavy on the 30 W, Mom!

Live Long and Prosper, Patrick.

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That pumpkin’s appearance might be mysterious and all, but then, who put the spire in place originally? And how?

See, the technology exists.

Cornell must be a 2nd rate university, they’re even ashamed to admit which country they’re in…

Easy on the 30 weight!

1997 – what forever will be know as the start of the pumpkin spires craze.

Jerry Mouse is at least 80 years old.