Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 08, 2024

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    eromlig  about 1 month ago

    Six more weeks of cheesy prizes? [Where are you, Jake lover?]

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    Pickled Pete  about 1 month ago

    I love February because it contains two of my favorite annual events

    Groundhog Day, and the State of the Union Address.

    One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a notoriously unreliable mammal for prognostication with no basis in reality.

    The other involves a groundhog.

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    RLG Premium Member about 1 month ago

    The couple now owe Parker Brothers a gazillion in royalties.

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    The Duke  about 1 month ago

    Well, at least the groundhog couldn’t see his shadow in the claw machine.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 1 month ago

    And they kept finding it there day after day after day after day after … I wonder if the Warden was Ned Ryerson.

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    Old Tarf Premium Member about 1 month ago

    A documentary , “Monopoly” and it’s origin , on PBS’ American Experience is worth the time to view.

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    KFischer1  about 1 month ago

    That would make paper the best choice on average.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member about 1 month ago

    That house with the Monopoly board floor is cursed. No family can live there long before fights break out, causing family members to flee in anger. If you think that’s bad, you should see the size of the dice and the tokens!

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    oish  about 1 month ago

    The owner couple tried to play the game using a real Scottish Terrier and Top Hat, but the dog wouldn’t stay or go where it was told

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    GojusJoe  about 1 month ago

    I can see mice, rats, perhaps even squirrels, but a groundhog does seem unusual. What I want to know is how does a toddler get into one of those things?

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  about 1 month ago

    And after that,to heck with the renovations.

    tearing up t he kitchen floor, they were disappointed not to find Chutes and Ladders

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    ChessPirate  about 1 month ago

    It would seem to me that, if fewer people are selecting scissors, then selecting them would result in slightly more wins, although it would also be informative as to which one is the most popular. So, if “rock” was the most popular, don’t use scissors. If “paper” is the most popular, do…

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    kendavis09  about 1 month ago

    Whatever you do, don’t break a mirror over the groundhog’s head.

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    billwog  about 1 month ago

    Pete, remember to repost this next Jan./Feb.

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    Smeagol  about 1 month ago

    When my brother bought his first house our mom who lived with him at the time said she didn’t like carpet because they’re hard to keep clean so we pulled up a corner to see what was underneath… hardwood and it was in good shape so we pulled the rest of that carpet off.

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    Bilan  about 1 month ago

    Scissors may be the least popular … and in Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock, Spock is the most popular.

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    Teto85 Premium Member about 1 month ago

    There is a city park in San Jose, CA with larger Monopoly board on the grounds. IIRC, it’s in Guadalupe Park near the river.

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    6turtle9  about 1 month ago

    Giant Monopoly Board found under carpet.

    Apparently that was thing back in the Fifties, and many people did it.

    metro.Co.Uk/2021/04/14/couple-find-giant-monopoly-board-painted-under-floor-when-they-rip-up-carpet-14411395/

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    jpozenel  about 1 month ago

    Finding a “TWISTER” game sheet painted on the floor under the carpet would have been more useful.

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    OldsVistaCruiser  30 days ago

    I wonder if they named the groundhog Gus, after the CGI spokesgroundhog for the Pennsylvania Lottery’s scratch games. He is often called “the second most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania.”

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