Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 12, 2024

I wonder if the lawyer ever puts his clients on the stand to give their testimony?

Did the fish ever pay Antoine for his services?

Cats is necessary eevil.

I feel bad. I had sardines in my salad…..they may sue.

As an aside, the sardine can said “Sardines in Louisiana Hot Sauce” and then I noticed it was a product of Poland. Pretty fishy….

On a related note, African wild dogs hunt much more often in the winter.

Sneezing… maybe we should try that. It couldn’t get any worse :D

Those who protect and represent both animals as well as children are first in my book!

I’m glad to see this, my 11 year old Beagle sneezes when I ask her a question.

Read the Wikipedia article on Goetschel to get an accurate understanding of his duties as RBION whiffed this one. As a small part of his law practice he represents the interests of animals, and doesn’t prosecute anyone.

So do they pay Antoine in prey?

The rats convinced people that cats were evil. Cats are killed by people, the rat population explodes and the black plague happens.

OK, can someone tell me just HOW they know why the wild dog sneezes? Did someone get a $1 million grant to study it? And just why does that research benefit people? Sheesh.

I can see cats being considered that way, interestingly enough, they were domesticated during the middle ages, about 10,000 years ago!

If I see a wild dog sneezing, I’ll get nervous!

9:20 eastern time and already deleted, with no explanation.

Either this is becoming automatic for the moderators, or there are flaggers that are averse to humour.

Either way, see yesterday’s strip re: lawyer story.

Get a life, Antoine, sheesh. How many courtrooms have you been laughed out of?

So is a sneeze a Yay or Nay vote?

Sounds like the Middle Ages got at least one thing right.

On this day in History

Nov. 12, 1968

US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas declares unconstitutional the Arkansas law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools.

(for what it’s worth, if evangelicals will have their GOP way, that’ll be reversed nationwide)

Antoine floundered too long.

Oh my Cod! Antoine is just fishing to reel in clients…

I would think the dogs would just point to their mouths when they want to go hunting

Not too long ago, it was dangerous to leave a cat in the same room as a sleeping baby. The cat would steal the baby’s breath and sometimes the baby would die. Such was the belief and I am sure your grandma, is she is at least 85 will remember and affirm that.

I always want more info. Does the sneeze mean I want to go, or no?

It was Pope Gregory IX who considered cats as the instrument of Satan. With the purge the Black Death swept across Europe.

Yes, I’ve often read about those silly facts in the medieval history books – sheesh!

Cats are, have always been and will always BE evil!!!! Except for, of course, BIG cats!

Interesting. Is that why our Shih Tzu sneezes when we tell him to “Speak!”?

A Professor Calls “Pencils Down” and one students keeps writing.

When the student goes to turn in his exam, the professor tells him, “l’m not going to accept this, you didn’t put your pencil down when I said to.”

“Do you have any idea who I am?” The student says, snobbily.

“I don’t have the slightest idea who you are and I don’t care,” the professor retorted.

“Good!” The student replied as he slipped his exam into the middle of the stack and walked away.

And if the dogs don’t catch cold first?

Apparently, that “cats are evil” notion is just a myth.

Golly. Who is surprised at that? Many people — maybe even most people — believing something that isn’t true?

Also, Voting Barbie says “Economics is hard!”.