Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 19, 2025

No more tellurium for me. After I use up my stash

Canadians don’t trust people named Felix-Antoine.

Don’t know exactly why, it was humorous enough, but nothing to write home about; however, the Canadian politician story struck a here-to-fore unknown funny bone in my psyche and I laughed myself nearly sick.

I guess Felix even voted for the best candidate.

Organic chalcogen compounds, especially organic sulfur compounds, have the tendency to smell unpleasant. Dimethyl telluride also smells unpleasant, and selenophenol is renowned for its “metaphysical stench”.

“Tellurium breath” is caused by the body converting tellurium from any oxidation state to dimethyl telluride, ((CH3))2Te, a volatile compound with a pungent garlic-like smell. Volunteers given 15 mg of tellurium still had this characteristic smell on their breath eight months later. In laboratories, this odor makes it possible to discern which scientists are responsible for tellurium chemistry, and even which books they have handled in the past. Even though the metabolic pathways of tellurium are not known, it is generally assumed that they resemble those of the more extensively studied selenium because the final methylated metabolic products of the two elements are similar.

WIKI

Canadian voting fraud.

When an unpopular President completed his presidency, he wanted a special postage stamp issued with his picture on it.

He stressed that it should be of international quality.

The stamps were duly released and the former President was pleased. But within a couple of days of the release of the stamp, he began hearing complaints that the stamp was not sticking properly, and he was furious.

So he ordered an investigation into the matter. The investigator checked the problem out at several post offices and then reported it to the former President.

The results revealed that there was nothing wrong with the quality of the stamp.

The problem was that people were spitting on the wrong side.

What a happy, cute little weasel!

wow, sprinkle the illegals with tellurium as they sneak across the border and we’ll be able to track them down wherever they go.

Felix should have demanded a recount.

Do those stamps resonate if you pluck them?

Poor guy. You’re not supposed to vote for yourself, y’know.

Great name for the little thief: Fukuoka.

I cannot wait for the anime about that weasel.

I once had a ferret that would hide my work boots all the time, making me have to look all over the house while I was trying to get ready for work. They’re great pets, regardless…

Shopping Cart Limitations

A married couple on a tight budget were shopping in a supermarket. The husband picks up a case of beer and places it in their shopping cart…

The wife complained, “Put that back, we only have enough funds for essential items – not luxuries such as beer costing $35.”

A little later while walking through the cosmetics aisle, the wife picks up a beauty cream and other products and place them in the cart.

The husband says, “I thought we were on a tight budget, buying only essential items, right?”

The wife responds, “These items are essential. They make me look beautiful!”

“Well,” says the husband, “the beer also makes you look beautiful and its half the price!”

( Jan 22 )

Closest thing to a baker is this bridge story… Sorry!

Illinois bikers were riding west on I-74 when they saw a girl about to jump off the Murray Baker Bridge

George, their leader, a big burly man of 53, gets off his Harley, walks through a group of gawkers, past the State Trooper who was trying to talk her down off the railing, and says, “Hey Baby…..whatcha doin’ up there on that railin’?”

She says tearfully, “I’m going to commit suicide!!”

While he didn’t want to appear ‘sensitive,’ George also didn’t want to miss this ‘be-a-legend’ opportunity either, so he asked, “Well, before you jump, Honey-Babe…why don’t you give ole George here your best last kiss?”

So, with no hesitation at all, she leaned back over the railing and did just that … and it was a long, deep, lingering kiss followed immediately by another even better one.

After they breathlessly finished, George gets a big thumbs-up approval from his biker-buddies, the onlookers, and even the State Trooper, and then says, “Wow! That was the best kiss I have ever had, Honey! That’s a real talent you’re wasting, Sugar Shorts. You could be famous if you rode with me. Why are you committing suicide?”

“My parents don’t like me dressing like a girl.” came the reply.

It’s still unclear whether she jumped or was pushed??

Class mascot?