Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 23, 2025

[Ear scratch] “There, that’s a good boy, that’s a good boy. Now stop judging me and go finish your trigonometry homework.”

Is the ear rub thing true for cats also? They love them more than dogs.

Unless your dog is a Great Pyrenees. They are generally not fans of their ears being touched. Ours does not like it at all. She will shy away from ear rubs and any touching pretty quickly.

Today selections really went to the dogs!

Put down the comix? You’re about to become an outside dog. (p.s. I would never do that)

I’d love to be a “dog scientist”!!!!! “Dogs understand differential equations. They don’t show it because everyone hates people who understand differential equations.” Prove me wrong :D

I too, enjoy ear rubs and the release of endorphins, as I ponder my job as a Travel Guru!

I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Kahoots. Apparently, you can’t go alone. You have to be in Kahoots with someone.

I’ve also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my children, friends, family and work.

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.

I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.

Sometimes I’m in Capable, and I go there more often as I’m getting older.

One of my favourite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenaline flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!

I may have been in Continent, but I don’t remember what country I was in. It’s an age thing. They tell me it is very wet and damp there.

Ear rub over and out!

I love today’s Ripley! My Lizzie (Shih Tzu) is very smart. And will get more ear rubs from now on!

Doggone it I thought I was the only one who liked ear rubs.

I doubt dogs can judge writing quality.

I have to try out that ear rub trick on my wife to calm her down.

That study in Kyoto just goes to prove that the female of the species is hard-wired to be judgmental, sometime judge, other times mental. ;-p

Isn’t “BLANK enjoy BLANK because it releases endorphins” just a longer way of saying they enjoy it because they enjoy it? I mean, you can’t enjoy something without endorphins, right?

Dogs like Oomocs, like the Ferengi do?

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When I dog sit my sister’s Jack Russell he loves to sit next to my chair knowing my hand will start scratching him whenever he does. Back scratches are his favorite.

i love ear rubs too

cats are also keenly aware of amounts. they’ll let you know immediately that anything you serve another cat was too much…

Five dog biscuits vs two dog biscuits? I’m not sure that counts as counting.

An Englishman is hiking in Scotland and he pauses to drink from a stream.

A passing shepherd calls out, “Dinnae drink frae that, it’s all fulla coo p!ss an shite!”

The Englishman says to him in a cut-glass accent, “I’m terribly sorry, my good fellow, would you very much mind repeating that in the Queen’s English?”

And the shepherd says, “I’m terribly sorry sir, I was only asking if you would like to borrow this tin cup and get a proper drink?”