Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 21, 2011
Transcript:
No short jokes, please! The St. Patrick's Day parade held in Maryville, MO., USA, on March 17, 2011, was only 87 feet long! Elizabeth Taylor became the first actress to earn $1 million- her 1963 role of Cleopatra! Cyanide gas is an extremely lethal poison in a common component of comets in our solar system!
rhsasl over 13 years ago
Elizabeth Taylor, a bargain at $1M and after 40 years of dvd sales the movie is way over the top.
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
Cleanse the comets with Comet Cleanser!
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
No “short” jokes, please!There goes my Henny Youngman one-liner!
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
No “short” jokes would be too much of a shock to my system!
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
“Liz” wouldn’t have made a good vasemaker, where a penny saved is a penny ‘urned’! Was it John Keats that ‘coined’ that saying? BTW, how much does a Grecian urn?
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
…only 87 feet long?That’s shorter than a centipede!
Nighthawks Premium Member over 13 years ago
yes, but Maryville MO, is only 87 feet long
gocomicsmember over 13 years ago
Amusing joke, but the size of the town is actually five square miles. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryville,_Missouri
SHAKENDOWN over 13 years ago
Allegedly, there were plenty of disruptions during filming, Ms. Taylor culpable for some of them. The movie was a colossal box office disaster. Another of her flicks, the V.I.P’s was a loser as well. Redemption came with Virginia Wolfe.