Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 26, 2011
Transcript:
Less than 2% of Earth's water is ice and snow, but that represents the majority of the world's freshwater! Sorry, I didn't quite catch your name! Barnaby Marmaduke Aloysius Benjy Cobweb Felix Gaspar Humbert Ignatius Jayden Kasper Leroy Maximilian Neddy Obiajulu Peping Quilliam Rosencrantz Sexton Teddy Upwood Vivatma Wayland Xylon Yardley Zachary Usansky is a resident of Edinburgh, Scotland! Houdini dog! Akeelah, a dog belonging to Nick Crawford of Maryland, USA, is a master escape artist. She has so far learned to escape from 4 different types of crates and a closed room!
Koolfunkygrrl about 13 years ago
Why would a parent name their son all those names? I never understood it, don’t they know the Chinese story of Tikki tikki tembo nosa rembo chari bari ruchi pip peri pembo and how he fell down a well??
ghretighoti about 13 years ago
When I was in the U.S. Army they had a way to deal with people like Mr. Usansky. On all paperwork, they would have called him simply Barnaby NMI Usanski. (NMI = no middle initial.)
FatTonyBalducci about 13 years ago
Is he related to John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt??
suzleigh about 13 years ago
Remember ‘Ritchie Petrie’ (Dick Van Dyke Show) had ‘Rosebud’ as his middle name — the first letter of Rob & Lauras family names (Robert Oscar Sam Edward Benjamin Ulysses David)
josietn about 13 years ago
Just call him “Bob”.. ;)
nickanap about 13 years ago
i bet that Nick Crawford guy who owns the houdini dog is really awesome and handsome!
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
Great Scot!Who needs an appellation like that one, unless it’s an extended mountain range?
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
Apparently Usansky kept his name to adulthood. His parents weren’t Russian to change it.
hossblacksilver about 13 years ago
Yeah, but everyone calls him Alphabet for short.
tuslog64 about 13 years ago
I had an aunt named Edna. Didn’t know until the obit was published that Edna was the middle name. (First was Elizabeth)
corpcasselbury about 13 years ago
Or how about B. Incompetent Obama, Clark?
Tracy King about 13 years ago
I am sure Nick Crawford is awesome and handsome too lol. the dog story is alot more interesting than some guys name!
iced tea about 13 years ago
Are all his names Christening names perhaps?
Puddleglum2 about 13 years ago
Can the dog escape from “A room without windows, a room without doors?”