Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 25, 2012

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    fireboy28 cfde16  over 12 years ago

    I WAS TOLD IT WAS FOR ‘’ SAVE OR SHIP’’ OR SAME OLD -- .

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    Mr. Majestyk  over 12 years ago

    In the army it was “Sh*t On a Shingle.”

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    kakiman1078  over 12 years ago

    My understanding is that it stands for “Save Our Ship”, at least that’s what I was told when I was in the Navy.

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    ransomdstone  over 12 years ago

    OK, Tommasino A. Cat was his(her?) name. What did the “A” stand for?

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    Puddleglum2  over 12 years ago

    SOS …it could be Signal Of di’Stress’!

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    milano99  over 12 years ago

    No, “S” is the only Morse character comprised of 3 dits, and “O” is the only character with 3 dahs (or dots and dashes).

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    i_am_the_jam  over 12 years ago

    George Washington also said that political parties were a bad idea. Too bad no one listened to him.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 12 years ago

    heeeeere, kitty kitty kitty…..

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    johnrussco  over 12 years ago

    AMEN

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    Simon_Jester  over 12 years ago

    Yeah, but I heard her canary is contesting the will.

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    iced tea  over 12 years ago

    Too bad none of our presidents today have the humility George Washington had. When told he was going to be made king, he refused it, Then he said no at first at being made president. He was loyal to his country.

    What does Thomassino A. Cat do with all the money he inherited. Does he spend it all one catnip?:-)

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    lee_hoyle  over 12 years ago

    SOS = Save Our Souls

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    Canuckguy  over 12 years ago

    Ok, the acronyms came after SOS was chosen. Save Our Souls is another.

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    celliejoe46  over 12 years ago

    @ransome: it reads “tommasino – a cat belonging to…”, not “tommasino a. cat…”

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    Pygar  over 12 years ago

    Yeah. Imagine how much worse it would have been without a Republican spacing them out…

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    Simon_Jester  over 12 years ago

    Didn’t Leone Helmsley leave a big chunk of change to her dog when she kicked off?

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    Chuck Norton  over 12 years ago

    The wireless operators on the Titanic were among the first to transmitt SOS in an emergency. Only recently had it replaced CQD.

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    tuslog64  over 12 years ago

    CQD and SOS both were used re some of the articles I’ve read on the Titanic. Some of the radio CW symbols are given letter groups to remember easier.Example: / is same as DN jammed togetherSign off is SK jammed together (SILENT KEY)What if CQD were still the distress signal? When an amateur is sending out a call for anyone to answer him, he sends out a CQ – followed by DE – followed by his call sign. Thus, the airwaves would be full of —CQD——

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    corpcasselbury  over 12 years ago

    Given that Obama had a supermajority of Democrats in both houses of Congress when he took office and still accomplished nothing shows that you are as big an idiot as Obama is.

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