Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 18, 2012
Transcript:
Shourabh Modi of Madhya Pradesh, India, wrote the name of Madhya Pradesh chef Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan 11,111 times on 2778 matchsticks! The US Postal Service processes 40% of the world to mail volume- 167.9 billion items a year! Big money! Darius, a continental giant rabbit, owned by Annette Edwards of Worchester, England, weighs 49 pounds and is 4 feet, 3 inches long!
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
I’ve heard of the expression “the whole ball of wax”, but this ball of matches is a whole new ball game.
StelBel over 12 years ago
I continue to marvel at what people choose to spend their time on. It would never even occur to me to write anything on matchsticks! But, then, I suppose there are some who would marvel at people spending so much time reading comics and commenting on them, like I do…lol
walruscarver2000 over 12 years ago
Harvey? Is that you?
MermaidStitcher over 12 years ago
my question ablout the matches is…Why?
BlackHawkDon over 12 years ago
167.9 B is what the US Postal service delivers or is 167.9 B the worlds total?
linsonl over 12 years ago
I thought Harvey was white….
Mary Rose Francini Premium Member over 12 years ago
try mystic stamps company online to collection stamps or USPS store online (www.usps,gov)
Mary Rose Francini Premium Member over 12 years ago
www.usps.com not www.usps.gov new website design
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
Too bad most of that 40% is junk mail.
iced tea over 12 years ago
Did you know the Easter Bunny stems from Germany? That big rabbit would scare Bugs, Roger, Thumper, and Harvey out of their fur! But it’s probably really tamed.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Shourabh must have thought it was a match made in heaven!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
What’s in a name?
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
kevin78661,You are exceedingly perceptive! I suppose he must have wanted to stop at 11,111! I hope he had some good reason for doing it at all. It seems like an incredible waste of time!