Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 26, 2011

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    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??

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    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.)

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    FatTonyBalducci  about 13 years ago

    Is he related to John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt??

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    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)

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    josietn  about 13 years ago

    Just call him “Bob”.. ;)

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    nickanap  about 13 years ago

    i bet that Nick Crawford guy who owns the houdini dog is really awesome and handsome!

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    Puddleglum2  about 13 years ago

    Great Scot!Who needs an appellation like that one, unless it’s an extended mountain range?

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    Puddleglum2  about 13 years ago

    Apparently Usansky kept his name to adulthood. His parents weren’t Russian to change it.

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    hossblacksilver  about 13 years ago

    Yeah, but everyone calls him Alphabet for short.

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    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)

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    corpcasselbury  about 13 years ago

    Or how about B. Incompetent Obama, Clark?

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    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!

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    iced tea  about 13 years ago

    Are all his names Christening names perhaps?

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    Puddleglum2  about 13 years ago

    Can the dog escape from “A room without windows, a room without doors?”

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