Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 17, 2012
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If a human could fly like a bird... A person's wingspan would need to be about 22 feet across just to support his or her own weight! Dr. Oliver Waters, a British gastroenterologist, surgically removed a pen that had been in the stomach of a 76-year-old woman for 25 years- and the pen still worked! An elephant in the wild that lives into old age, 60 years or more, will typically die of starvation when the last of its teeth become so worn that they no longer function properly.
FatTonyBalducci over 12 years ago
And then he took the pen and immediately wrote her the Bill!!
jpsomebody over 12 years ago
She kept it pen(t) up inside her for years.
johnrussco over 12 years ago
how sad for the elephant
Frogman_tg over 12 years ago
Musta been a
Bic!Tog over 12 years ago
The writing was on the wall – of her stomach.
Stagger Lee over 12 years ago
If humans died when they lost their teeth or they were broken and worn down, Walmart would be empty.
chicken 33 over 12 years ago
How manny calories would he need to fly?
randymi over 12 years ago
Perhaps the pen IS mightier than the sword… ;)
davidf42 over 12 years ago
So if we made dentures for the elephants, they would live longer.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
The woman couldn’t ‘stomach’ that pen any longer!
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
“Inka Dinka Doo”
chris_weaver over 12 years ago
Just don’t fly too close to the sun!
KA7DRE Premium Member over 12 years ago
So THAT’S what’s been causing that sharp pain in my stomach all these years !
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
Elephants have only six teeth. Two tusks and four molars.
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
I think it’s funny that they even tried the pen afterward.So how long would elephant wings have to be?
iced tea over 12 years ago
Can I ask how that pen got into that woman’s stomach?
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 12 years ago
She was 51 when she swallowed the pen. I bet she has a very interesting story about how it got in there!
On the subject of elephants: I heard they know when they are dying and they go to the “death fields” to die. Now I know why, starvation. What a terrible way to go. We need to supply them with dental insurance. :/
tbritt99 over 12 years ago
WHY would a woman swallow a pen?
tbritt99 over 12 years ago
Lg open market for elephant dentists.