Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 13, 2012
June 12, 2012
June 14, 2012
Transcript:
After he suffered stomach pains for 20 years doctors for Amlesh Kumar of Delhi, India, discovered and removed a 1 pound bladder stone from his abdomen! Scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD., USA, built a giant metal crossbow to fire retractable harpoons into passing comets! While in a meningitis induced coma, Maggie Meier of Overland Park, Kan., USA, couldn't talk, walk or eat, but the high school basketball player could shoot baskets from her wheelchair!
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FatTonyBalducci over 12 years ago
Sign her up for the Warriors
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
I don’t believe any of this.
el8 over 12 years ago
maybe she could throw 1# bladder stones at passing comets?
Captain Colorado over 12 years ago
I don’t believe the one about the giant crossbow.
Nuri the Turk Premium Member over 12 years ago
True.http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/60199-nasa-plans-to-harpoon-comet
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
“Firing retractable harpoons into passing comets” is a whale of a story, but it’s not heart-rending. It doesn’t get me all blubbery!
elysummers over 12 years ago
Gawd what WON’T our govt spend money on.
walruscarver2000 over 12 years ago
And all “investments” under Bush were wildly successful, right? (It is the comic pages.)
gocomicsmember over 12 years ago
Abdomen: “The part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.” Now look at that X-ray and tell me if they have described the location of the kidney stone accurately.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
Solyndra was a risk – it wasn’t a complete failure, it’s just that someone else could produce the product a bit cheaper.
Chewiek9 over 12 years ago
Someone who thought THAT was important!
Red_Fez over 12 years ago
You removed my Obama comment? I bet I made it about Bush instead, it’d still be posted. And yes, Obama is brain dead.
oldfogie over 12 years ago
Is it April 1st today?
Mostly Water Premium Member over 12 years ago
Hmm… wonder how far Maggie could throw a 1 lb bladder stone? Are there bladderstone hoops on eBay?