Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 15, 2015
February 14, 2015
February 16, 2015
Transcript:
The Orange Skycap mobile Laundry is a charity that travels around Brisbane, Australia, washing the clothes of homeless people street by street. The Cyclomer launched in Paris in 1932, was an amphibious a bicycle with hollow wheels and floats. The piano played by the character Sam in the movie Casablanca (1942) was sold at an auction in New York for $3.4 million in November 2014.
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Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
One word concerning that Australian laundromat-mobile for homeless: genius.
Cloudchaser over 9 years ago
Mythbusters tried making an amphibious bike for the episode first broadcast 2/7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2015_season)#Aqua_Bike
francisrossi over 9 years ago
How it work? Make the homeless stand in the altogether whilst their clothes wash? Put the homeless in the washer whilst still dressed?
Laynegg over 9 years ago
I had that same thought. Perhaps they have a “one size fits most” robe and a warm spot in the van with coffee and a sandwich. In any case, it is a brilliant service.
maldo over 9 years ago
Technically, Sam didn’t play anything. Dooley Wilson didn’t play piano, he was a drummer. The playing was dubbed.
comixbomix over 9 years ago
A mobile shower wouldn’t be a bad thing, either…
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
Wow, no exclamation points. Is John Graziano unimpressed with his own collection?
Eugeno over 9 years ago
Last year, group in San Francisco started going around to the homeless with a ‘shower bus’ – an RV set up to provide showers, also making connections with mobile food vendors – haven’t heard anything about it lately.
AtomicForce91 Premium Member over 9 years ago
They also accept donations.http://www.orangeskylaundry.com.au/#!paypal/c1um5