Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 27, 2015

How many pounds’ (currency, not weight) worth of WWII ration coupons did Her Majesty use on that dress?

At least 200 ration coupons given to her by the government.

Pretty sure she wouldnt have needed them for food.

what a waste of beer!

And people complain about SNAP users….

Alan Page, who was part of the “Purple People Eater” defense for the Minnesota Vikings is a lawyer, and an associate justice on the Minnesota State Supreme Court.

Bet that’s not all that’s in the pool!

Ration coupons didn’t work like money; they had to be used alongside money as a limit to how much meat, sugar, gasoline, etc., etc., you could buy, no matter how much money you had. It was partly (mostly, in the UK) to save resources for the troops, and partly (mostly, in the US) to make everybody have a we’re-all-in-this-together attitude.

By the way, Princess Elizabeth (as she was at the time) married in 1947, but war rationing continued in Britain into the 1950s. It might have continued even longer, but there was a scandal when the luxurious menu of a Rationing Board banquet was leaked; some people, it seems, really liked playing at being little tin gods, and didn’t want to give it up.

Dr Bill Lenkaitis played for the Chargers and Patriots from 68-81. He earned his Dental Degree before starting to play NFL. He had a dental office in the Patriots locker room, and is still a practicing dentist in Foxborough MA.