Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 05, 2019

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    DaJellyBelly  about 5 years ago

    That is an interesting factoid about horror movies. ;-)

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 5 years ago

    Then why did Alfred make movies of such a genre?

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    pearlsbs  about 5 years ago

    Alfred Hitchcock had a pretty dry sense of humor. I think it is likely that he just said that in jest.

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    hawgowar  about 5 years ago

    The clotting thing makes sense. If you’re frightened, you fear physical damage. So having one’s blood clot more efficiently would be a survival adaptation. Stop you from bleeding out if raked by a claw or a knife or something. Also, thicker blood is likely a bit more efficient at carrying oxygen, which you definitely need in “fight or flight” situations, whether it is run or fight. Both require lots of oxygen in the blood.

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    Pedmar Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Alfred Hitchcock stated that he never drove a car because he was so afraid of getting a ticket.

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    therese_callahan2002  about 5 years ago

    I guess he was too modest to look at himself onscreen.

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    bluegirl285  about 5 years ago

    Every time I read or hear something about Hitchcock, “Funeral March of a Marionette” gets stuck in my head.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 5 years ago

    I’m as disgusted as the next person, or more so, at the thought of eating insects or caterpillars.

    And I’m not exactly sure what they mean by 12 mm of caterpillars….

    I’m guessing it’s a section of one caterpillar, or a whole, tiny one, that’s 12mm long…. though I’d think the diameter would matter.

     

    12 mm is a tiny bit less than half an inch of a caterpillar..

    I wouldn’t want to find that in my spinach… but that’s what’s allowed in in 24 pounds.

    A 15 oz can of spinach is almost a pound…. that means cans are allowed to average half a millimeter of caterpillar…

    ie, a crosswise slice of caterpillar half the thickness of a credit card.

     

    A box of frozen spinach is about 10oz these days… so the average allowed slice per box is 2/3 as thick the one allowed in the can…. a third of a mm… as thick as three sheets of cheap printer paper…

    Imagine cutting through three sheets of paper with a hole punch that’s about the diameter of a caterpillar…those three dots of paper are how much of the beast is allowed.

    Would we even see it?

     

    Of course, the problem is, it’s probably not evenly allocated….

    maybe it passes inspection if 23 cans (or about 38 10 oz boxes) are clean and one container holds that whole half-inch piece.

    With my luck, that would turn up in my serving.

    Good thing I don’t like canned or frozen spinach.

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    markhughw  about 5 years ago

    Having heard Hitch on numerous occasions, he almost always had a very dry sense of humor, and saying that he was so terrified of his own movies was probably an example of that, and a way to promote them.

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    joefearsnothing  about 5 years ago

    “And now for a word from our spawnsers ahfter which I shall retuhn!”

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 5 years ago

    Oh Alfred and his never ending pr.

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    oakie817  about 5 years ago

    when I was 7 years old, my teenage aunt was babysitting and took me to see “Psycho”

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    oakie817  about 5 years ago

    we eat insects or their eggs all the time….and hey shrimp are related to cockroaches, crabs related to spiders, and lobsters in scorpion family- the guy on that strange foods show ate a scorpion and was amazed, said ’ oh my God…this tastes just like lobster’ …just sayin’

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    DoktorScheisskopf  about 5 years ago

    Now I know why I feel butterflies in my stomach when I eat spinach.

    Or why a small child says, “I need to go pupa” after eating spinach.

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    stamps  about 5 years ago

    Who actually goes through cans of spinach and counts caterpillar parts? I hope it pays a lot.

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    Gerard:D  about 5 years ago

    IMO, none of Hitchcock’ movies are horror movies. Thrillers, Drama, Mystery, Noir…but not Horror. Not even “Psycho”, a Psychological Thriller.

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    WCraft Premium Member about 5 years ago

    I’m waiting for Sheldon Cooper to show up and calculate just how many complete Caterpillars that Popeye has consumed…

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    tinstar  about 5 years ago

    Personally, I find the concept of canned spinach to be totally “yuck,” even without the caterpillar.

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    WDD  about 5 years ago

    Alfred Hitchcock couldn’t watch his own movies? I remember him in movie shorts and his television show as an understated comedian who would lull you into complacency, and then SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!

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