Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 14, 2021

If you think thalassophobia is unusual, try looking up submechanophobia. That one bunyip model is particularly unpleasant.

Not a personal story tonight, but a cherished one nonetheless:

Bill Clinton and the Pope die on the same say, but there’s a mixup: the Pope goes down, and Clinton goes up. Well, it doesn’t take long for the problem to be resolved, and soon both men are traveling toward their respective final destinations. As they pass each other in the middle, the Pope says, “I’m so glad this got resolved! I’ve been waiting my entire life to meet The Virgin Mary.”

Bill Clinton just says, “Oops…”

how long ago was that skink’s double birth?

You don’t know that for sure about Man E, Ripster. I bet our heads get up to all kinds of shenanigans when we’ve been dead for that long.

Maybe the mummy was screaming because the sheepskin smelled really bad.

A dodo and a pigeon walked into Nicobar. They were from Andaman.

I’ve heard of amphibians; I haven’t heard of oviparimamallians.

My ex-wife did that. Well, they weren’t really “eggs,” but still.

Take care, may Laotian SRL Nikon shutter inspector Haleigha Gmord be with you, and gesundheit.

Tallassaphobia? The fear of really high butts? Nope. Never had that.

Some of the skink’s eggs hatched prematurely…me thinks1 ;o)

Interesting tidbit about the 3-toed skinks, it seems their method of reproduction depends on where they live in the wild.

The three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) is one of only a handful of rare “bimodally reproductive” species, in which some individuals lay eggs and others give birth to live babies. … In the northern highlands of New South Wales the animals normally give birth to live young, but those living in and around Sydney lay eggs.

I believe I would have received a week long suspension from my high school if I had called someone a Three Toed Skink.

Groan!

Thanks for giving up the secret information! Now they’ll go after the Nicobar pigeons and hunt them to extinction, too!

There’s a good lesson here. If you are an Egyptian, don’t piss your father off.

Sophomoric ancient jokes. Ripley’s comment section is a real curmudgeon magnet.

I wonder if they threw in scarab beetles??

Is it still Thalassophobia if it doesn’t keep you out of the water? I struggled with that one for awhile.

Is ton afro // Is ton afro tis thalassas // I ayapi mou // I ayapi mou kimate // Parakalo sas kimata // Min mou tin exipnate // …

I wonder if Man E was still alive when he got wrapped in that impure sheepskin?

Happy Valentine’s Day. Be sure to wear red or you’ll get pinched. And drink red beer.

Not unusual for a corpse to assume that posture. During chemical and dehydration the larger posterior neck muscle shrink pulling the head back. The lips retract for same reasons. Looking up civil war photos of field casualties you’ll see many of the corpses assume this posturing.

The skink holds the record for the greatest case of indecision in history…

Knowing the ‘habits’ of our ancestors I doubt if that “just appears to be a scream”…

I googled the pigeon, and it’s actually quite the flashy little bird.