Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 26, 2022

I thought Nintendo was originally a Japanese company that involved playing cards.

Nintendo was founded in 1889. The Ottoman Empire ended in 1922, there are companies older than Nintendo.

Here is a link if anyone cares:

https://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-americas-10-oldest-public-companies-2012-1

Nintendo was founded in 1889, and sold games from the very beginning. They stated out with playing cards, and it took nearly 100 years for them to make their first ever electronic game in 1971.

A koala walks into a restaurant.He says, “I’ll have the minestrone.”

The waitress brings it, the koala eats it quickly, then orders a bowl of chili.

The waitress brings it, the koala eats it quickly, then orders a bowl of lobster bisque.

The waitress brings it, the koala eats it quickly, then orders a bowl of gazpacho.

After a while the waitress says, “Wow, you must be hungry.”

The koala answers, “No, I’m just a moresoupial.”

Until next time.

So Koalas don’t hug trees just to look cool?

I’m sure the Ottomans played a lot more backgammon than Nintendo back then (World War I and before).

Luigi invites Mario over to play some Nintendo Switch. As they get ready to fire up some Smash Bros., Mario notices Luigi has a new avatar.

Mario asks, “Say, Luigi, what kind picture is that?”

Luigi says… “It’s a Mii, Mario.”

Well, house fires, wild fires, they’re both fires, right?

A photographer from a well known international magazine was assigned to cover the fires at Yellowstone National Park.

When the photographer arrived, he realize that the smoke was so thick, it would seriously impede or make it impossible for him to photograph anything at ground level, so he requested and received permission to hire a plane and take photos from the air.

Arriving at the airport, he saw a plane warming up near the gate. He jumped in with his bag and shouted, “Let’s go.”

The pilot swung the plane onto the runway and within minutes they were in the air.

The photographer said, “Fly over the park and make two or three low passes so that I can take some photographs.”

“Why?”, the pilot asked.

“Because I am a photographer, and photographers take photographs”, he said.

The pilot was silent for a moment, and finally said, “You mean, you’re not the flight instructor?”

Until next time.

You can further increase you chances of surviving a house fire by soaking blankets, rugs, and all clothing prior to going to bed. ~ Smokey the Bare Uncle

Take care, may famed ottoman designer Abdula-Sam “Put Feet High For Comfort And Low For Walk Around While Whistle Wooly Bully” Shamporkmanord be with you, and gesundheit.

Of course, there were no electronic games back in the early days…

I love the shades on the Koala bear!!

Ottomans were great before the recliner was invented.

And I was just a chick when Atari released Pong…

koala’s will always be cool!

For all you drummers out there, Zildjian cymbals is one of the oldest companies

https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/zildjian-cymbals-history/

Closing your bedroom door will keep the smoke detector from going off early enough to get out safely…

Put the smoke detector outside the bedroom door and be sure it is loud.

The caliphate was dissolved in 1924, relatively recent.

Closing my bedroom door before going to sleep greatly increases my chances of not sleeping because of cats complaining about the door. Given the choice between a “low likelihood of happening” and a “definitely gonna happen” I’ll take the one that lets me snuggle the kitties.

Only if the house fire occurs outside your bedroom!!!

What about an apartment fire?

Whoa i learned something new today. I actually have a bedroom door, Never noticed it before. Only lived here 9 years so overlooking it is understandable. I wonder if any of the other rooms in my apartment have doors?

Boudreaux and Thibodeaux go to visit Fontenot.

When they get there they see Fontenot at the back door of his barn scratching his head.

They ask, “Fontenot what is you doing sha?”

Fontenot he says, " I’m tryin’ to figure out what to do."

Y’all see ma donkey her ears da too long, an da touch de door and she don’t go in da barn, so I need to cut my door higher."

Well Boudreaux says, "Fontenot, why don’t you just dig da dirt out a little, den her ears da won’t touch the top of da door.

Fontenot he says, “Man is you some dumb.”

“I done tol you, her ears is to long, not her legs.”

What is with all these people on this site telling lame jokes that mainly have nothing to do at all with the Ripley’s Believe it or Not featured “comic” of the day?! Can’t you find a better forum for that? Like maybe www.LameJokes.com or something?