Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 06, 2022

Ambrose Bierce, Judge Crater, Jimmy Hoffa, Amelia Earhart, and now Steve Silver are nowhere to be found. Do we suppose foul (or in Steve’s case, fowl) play is involved? Let us not fear the worst. However, if anyone knows how to go onto profiles (other than clicking on the avatar, which of course in Silver’s case ain’t there no more) please post the answer, so at least the rest of can see what he’s been trying to post.

Meanwhile, I’m re-posting something I did a few years back in his honor. Steve, buddy, if you’re able to see this, mazel tov. I hope on this post-Yom Kippur evening you’ve been atoned, or at least gotten off on a technicality…

One of the great radio shows of the 20th Century was The Fred Allen Show, and one of its most popular features was his weekly walk down Allen’s Alley. On one such walk he encountered Mrs. Nussbaum, who always had words to say about her husband Pierre: “Oy, Mister Allen! Last night mine husband Pierre is dreaming he is the Lone Ranger, and all night he is yelling in his sleep, ‘Hi-Ho, SILVER!!’ Well…in our building is living a Mrs. Silver sleeping with her window open, and all night long she is yelling back, ‘Hi-Ho, NUSSBAUM!’”

Hurry back to us, Silver. We miss you.

So if a group of giraffes has an off-center lean, are they called as Pisa?

The stimulant effect of coffee is from the caffeine. Caffeine has no calories so it provides no energy. So, technically RBION is correct.

Overhead power lines.

magicfever495 was found on a last run flyby about 4 hours ago

@Gweedo it’s legal here Murray

I heard that one on the Bob and Tom show this morning

I catch a little B & T when rolling through Nebraska-Iowa country.

He didn’t have much to say … so far.

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An apple a day will keep the doctor away. And hopefully, a teensy bit ribaldy joke a day will keep Mr. Shrilly away.

Notice that animal group names are always related to the species. A murder of crows, a crash of rhinos, etc.

Yeah? Well I dunk my apples in my coffee. So there! ~ Fast Eddie, yes I have ground my teeth flat but that’s from the diet pills so have an apple, it’s okay… well I’m off shopping now then the hike and then the bike ride and then the other stuff.

Take care, may silly zoo giraffe Eenkle “I Eat Breakfast And It’s Lunch By The Time It Hits My Stomach” Yeenkord be with you, and gesundheit.

A group of gees is called a whiz.

OF COURSE an apple with give you ‘more sustained energy’ than a cup of coffee! An apple contains actual nutrition, and coffee does not.

Eating a steak will give you more sustained energy than eating a bicycle seat. Believe it, or don’t!

Caffeine doesn’t actually provide energy. On nerve cells, when some types of receptors are activated, they bring the nerve cell closer to a state where it will fire. Other types of receptors do the opposite: When these are activated, firing the nerve cell becomes inhibited. Caffeine temporarily blocks the some of the second type of receptors.

Inspiration at those lunches – were they liquid lunches by any chance?

That makes me feel better about my practice of eating whatever food I want for energy instead of consuming caffeine. (If I really need a surge, it’ll be chocolate.)

“A Bug’s Life” came out ten years before “WALL-E.” That’s a pretty long time to hold onto an idea.

That depends on how much sugar you put in your coffee.

Want to get lost? Join a tower. Enjoy the view.

The first published book providing the clever names of groups of creatures was the Book of St. Albans, also known as The Book of Hawking, Hunting and Blasing of Arms, in 1486, by Juliana Berners. It includes a few human categories such as ‘A disguising of tailors’, ‘a doctrine of doctors’ and ‘a neverthriving of jugglers’. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20181108-why-a-group-of-hippos-is-called-a-bloat

Monster’s Inc was and still is, a great movie.