Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 08, 2021

Why did the coin-counting company give Andreas even more than the pennies were worth?

A man wants to go on an exotic vacation, so he goes to his travel agent. “Tahiti? The Bahamas? Bora Bora?” but none of these destinations are especially appealing, so he goes away. He searches the city, going from travel agency to travel agency, but he can’t find a truly exotic destination. Finally, on a dead-end street, he comes into a small travel agency, where he’s told, “I can put you in a resort on a distant island, where, in the jungle just beyond, the drums never stop.” Well, “drums never stop” resonates with the man, and he signs up for the trip. The next day, he finds himself on an airliner headed to a distant continent; the day after that he’s on a small outlying island…and soon he’s on an outrigger with his luggage, being rowed by a native. But he can see the island, a distant speck on the horizon, and very faintly he hears the drums: boom-ba, boom-ba, boom-ba. When the outrigger reaches the shore he jumps out and excitedly runs into the resort. The drums are quite loud now: BOOM-BA, BOOM-BA, BOOM-BA. He asks the man at the front desk, “Is it really true? The drums never stop?”

“Ya, Sah, drums nevah stop!” the clerk tells him. The man is overjoyed. He checks in, has dinner and dessert, all the while listening to the drums. Finally it was bedtime…and he realizes there’s a problem: the drums were so loud, he couldn’t get to sleep. He tries closing the window, he tries putting the pillow over his head – still no good. So he goes back to the front desk and asks again, “Do the drums never stop?”

“No, Sah, drums nevah stop.”

“But I can’t get to sleep! Can’t the drums stop for just a few hours?”

“No, Sah! Drums nevah stop. Drums MUST nevah stop. Very bad, very bad if drums stop!”

“Why? What happens if the drums stop?” The clerk looks around, frightened, and responds in a voice barely above a whisper:

“Bass solo!”

One time, Jason Snake Lover had 916 pennies deposited into a coin-counting machine.

What’s 360 multiplied by four? Sure would like to see Kui Ghury try to beat his own record.

I used to see these boys who were constantly trying to jump off their skateboards and flip the things over all the way around, then land on them. It’s pointless. Just RIDE your skateboards! That’s what they’re for! (old woman yells at clouds)

Day of similarities today, huh? The stray dog reminds a bit of the dog from The Little Rascals, the chariot of a 2000 year old piece of cheesecake and the skateboard boy of Alfred E Neumann

Since the company refuses to admit that they sent the coins they still owe him his final check.

Khui Gury

One time I was 2,001 years old.

Flandres Aeten When they say final paycheck, is that because he passed away? Or is it because he got fired or retired?

Vidal’s corpse was said to have been beheaded and tied securely to a horse, along with his decapitated head.

May the Lord be with you.

There is probably more than a $85 dollars worth of rare coins in the pile. Anytime there is a story like this, someone with time on their hands will by them up and look.

The bill collectors up here in our area would go to ATMs and withdraw $1000 or $2000 dollars looking for rare $20s or $50s.

Good of them to flatten the pile of coins.

Take care, may Earl’s dog Yammerfleep Kolosheffenhyord be with you, and gesundheit.

Me thinks Andreas was a jerk that was fired.

Looks like the mask mandates have gone a little too far. Even in a drawing?

If that drawing is at all accurate, I don’t think I’d use the word Intact to describe the chariot.

Can anyone see this comment?

I guess Pompeiians liking ‘used chariots’ has been passed down to people liking used cars…

Nothing unbelievable here.

That chariot has to be the mother of all barn finds.

But the pennies ARE cash. You mean $1,000 in paper money?

4 believes – poor puppy, I wonder if the kid gets dizzy doing that, two bad the horsepower was missing from the chariot, and I wouldn’t mind the pennies except they are described as greasy. not sure I would like greasy pennies.

I looked the story on Andreas because I’m curious about the background. Turns out his boss is an abusive jerk. The job involved luxury auto repair, and the place had a high turnover rate because it was so toxic. Andreas gave his two-week notice and the boss was white-hot furious.

“ Flaten claims on his last day, he delivered his uniforms washed and in a box complete with another letter explaining why he was leaving. He said his boss promised his final check would be paid in January. It never arrived. He said his boss accused him of damages. I honestly, at this point, never expected him to pay,” said Flaten. Flaten called Georgia’s Department of Labor. Five months later, he was paid, presumably the full $915 dollars… in pennies.” (CBS 46) When it was finally counted the total number of pennies was 91,515.

The pennies were covered in motor oil and had to be cleaned before he could turn them in. The boss included a very foul note. Coin star got involved when they heard about the story. They not only rounded up the total amount, AND offered to donate $1000 to two charities of his choice.Andreas chose two animal shelters in the Atlanta area. (New York Post).

So, now the repair shop has received horrible publicity, Coinstar got terrific publicity, and future employers have learned that Andreas Flatten is a class act. Sweet ending!

Could he do that 1080 when turns 45?

I remember having a skateboard in the 60s. It was made of wood back then.