This is BIG.
Not so big that it'll hurt. Just big enough to make you giggle and feel silly. But if it's in your vicinity -- just do it. You'll be glad. Trust me.
Ripley's Believe It or Not is bringing back the traveling Fertility Statues!
I'm hoping to convince the Editor to venture forth with me (and maybe The Homeschooled Boy) to the lovely central Texas oasis of San Antonio just to see these tall wooden statues from the Ivory Coast. The Ripley's Odditorium folks claim more than 2,000 women have reportedly been knocked up after touching these anatomically correct carvings.
The story goes that within a few months of the newly purchased statues being placed in the lobby of Ripley Entertainment's corporate headquarters in 1993, 13 women staffers and office visitors got pregnant. A Wall Street Journal article broke the news, and suddenly baby-desperate women around the world wanted to get their hands on the idols.
It's awful nice of the Ripley folks to drag their statues around the globe for the sake of those mamma-wannabe's.
And for the record, I won't be touching anything in the vicinity. I just want an excuse to make a quick tax-deductible roadtrip.
For the low-down on When & Where you can Touch The Fertility Statues, visit the 2010 Tour Schedule page.
Not so big that it'll hurt. Just big enough to make you giggle and feel silly. But if it's in your vicinity -- just do it. You'll be glad. Trust me.
Ripley's Believe It or Not is bringing back the traveling Fertility Statues!
I'm hoping to convince the Editor to venture forth with me (and maybe The Homeschooled Boy) to the lovely central Texas oasis of San Antonio just to see these tall wooden statues from the Ivory Coast. The Ripley's Odditorium folks claim more than 2,000 women have reportedly been knocked up after touching these anatomically correct carvings.
The story goes that within a few months of the newly purchased statues being placed in the lobby of Ripley Entertainment's corporate headquarters in 1993, 13 women staffers and office visitors got pregnant. A Wall Street Journal article broke the news, and suddenly baby-desperate women around the world wanted to get their hands on the idols.
It's awful nice of the Ripley folks to drag their statues around the globe for the sake of those mamma-wannabe's.
And for the record, I won't be touching anything in the vicinity. I just want an excuse to make a quick tax-deductible roadtrip.
For the low-down on When & Where you can Touch The Fertility Statues, visit the 2010 Tour Schedule page.
