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I was digging = down deep in our garden when I found a rusty can full of old = coins.    I was about to = run straight in the house to tell my wife.   Then I = remembered why I was digging the hole in the first =…

The= re is nothing ironic about rain on your wedding day. It’s normal = for a couple to have a bridal shower.   It’= s ironic that chili is hot, not chilly.   Wha= t’s ironic about having a left handed pen? It’s for = righting.   Iro= nically, the…

Kno= w what’s ironic? My computer asking me if I’m a = robot.   Whe= n I become a superhero, I’m going to call myself "Ironic". So = when there’s trouble & I’m running away, people will be like = "Isn’t that ironic?" It would be ironic if a movie…

[On the first = weekday of the month, we try our hand at humor.  Many wish we would = fold our hand before playing.]   A thirsty = prospector in the desert visited creek after creek only to find them all = dry. Sadly, he just went from one ex-stream to…

[After 50+ = years of full-time ministry, I am no longer a pastor.  That will = not slow me from praying for the pastors (especially my successor on my = retirement or my two pastor-sons) and rejoice at those who will still = lift me up in their prayers]  …

[Sa= rcasm 101 on the last day of April:] So far, 2021 seems = odd. Lik= e every other year.   Spe= aking of odd, what were the odds in 1957 of being the exact stray dog = chosen to be the first living thing in space? Lai= ka million…

Way= ne: (offering Mary a Tic-Tac) “Did you hear about the guy who = invented these things?" Mar= y: "No. What about him?" Way= ne: "Well, they say he made a mint."   ~~ Mar= y: (browsing through the posts on Facebook) "Hey Hon, it says here = that people…

Wit= h my wife facing her birthday, she looked in the mirror and asked if I = was still attracted to her. I = replied, “Honey, When I married you 50+ years ago I thought you = were about a 6. Now you’re at least a 20. What do you…

Upo= n retirement, I knew I needed some change in my life. So = I decided to start a hobby collecting coins.   I = know it seems odd, but it makes cents to me.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = bob@grif.net = www.grif.net "Jesus = Knows Me, This I…

I did a = wedding ceremony for two English professors from a local college.  =   In the = rehearsal I asked if I could pronouns them “he” and = “she”.   They advised = me to stick with traditional vows.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = bob@grif.net = www.grif.net…

When Gandhi was studying law at the University College of = London, a white professor, whose last name was Peters, disliked him = intensely and always displayed prejudice and animosity towards him. = Also, because Gandhi never lowered his head when addressing him, as he = expected from an Indian,…

We&= #8217;re new in town so visiting variety of churches. Saw an odd = 5-sided church building.  They said it was shaped as a = repentagon.   One= liturgical church offered free Wi-Fi so they’d have an invisible = power that actually works.   Ano= ther church insisted everyone line…

I have a low = threshold of fun visiting foreign countries:  =   Sign in hotel = warns us tourists: “Streets desserted at night”.Yet, I = went out hoping for an ice cream cone, a Twinkie, or at least a cookie. = Alas, nothing there. . And the sign =…