Richard G = shared, “Guy texted me = about how I can make it rich selling Egyptian antiquities. After some = research. I discovered it was just a pyramid = scheme.” Ken H looked = at his wife: “You make my heart beat faster than a delivery from =…
03/03/21 Grif.Net – Speaking of Frogs
A = frog went to a fortune teller to find out if he would ever be lucky in = love. The fortune teller read his palm and told the frog, "I = have good news and I have bad news. Which would you like to hear = first?" The=…
03/02/21 Grif.Net – 3 Wishes from a Frog
A = woman was out golfing and hit the ball deep into the woods. When she = went to look for it she found a frog in a trap. The= frog said to her, "If you release me from this trap, I will grant = you three wishes." …
03/01/21 Grif.Net – First (or Worst) of the Month Humor
[Start every = month with puns. May the farce be with you.] No one knew I = had a dental implant until it came out when I was = preaching. How= was Rome split in two? By a pair of Ceasars. A = scarecrow said, "This job…
02/27/21 Weekend Grif.Net – Others
[We= NEED to remember the message of this poem by Charles Meigs written in = 1902] Lor= d, help me live from day to day In = such a self-forgetful way Tha= t even when I kneel to pray My = prayer shall be for Others. Hel= p…
02/26/21 Grif.Net – ABC’s of Speaking Southern (part 1)
AHM= A (contraction).Usage: "Ahma gonna sit rat cheer til = foe the safnoon." AIG= S (noun). Preborn chickens.Usage: "Honey … git me another = play-it of beckon and aigs." ALL (noun). A petroleum-based lubricant.Usage: = "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup = truck." ANO= MALY (phrase). My usual…
02/25/21 Grif.Net – Vegetables
I am definitely a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. Once, = while getting dinner ready, my daughter asked me how I liked my = vegetables prepared. I answered simply, “Fed to a cow, so they’ll = turn into steak.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = bob@grif.net = www.grif.net "Jesus =…
02/24/21 Grif.Net – Fear of Flying
Joh= n lived his life by statistics and was afraid to fly. One day his = friend, Bill, asked, "Why do you have this irrational fear of = flying?" &qu= ot;Irrational?" John replied, "Not at all. I’ve merely = calculated the odds of a bomb being placed on a…
02/23/21 Grif.Net – Overheard in Church (part 5)
Many churches have a sign where = they can change messages each week to challenge those just passing = by. In recent weeks it read . . . **SIGN BROKEN. COME INSIDE FOR = MESSAGE **IF YOU CAN’T SLEEP, = DON’T COUNT SHEEP. TALK TO THE SHEPHERD …
02/22/21 Grif.Net – MONDAY QUIZ: Wisconsin “Firsts”
[Another round of trivia about my = adopted home state of Wisconsin where my wife and I will soon be living = after our upcoming retirement] 1. In 1634, what French explorer = left Quebec, traveled the Great Lakes and traversed = Wisconsin? 2. In 1844, Jerome Case…
02/20/21 Weekend Grif.Net – Warmth as the Arctic Blast Ends
[Wo= rds from famous authors about the winter months] &qu= ot;It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind = blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the = shade." – Charles = Dickens &qu= ot;O, wind,…
02/19/21 Grif.Net – Acting Out
Six= th-grader Seth’s father picked him up from school to take him to a = dental appointment. Kno= wing the acting roles for the school play were being posted that day, he = asked Seth if he got a part. Set= h enthusiastically announced that he’d gotten a part.…
02/18/21 Grif.Net – DNA Test
Whe= n her child was to begin school, a wife started to think that she did = not look like them or anyone in either family. So she decided to = do a DNA test. The= results came back, showing the child is not actually related to either =…