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I’ve learned…. That when your newly born = grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you’re = hooked for life.    I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the = world is at the feet of an elderly person.    I’ve learned…. That when you’re in love,…

I picked up a hitchhiker last night. He was grateful, but seemed = surprised. He asked, “Aren’t you worried that I might be a = serial killer?” “Nah,” I replied, “The odds of two serial = killers being in one car at the same time are 10 million to =…

[Real signs posted in restaurants’ windows, with = some of my comments added after]   Chinese = magic: All winter fat changed here into spring rolls.   Pilates? = Close. We offer “pie” and “lattes”.  (Now, = THAT is a place for my next workout)   Open 8 days =…

When Teresa and I were married (btw, that was June 19th, = 1970 in case you missed everything I wrote yesterday about our = anniversary), as we were touring the Black Hills on our Honeymoon I = asked her seriously, “Now that we’re married, do you think you’ll = be…

For two years they knew each other with mutual and = growing dislike.  He was the wild youth, pushing the envelope of = every rule, while she was Miss Prim-and-Proper.  Both were gifted = college students, talented, in plays and choirs, but no inclination to = think of each other.…

Before my shoulder surgery, the anesthesiologist = offered to use something like gas or just hit me on the head with an oar = to just knock me out.   I = didn’t like the two choices, but it seemed to me like an ether/oar = situation.   ~~ Dr…

The = other day, someone in our town read that a meth lab had been found in an = old house in a poor neighborhood, and asked me a rhetorical question, = ”Why didn’t we have a drug problem when you and I were growing = up?” I replied: "I…

A Sunday school teacher was teaching her class = about the difference between right and wrong.   "All right children, let’s see how you apply = this.  Here is an example," she said.   "If I were to get into a man’s pocket and take = his billfold with all…

A slightly inebriated man stumbled into a baptismal = service on a Sunday afternoon down by the river.  He proceeded to = wander into the water and stood next to the Minister.  =   The Minister turned, noticed the old drunk and = said, "Mister, are you ready to find…

My husband bought me a mood ring the other day. =   When I’m in a good mood, it turns green. =   When I’m in a bad mood, it leaves a red mark on his = forehead.   ~~~Dr. Bob Griffin bob@grif.net www.grif.net "Jesus Knows Me, This I =…

Just read about two men who were sentenced to die = in the Texas State electric chair on the same day.  They were led = down to the room in which they would meet their Maker. A priest had = given them last rites, the formal speech had been given…

Hurricane season reminded me of a trip to Florida = many years ago. Bad winds from a hurricane caused us to experience = repeated power failures. Lights would flicker, brown out and then = everything went dark and we were left sitting with just a flashlight for = comfort..  …

W= hen Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree, T= hey drove great nails through hands and feet, and made a Calvary; = T= hey crowned Him with a crown of thorns, red were His wounds and deep, = F= or those were crude and cruel days,…