Monthly Archives: May 2009

05/15/09 Grif.Net – More Trivia

[15 more trivial facts about our Presidents. How many do YOU know?]
16. President who lived the longest life (tricky)
17. First American to win the Nobel Prize
18. Only President never to marry
19. First President to be born in a hospital
20. Oldest President to assume office
21. Youngest President to assume office
22. First Presidential inauguration to be filmed
23. [...]

05/14/09 Grif.Net – Presidential Trivia (1)

[We'll give some salient fact and you simply choose which President of the
USA fits the bill. Some easy; some tough.]
1. President with the most children (15)
2. First President born in the United States (not England or a colony)
3. Won with a unanimous electoral vote
4. First President to wear long trousers instead of knee-breeches
5. First [...]

05/13/09 Grif.Net – Think

In our college restroom, the Dean placed a sign directly above the sink. It
had a single word on it — “Think!”
The next day, when he went to the restroom, he looked at the sign and right
below, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered
another sign which read — “Thoap!”
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
“Jesus knows [...]

05/12/09 Grif.Net – Campus Signs

On the door of an office in the Faculty Bay was the sign: Putting the “K”
Back
in Kwality.
Of course, on my door are the words: Putting the “FUN” Back in
Dysfunctional.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
“Jesus knows me, this I love”

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05/11/09 Grif.Net – Lawyers

One of my colleagues writes that this true story occurred during her stint
of jury duty:
I was on a panel for prospective jury duty. The first lawyer questioning us
began right off as an intimidating showman. When he came to his question,
“Do any of you here today dislike lawyers?” there was silence.
Before the pause became too long, [...]

05/09/09 Weekend Grif.Net – Mean Mothers

Was your Mom mean? I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the whole
world! While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal,
eggs, and toast. When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to
eat sandwiches. And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner [...]

05/08/09 Grif.Net – Punctuation

Our English prof wrote the words, “woman without her man is nothing” on the
blackboard and directed her students to punctuate it correctly.
The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.”
The women wrote: “Woman! Without her, man is nothing.”
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
“Jesus knows me, this I love”

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05/07/09 Grif.Net – 100

Overheard at graduation. A student wrote home about final exam results:
“Dad, I got a 100 on my tests today!” Boy, was his father proud!
As the school year was over, Dad came to visit campus and learn more about
the great work his boy did. It was only after talking to a few of the
professors [...]

05/06/09 Grif.Net – Top 10 Things Men Understand About Women

TOP 10 THINGS MEN UNDERSTAND ABOUT WOMEN:
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Dr Bob Griffin
“Jesus knows me, this I love”

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05/05/09 Grif.Net – Puns-R-Us

A recent college graduate took a new job in hilly Pittsburg and began
commuting each day to work through a tiring array of tunnels, bridges and
traffic jams. To make the task less onerous, he invited several of his
coworkers to share the ride. He soon found, however, that the commute
continued to get more stressful, especially the [...]

05/04/09 Grif.Net – How Much Time?

Lou goes to the doctor’s office complaining of not feeling well. The doctor
runs some test on him and in a few minutes comes back in. The doctor says,
“Lou, sit down. I’ve got some really bad news. You don’t have much time to
live.”
Lou is obviously upset about this, and asks, “How much [...]

05/02/09 Weekend Grif.Net – I Resign

I hereby officially TENDER MY RESIGNATION as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 6 year old
again. I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it’s a four star
restaurant. I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples
with rocks. I want to think M&Ms [...]

05/01/09 Grif.Net – Wisdom from Children

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The
boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw
the opportunity for a moral lesson. If Jesus were sitting here, He would
say, “Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait.” Kevin turned [...]