October 16, 2009 – 10:37 pm
The San Francisco Zoo has an elephant named Calle who has a chronic illness,
requiring medication. The zoo people couldn’t get Calle to take her dose
orally, so a California pharmacologist developed a suppository.
The 10-inch-long, four-pound, cocoa-butter bullets are crafted by the good
folks at Guittard Chocolates in Burlingame. Administering the DAILY
medication takes five professional zoo workers, including [...]
October 13, 2009 – 9:57 am
Here are some simple T/F questions about Tea.
Example: Tea is grown on bushes, not on actual trees.
FALSE (Tea is a tropical evergreen tree, with new tips the only part used)
T/F 1. In the USA the only state to raise tea commercially is Georgia.
T/F 2. 85% of all tea consumed in the USA is served iced.
T/F [...]
October 10, 2009 – 8:17 am
Always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and
complete in all the will of God. —Col. 4:12
Just before John Ashcroft was being sworn in as a US senator, he met with
family and friends for prayer. As they gathered around him, he saw his dad
trying to get up from the couch where [...]
October 8, 2009 – 10:33 am
Scientists at NASA have developed a gun, whose purpose it is to launch dead
chickens. It is used to shoot a dead chicken at the windshields of airline
jets, military jets and the space shuttle, at the vehicle’s maximum
travelling velocity. The idea being, that it will simulate the frequent
incidents of collisions with airborne fowl, and [...]
October 7, 2009 – 7:39 am
I am PROUD to be a “fundamentalist” born-again Baptist minister for nearly
40 years. Yet I also have to laugh (rather than cry) when poking fun at some
who claim this title and who take themselves too seriously! Laugh AT me or
WITH me
You might be giving “fundamentalists” a bad name if . . .
* You [...]
October 6, 2009 – 7:29 am
[The grif.net will be more intermittent for a few days but don't worry,
WE'LL BE BACK (much to your regrets!)]
A musician who joined the cruise ship orchestra was having difficulty
keeping time with the rest of the band.
Finally, the captain said, “Either you learn to keep time or I’ll throw you
overboard. . . . It’s up [...]
October 5, 2009 – 7:26 am
Albert Einstein was at a party in Boston and he was surrounded by a small
crowd of admirers. He introduces himself to the first member of the group,
and asks, “What is your IQ?”
The man answers, “191.”
“Wonderful!” says Einstein. “We will talk about the Grand Unification Theory
and the mysteries of the universe. We will have much to [...]
October 3, 2009 – 6:29 am
There once was a woman who woke up one morning,
Looked in the mirror,
And noticed she had only three hairs on her head.
‘Well,’ she said, ‘I think I’ll braid my hair today.’
So she did and she had a wonderful day.
The next day she woke up,
Looked in the mirror
And saw that she had only two hairs on [...]
October 2, 2009 – 12:11 am
This is from a newsgroup that specializes in puns and word plays. Somebody
wrote something about a lion, but he misspelled ‘lion’ as ‘loin’. In any
other setting, people would just recognize the typo (or miss it entirely)
and carry on. In this group you can bet somebody will make something out of
it. Below are (highly edited) excerpts [...]
October 1, 2009 – 12:04 am
QUIZ TIME! The correct answer will contain the word “Wall”. Your task is
to take the vague clue and discern WHAT “wall” is the RIGHT “wall”. Answers
Monday if I can get close enough for cell connection.
Ex: The 37 foot high Green Monster in Fenway Park original name [Ans: “The
Wall”]
1 Waste-collecting Pixar robot
2 [...]
