One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.…
02/27/10 Weekend Grif.Net – How Poor?
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.…
02/26/10 Grif.Net – Land Survey
[Dewey, a classmate of mine when college students in Minnesota, sent me this report.] Two government surveyors came to Ole and Lena ‘s farm in the fall and asked if they could do some land surveying. Ole agreed and Lena even served them a little lunch. The next spring, the…
02/25/10 Grif.Net – Police Comments
[These Police Comments were taken off actual police car videos around the country. Thank goodness, in spite of the perils of the job, they still have a sense of humor!] 16. ‘You know, stop lights don’t come any redder than the one you just went through.’ 15. ‘Relax, the handcuffs…
02/25/10 Grif.Net – Police Comments
[These Police Comments were taken off actual police car videos around the country. Thank goodness, in spite of the perils of the job, they still have a sense of humor!] 16. ‘You know, stop lights don’t come any redder than the one you just went through.’ 15. ‘Relax, the handcuffs…
02/25/10 Grif.Net – Police Comments
[These Police Comments were taken off actual police car videos around the country. Thank goodness, in spite of the perils of the job, they still have a sense of humor!] 16. ‘You know, stop lights don’t come any redder than the one you just went through.’ 15. ‘Relax, the handcuffs…
02/24/10 Grif.Net – Picnic
A Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter. “This baked ham is really delicious,” the priest teased the rabbi. “You really ought to try it. I know it’s against your religion, but I can’t understand…
02/24/10 Grif.Net – Picnic
A Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter. “This baked ham is really delicious,” the priest teased the rabbi. “You really ought to try it. I know it’s against your religion, but I can’t understand…
02/23/10 Grif.Net – Employee Performance Review
[Ever wonder what the boss or supervisor is writing down when they do an annual performance review?] Since my last review, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig. I would not allow this person to breed. The employee has delusions of adequacy. This woman is depriving…
02/22/10 Grif.Net – Cowboy Poetry
A friend in California read this and immediately thought it was “grif.net kinda stuff”. And he was right! Jake, the rancher, went one day To fix a distant fence. The wind was cold and gusty And the clouds rolled gray and dense. As he pounded the last staples in And…
02/20/10 Weekend Grif.Net – God is Love
Dr. John Powell, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago, wrote this touching story: “Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our first session in the Theology of Faith. That was the day I first saw Tommy. My eyes and my mind…
02/19/10 Grif.Net – Sunday Paper
“WHERE is my SUNDAY paper?” The irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was. “Madam,” said the newspaper employee, “today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on SUNDAY.” There was quite a long pause on the other end…
02/18/10 Grif.Net – Comeback
A policeman was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the police officer’s credibility… Q: ‘Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?’ A: ‘No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several…