[For new subscribers to the Grif.Net or for those reading the daily blog on www.grif.net or on Facebook – on Monday-Friday we send out a slightly warped blend of humor. On the weekend we send out material that is more serious of a moral, ethical, religious or political nature. This…

March 14th is an auspicious day in the history of America because of the phenomenal number of great people born on that single day. March 14th – Albert Einstein, the great theoretical physicist March 14th – Billy Crystal, the great comedian March 14th – Eugene Cernan, the great Apollo astronaut…

My friend Skip was given an application for life insurance and found it difficult to fill out the forms honestly. The salesman asked what the trouble was, and Skip said that he was uncomfortable with the question about the cause of death of his father. Of course the insurance agent…

Lisa wrote us that when she filled out a rental application for a new apartment, it asked, ‘Do you own any liquid-filled furniture?’ She wondered, “Couldn’t they just have said ‘waterbed’? How many other forms of liquid-filled furniture are there?” So she wrote, “Yeah, I have a milk couch. Will…

This riddle is simple to test your adding skills. It must be done IN YOUR HEAD ONLY and NOT using paper and pen. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What…

A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her…

A Parable for Teachers who are anxiously looking for Spring Break. The story is fictional but gives a tongue-in-cheek look at how things might have been in Rabbi Jesus’ class: Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and, gathering them around him, he taught them, saying: Blessed are the…

[I am having fun coming up with odd names for quartets, based on word-play and occupation. May be a grif.net quiz in a few years, but still in the “lame” condition. So sharing it and wide open to other names from YOU. Must have “four” in the title. And sort…

[Grif.Net Blog readers continue to chime in on ‘stuff’ at work that truly make you question the need for more chlorine in the gene pool] From page 16 of the HP “Environmental, Health & Safety Handbook for Employees” “Blink your eyelids periodically to lubricate your eyes.” ~~ I live in…

Bob told me about a man who was sitting on the sofa watching TV when he heard his wife’s voice from the kitchen. “What would you like for dinner, Love? Chicken, beef or tuna?” He said, “Thank you, dear. I’ll have chicken.” “Shut up”, she replied. “You’re having leftovers. I…

March 4th is the birthday of General Pierre Frontage, famous French military strategist who, with Lafayette, helped the American Patriots fight the British in the Revolutionary War. I had never even heard of him! But then I realized we have many roads today named in his honor. ~~ Dr Bob…

[This email is brought to you by Apple’s latest product, the iPun.] At a recent concert: “Please remain in your seat until the playin’ has come to a complete stop.” A gossip is someone with a sense of rumor. Marriage is the mourning after the knot before. After hearing the…

‘Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.’ These courageous words from the mouth of Bishop Latimer have reverberated down the centuries, a clarion call of the…