[Sandee sent this personal note about the Grif.Net daily email/blog and I am pleased to share it with you all this weekend] My favorite part of any email you send is the line that follows your signature: “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!” I read it every day in every…
06/13/14 Grif.Net – Ready to Join?
HERE ARE SOME RESPONSES WHEN ASKED ABOUT JOINING VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: The Yoko Club? Oh no. The German philosophy club? I. Kant. The Ford-Nixon club? Pardon me? The Arafat club? Yessir. The Alzheimer’s club? Forget it The Ebert movie club? Roger. The Groucho Marx club? You bet your life. The Peter…
06/12/14 Grif.Net – Internet Maxims
[Brian forwarded a dozen or so adapted sayings – some old, some new – designed to bring either a smile or an “a-Ha” moment] 1. Home is where you hang your @ 2. The E-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail. 3. A journey of a thousand…
06/11/14 Grif.Net – More on Dogs v Wives
[A friend read Monday’s Grif.Net and reminded me that “Dogs and Women are actually alike”. OK, I’ll bite.] **Both can eat five pounds of chocolate in one sitting **Neither understand football **Both are good at pretending to listen to every word you say **Neither believe that silence is golden **Both…
06/10/14 Grif.Net – 1981 & 2005
Two Interesting Years Interesting Year 1981 1. Prince Charles got married. 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe. 3. Australia lost the Ashes Cup (cricket). 4. The Pope died. Interesting Year 2005 1. Prince Charles got married. 2. Liverpool crowned soccer Champions of Europe. 3. Australia lost the Ashes Cup…
06/09/14 Grif.Net – Dog or Wife
June means weddings and anniversaries (including my own 44th). Ben forwarded this comparison as to why a man should get a DOG, not a wife. Oh, my. HE said this, not ME. CHOICE – A DOG OR A WIFE? Dogs don’t cry Dogs love it when your friends come over…
06/07/14 Weekend Grif.Net – I am a Christian
When I say… “I am a Christian” I’m not shouting “I’m clean livin’.” I’m whispering “I was lost, Now I’m found and forgiven.” When I say… “I am a Christian” I don’t speak of this with pride. I’m confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide. When…
06/06/14 Grif.Net – Singular Plurals
[Fixated all week on “words” and came across this old poem of more oddities in English words. You’re welcome.] We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet…
06/05/14 Grif.Net – Beautiful Words
In “The Book of Lists” (Irving Wallace) there are a number of words which are considered the most beautiful SOUNDING in the English language. Sadly, because of bad association or definition, we often don’t use many of them. So try out this list, and say these aloud to get the…
06/04/14 Grif.Net – Definitions
(Can’t get off of the “word” theme this week of blogging, so will add to it some “Daffy-nitions”) Sacrilegious: Reading your Bible in bed Smelling Salts: Sailors with body odor Yale: Where they lock up criminals in Stockholm Stagnation: A country with no women Panhandler: CNA at the nursing home…
06/03/14 Grif.Net – Factoids
I am amazed at what I learn reading on the internet. So many minor, trivial or worthless thoughts from my friends and neighbors. Reading blogs, Facebook and Twitter yesterday I found out these examples: Did you know that six out of seven dwarves are not Happy? Did you know that…
06/02/14 Grif.Net – Puns for June (whoever she is)
I’ve learned never to trust atoms. They make up everything. I saw a fellow holding a pig while riding in a rickshaw. Guess Hong Kong has a different definition of “pulled pork”. I was thinking ‘What’s so great about living in Switzerland?’ Well, their flag is a big plus. I…