“If this = is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me = some coffee.” – Abraham Lincoln   “You = don’t know how to lie. If you can’t lie, you’ll never = go anywhere.” – Richard Nixon =   “I = don’t know whether…

[Teaching = college had students asking many questions, most unrelated to the = classroom.  Here are some of my favorites]   Q. Dr Bob, why = are there pyramids in Egypt? A. They were = too heavy to steal and take to a British museum   Q. Dr Bob, =…

Sherri sent me = these “challenges” in our language that make teaching = English so difficult:   **The word = “queue” is just a “q” followed by four silent = letters   **Jail and = prison are synonyms, but jailer and prisoner are = antonyms   **English is = the…

BOOMERS ARE A GENERATION THAT WILL = NEVER BE REPEATED . . .   – A generation that walked to school = and then walked back, often walking home for lunch and back, = too. – A generation that did their = homework quickly to get outside asap to play…

It turns out = that when you’re asked who your favorite child is, you’re = expected to pick from your own. Now I = know.   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net = "Jesus = Knows Me, This I = Love!"

I = was trying to prove to my wife that women talk more than men, so I = showed her a study that indicated men use less than 10,000 words per day = while women use 20,000.   She= thought about that for a minute, then replied, "Women use twice…

[FB= told me this was the most shared grif net blog post from five years = ago. Made me smile again today.] Our teacher asked what my = favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken."   She= said I wasn’t funny, but she couldn’t have been right, because everyone…

**Every = “c” in “Pacific Ocean” sounds = different.   **A shark will = only attack you if you’re wet.   **The only way = to add insult to injury is when you sign someone’s = cast.   **If you = can’t see well enough to shop online, you should…

Mo Y related, = “I stayed in a hotel recently where the towels were so thick, I = could hardly get my suitcase shut.”   Scott C = answered, “Why do I carry a knife? Well, the last time I opened a = bag of chips with my 9mm there…

[I posted this reminder a = decade ago. Life has changed for me in ministry, but not in = commitment] Working today = in sermon preparation for God’s Church this Sunday, I am reminded of = what Jonathan Edwards said.   "I go out = to preach with two propositions…

[I always = enjoy flight attendants and pilots who have ‘fun’ with = announcements.]   “To operate your seat belt, = insert the metal tab into the buckle and pull tight. It works just like = every other seat belt; if you don’t know how to operate a seat = belt…

[I always = enjoy flight attendants and pilots who have ‘fun’ with = announcements.]  After take-off from Orange County the = power was reduced which made the engines quieter. The flight attendant = then said “Shhhh, we’re flying over rich = people.”   After a heavy = landing, the pilot…

[I always = enjoy flight attendants and pilots who have ‘fun’ with = announcements.]   “Weather at our destination is = 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but they’ll try to have them = fixed before we arrive.”   After a bumpy = landing: “We ask you to please remain seated…