A little girl = was decorating a box with a gold wrapping paper to put it under the = Christmas tree. Money was tight, so the girl‘s father punished her = for wasting almost an entire roll of that expensive = paper. However, on = Christmas morning the girl…
12/20/19 Grif.Net – Questions for the Family Gathering (part 5)
[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the final ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers] Can you buy an = entire chess set in a pawn shop?…
12/19/19 Grif.Net – Questions for the Family Gathering (part 4)
[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the next ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers] Why = doesn’t the fattest man in the world become a hockey…
12/18/19 Grif.Net – Questions for the Family Gathering (part 3)
[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the next ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers] What happens = if you get a paper cut from a Get…
12/17/19 Grif.Net – Questions for the Family Gathering (part 2)
[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the next ten ‘ask anytime’ = starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no right or wrong = answers] How come = people say they ate the last piece of gum when…
12/16/19 Grif.Net – Questions for the Family Gathering (part 1)
[Families = gather for the holidays, but sometimes topics of conversation are = ‘touchy’. Here are the first part of fifty ‘ask = anytime’ starters for fun interaction. They joy is, there are no = right or wrong answers] Why is it said = that an alarm clock is…
12/14/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Sports Car
When James was = a college student, he had admired a lovely sports car in one = dealer‘s showroom for a long time. He knew that his parents could = afford it and told them that THIS car is all that he wanted as a gift in = a day…
12/13/19 Grif.Net – Last Week before Break
Yesterday in third grade, a student was lying in the = floor, working in his math workbook. "Why are you doing your = multiplication work on the floor?" his teacher asked = incredulously. "Well, you told me not to = use any tables!" he replied defensively. [next week is…
12/12/19 Grif.Net – All Time Greats Reunion
IN RESPONSE TO = THE INVITATION FOR A REUNION OF ALL-TIME GREATS . . = . * Newton said = he’d drop in.* Rodin said he’d think about it.* Ohm resisted the = idea.* Boyle said he was under too = much pressure.* Darwin said = he’d wait to see…
12/11/19 Grif.Net – ESL Lesson
I was noticing that one of the English workbooks asks the = students to describe their mother. One of the students described his = mother’s hair as auburn. I was impressed that any student would use such = a sophisticated word. "How do you know your = mother’s hair color…
12/10/19 Grif.Net – MORE Made Up Words
TYPERVENTILATE =3D to send messages in rapid = sequence SUCKRIFICE =3D doing what you absolutely must do even = though, in reality, you hate it PRETEENTIOUS = =3D level of drama only attainable by a 12-year-old PREGRET =3D = to know what you are about to do…
12/09/19 Grif.Net – Keeping Informed
Debbie was taught, “There is safety in = numbers. My numbers are .22, .357, .45, 9mm, 30-06 and .38 = special.” Steve shared, “I’m the real package, but there = may have been some shipping and handling damage.” Boyd confided, “All I’m saying is, if we had a…
12/07/19 Weekend Grif.Net – That is Love
A little girl = suffered from a serious disease. The only chance for her recovery was a = blood transfusion from her five-year-old brother, since he had = experienced the same disease and had miraculously recovered. Thus he had = the needed antibodies to struggle with this = illness. …