Q: When is the best time to buy potting soil? A: When a sale makes it dirt cheap. Q: What sort of television programs focus on migrating water = fowl? A: Duckumentaries Q: What do you call a neighborhood where = several authors live? A: A writers’ block. …
04/03/19 Grif.Net – It is Hard to Learn English
[A friend who teaches ESL – English as a second language – = shared some sentences that caused trouble for her students to = understand] 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full…
04/02/19 Grif.Net – New Wine
A Californian = winery managed to create a new type of wine by crossing Pinot Blanc with = Pinot Grigot. As a side = effect, it reduces the number of times people need to get up to use the = bathroom during the night. It is being =…
04/01/19 Grif.Net – Punny Plays
Flat-earthers = may walk to the end of the world to prove it’s flat, but = eventually they’ll come around. After all, the = only thing Flat-earthers have to fear is sphere = itself. Since I can = say ‘So Long’ in 17 languages, that makes me very…
03/30/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Final Words from a Wyoming Rancher
* If you find = yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’. = * Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain Dance. = * Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got. * = The biggest troublemaker you’ll…
03/29/19 Grif.Net – Ten Commandments
Last week in = Sunday School, the kindergarten class teacher was discussing correct = moral conduct based on the Ten Commandments with her five and six year = old’s. After = explaining the commandment to "Honor thy father and thy = mother," she asked "Is there a commandment that…
03/28/19 Grif.Net – Password
Visiting with = a fellow “senior” for coffee, we began venting about the = woes of modern technology. I grumbled, = "I just can’t ever seem to remember my passwords." My friend = smiled. "Oh really? I can never forget = mine!" “How do = you manage…
03/27/19 Grif.Net – Good/Bad News for the Pastor
Good News: You = baptized seven people today in the river. Bad News: You = lost two of them in the swift current. Good News: The = Women’s Guild voted to send you a get-well card. Bad News: The = vote passed by 31-30. Good News: The =…
03/26/19 Grif.Net – Updates from my Friends
From Michelle = – “FYI, you pee on a jellyfish sting NOT on a jelly = stain. My apologies to the waitress at Waffle = House.” From Johnny = – “Breaking News: Wealthy Christians outed in scheme to get = their kids into elite Vacation Bible = School.” …
03/25/19 Grif.Net – Story Time
With the class = sitting quietly on the reading-rug, the first-grade teacher read the = story of the Three Little Pigs. She came to the part of the story = where the first pig was trying to acquire building materials for his = home. After reading, = "And so…
03/23/19 Weekend Grif.Net – MORE Advice from a Wyoming Rancher
* You cannot = unsay a cruel word. * Every = path has a few puddles. * When you wallow with pigs, expect to = get dirty. * The best = sermons are lived, not preached. * Most of the stuff people worry = about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.…
03/22/19 Grif.Net – Home School Studies
Q: How does a = home schooler change a light bulb? (this is based on real life and not a = joke) A: Mom checks = three books on electricity out of the library Kids make = models of light bulbs Read a = biography of Thomas Edison and do…
03/21/19 Grif.Net – Candy Quiz
FUN CANDY QUIZ = – Can you tell what popular CANDY answers each = description? 1. Five = slipper ones 2. Fourth = planet 3. Heaps and = piles 4. Devious = laughter 5. Annual = income (we wish) 6. Famous New = York street 7. Favorite = day…