A= mother was anxiously awaiting her daughter’s plane here in town. The = daughter had just come back from a tropical island where she was trying = to find love and adventure. As the daughter was exiting the plane, the mother noticed a man = directly behind her. He was…
01/17/19 Grif.Net – A Different Generation
[This is a repeat Grif.Net from January 1999 when = I’d been serving as a college professor in = Minnesota] Talking to my class = the other day, I mentioned a "happy fizzies’ = party". Needless to say, that reference was as out of place = as Pinkie Lee, Howdy…
01/16/19 Grif.Net – Seen on the Back Bumper
[MORE Bumper = Snickers making their rounds about town] “It’s been = Monday all week” “All = generalizations are false” “Honk if = you love peace and quiet” “Pardon = my driving. I’m reloading” “I took = an I.Q. test. The results were = negative” …
01/15/19 Grif.Net – Hard Times
"I’ve = just had the most awful time," said a boy to his friends. = "First I got angina pectoris, then arteriosclerosis. Just as I was = recovering, I got psoriasis. They gave me hypodermics, and to top it = all, tonsillitis was followed by = appendectomy." "Wow! How…
01/14/19 Grif.Net – Bumper Snickers
[As long as = I’ve whined about drivers, check out these classic bumper = stickers.] “I’= ve had amnesia as long as I can remember” “Ask me = about my vow of silence” “Nobody&#= 8217;s perfect. I am a nobody.” “Gravity:= Not just a good idea;…
01/12/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Love from the Grave
[My long-time = friend Wayne went thru 2018 watching his sweet wife Ev who was battling = cancer slowly transitioning from this world to the next. He wrote this = tribute at Christmas] I was in my = study late on Christmas Eve and for some reason sat back…
01/11/19 Grif.Net – Even MORE Annoying Drivers
[LAST batch of = complaints about annoying drivers] 10. Drivers whose parking is = so careless/crooked they take up more than one = spot. 9. Drivers = without proper placard parking in the marked handicapped spots (and = making me walk much further). 8. Drivers who continue to…
01/10/19 Grif.Net – MORE Annoying Drivers
TEN MORE ways = drivers annoy me 10. Cars with = bumper stickers saying “Vote For Carter for = President”. 9. Drivers who = can’t grasp what the directional arrows painted on lanes at the = mall parking lot indicate. 8. Drivers who = signal for a…
01/09/19 Grif.Net – Annoying Drivers
Ten ways OTHER = DRIVERS ANNOY ME: 10. Try to = suffocate me with their diesel exhaust fumes at every red = light. 9. Drivers = whose bumper stickers are too small to read without tailgating = them. 8. Slow cars = in the fast lane. …
01/08/19 Grif.Net – Diet Shampoo
Warning to all = Grif.Net readers. I don’t know = WHY I didn’t figure this out sooner! I’ve always used = shampoo in the shower and when I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my = whole body. Finally read the warning on the shampoo label: = "FOR…
01/07/19 Grif.Net – Dead Mule
50 years ago, = a preacher went to his church office on Monday morning and discovered a = dead mule in the church yard. He called the police. Since there did not = appear to be any foul play, the police referred the preacher to the = Health Department. …
01/05/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Resolutions
TYPICAL = RESOLUTIONS include: #1- Resolved = to “lose weight” #2- Resolved = to “manage debt” #3- Resolved = to “prioritize family over work” #4- Resolved = to “exercise/get in better physical = shape” #5- Resolved = to “eat right” #6- Resolved = to "spend more time with the spouse…
01/04/19 Grif.Net – New Year Fun
[Is the new = year already boring and hum-drum? Here are some fun activities for you = to try to bring excitement and fun into your life at the office, at home = or just about anywhere] 1) At lunch = time, sit in your parked car w/sunglasses on…