**1 in 5 people in the world = are Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. = It’s either me, my mom or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my = younger brother Zhang Wei. But = personally, I think…

**I refused to believe my = road-worker father was stealing from his job, but when I got home, all = the signs were there.   **My parents won’t say which = of their six kids they love the best, but they have told me I finished = just out of…

[This week we will share = glimpses of life around the homes of grif net readers] **About a = month before he died, my uncle had his back covered in lard. After that, = he went down-hill fast.   **When I was a boy, I had a = disease that…

[We honor our Veterans on this special Armistice = Day edition. And share some advice the older generation of vets wants to = pass down. Okay, it may include humor, less traditional thoughts and = more ‘oddball’ advice, but . . . ]   >Friendly fire – isn’t. Recoilless rifles…

Maine is the only state a one-syllable = name.   A "jiffy" is an actual scientific unit of = time: 1/100th of a second.   Leonardo Da = Vinci invented the scissors.   According to = God (Genesis 1:20-22), the chicken came before the egg.   Kotex was = first…

[These questions LOOK easy, like a child could get = them right. Some are; some may cause you to think a = little.]   Q1: What has a foot on each side AND another foot in = the middle?   Q2: I have three apples.  If you take away two…

During a performance for the = high school talent show at the local theater, a hole cracked open in the = stage floor. Subsequent acts managed to avoid the damaged area until = little young Justin, juggling bowling pins, accidentally stepped through = the hole up to his knee.  …

[Fun = for the little ones today]   Q: Why = do bees buzz?A: Because they can’t whistle Q: = Can bees fly in the rain?A: Not without their little yellow = jackets Q: Why did the bee started talking poetry?A: He was = waxing lyrical Q: What goes zzub,…

Every student in the class was = getting ready for Thanksgiving Break.  The teacher asked Nathan = about plans for his family trip.   "We’re visited my = grandmother on Lake Minnetonka in Minneapolis, = Minnesota."   The teacher replied, = "Good.  Can you tell the class how you spell…

[For new Grif.Net subscribers, the Weekend Blog is = always a sharp contrast to the humor of the week.  It is a time to = give serious reflection on religious, moral or ethical = issues.]   I read a story about a gal whose dad passed away. = She went…

Your heart beats over 100,000 times a = day.   It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely = digest.   The electric chair was invented by a = dentist.   A sneeze travels out your mouth/nose at over 100 = m.p.h.   Women blink nearly twice as often…

[Marilyn forward this story of = self-control  and marksmanship by a cool-headed woman with a small =  pistol facing a fierce predator. What’s the smallest caliber = that you would trust to protect yourself? Here’s her story in her = own words]   "While out walking along the = edge…

[Another month begins with a = groan]   I’m terrified of elevators, so = I I’m going to start taking steps to avoid them.   I was driving down the street = and I saw an ad for a cemetery plot and thought, "That’s the = last thing I need!"…