[Odd = thoughts rolling thru my mind today] As a = pastor, I’ve taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send = money. If Cain = and Abel were Siamese twins, would they have their own show called = ‘Cable’ on cable? Opportunity may knock once,…
10/16/17 Grif.Net – Life in 2017
This is a rerun (was = ‘Life in 2007’) but with a little tweaking it still works = fine. 1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the = microwave. 2. You haven’t played solitaire = with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone…
10/14/17 Weekend Grif.Net – From Whence This Fear and Unbelief
[Came = across this old poem by Augustus Toplady (same fellow who wrote the = beloved “Rock of Ages” we sing in church) and it struck a = chord in my life. Have had some rough weeks with pain, lack of = sleep, my leg now in its third cast,…
10/13/17 Grif.Net – Whining
A man = observed a woman in the grocery store with a three year old girl riding = in her shopping cart. As they passed the cookie section, the little girl = asked for cookies and her mother told her, "No." The little = girl immediately began to whine and…
10/12/17 Grif.Net – Modern Art
Visiting the modern art museum, = a lady turned to an attendant standing nearby, and pointed. = "This," she said, "I suppose, is one of those = hideous representations you call modern art?" "No, = Madam," replied the attendant. "That one’s called ‘a = mirror’." ~~ Dr Bob Griffin…
10/11/17 Grif.Net – Odds & Ends (English)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, = orange, silver, or purple. The = "sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick" is said to be the = toughest tongue twister in the English language. "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in = the English language. =C2=A0Many agree…
10/10/17 Grif.Net – About My Health
Smoking will kill you. Bacon will kill you. Smoking = bacon will cure it. Spoiler = alert! The milk has been in the fridge for three weeks. I always = feel better when my doctor says something is ‘normal’ for my = age. But then I think dying…
10/09/17 Grif.Net – Hah Tu Spek Suthrun
BARD – verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to = borrow." Usage: "My = brother bard my pickup truck." JAWJUH – = noun. A hot region just north of Florida. Usage: "My brother from Jawjah bard my pickup = truck." MUNTS – noun. A calendar division. Usage: "My…
10/07/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Open Season
I’m looking forward to hunting season, but I do have a question. = If I shoot a buck, but I only have a doe tag, can I claim that the buck = wasn’t really a buck? I mean, maybe the buck always wanted to be a doe, but with…
10/06/17 Grif.Net – Cremated
A = businessman on his deathbed called his friend and said, "Bill, I = want you to promise me that when I die you will have my remains = cremated." "And what," his friend asked, "do = you want me to do with your ashes?" The businessman said, = "Just…
10/05/17 Grif.Net – New Novel
I’m = thinking about writing a novel centered on the lives of two = ex-convicts. One of them studied to become a lawyer. The other = one decides to go straight. ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This I = Love!"
10/04/17 Grif.Net – Odds & Ends (Baseball)
In 1963, major league = baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They’ll put a man on the = moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, an hour = after Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon, Perry hit his = first, and only, home…
10/03/17 Grif.Net – Language
At our = University, students in the psychology program were attending their = first class dealing with emotional extremes. "Just to establish some = parameters," asked the professor to a student from Wisconsin, = "what is the opposite of joy?" "Sadness," said the = student. "And the…