A small grocery store had just installed some = new juice machines, and everybody who worked there was excited about who = would be chosen to run them. One employee in particular, a grocery = carry-out/bagger, was determined to get the job. He went to the manager = and made…

Recently, when I went to McDonald’s I saw on the = menu that you could have an order of 6, 10 or 20 Chicken = McNuggets.  I asked for a half dozen nuggets. "We don’t have = half dozen nuggets", said the teenager at the = counter.   "You don’t?" …

[Another installment of jobs/workers that make the = Grif.Net function]   Grif.Net = Chaplain =3D Neil Down   Grif.Net = Activities Coordinator =3D Dewey Hafta   Grif.Net = Cardiologist =3D Angie O’Plasty   Grif.Net = Acupuncturist =3D O. Howard Hertz   Grif.Net = Barber =3D Les Offenbach   Grif.Net =…

THOUGHTS OF A BLOOD DONOR.  In light of = catastrophes in America and around the world, many people have been = challenged to "give blood".  It IS still needed, and is a = gesture of hope, unity, and understanding of the tragedy that befalls = us.    I went to…

[Final football humor based on watching the game last = night (which was lousy for 3 quarters then standing on the seats for the = last 30 minutes!]   Watched the = game and saw the problem. I concluded that there were 22 men on = the field who desperately…

[Kick-off tonight.  This means another lousy = football joke for you, and no change from a $20 bill for a soda and = luke-warm hot dog for me.] Hours after = the end of the world, a border dispute emerged between heaven and hell. = God invited the Devil for…

[Not a fan of airlines, but gotta get out of Wyoming = to see any professional football game. And at least one team playing = tomorrow is professional.]   My wife said = she could really identify with professional football players.  = When I asked her how she identified with…

[Headin’ to the left coast and catching a = football game Thursday night, so sharing more football jokes to cheer up = da Bears fans.] Three Bears fans were bemoaning the sorry = state of their football team. “I blame the general manager,” = said the first fan. “If he…

[I’m off to San = Diego this week to (hopefully) see the Broncos humiliate the Chargers at = home. So thought five days of lousy football jokes might cheer the = losers up.] A first-grade teacher couldn’t believe her = student wasn’t thrilled about baseball’s World Series.  = “It’s a…

This week we celebrated our 20th = anniversary of sending out the Grif.Net email and blog. Many don’t = know the history of the grif.net. We started teaching at Pillsbury = Baptist College in 1996 and the school had just set up a computer lab = for the new-fangled “internet”.=A0…

Since my purchase came to $19.06, I handed the clerk a = twenty dollar bill.   She asked, = “Do you have the six cents?”   I fished = around in my pocket and came up empty.  “Sorry, I guess I = don’t having cents.”   I think I =…

Many have asked about the hundreds of staff obviously = working around the clock to make the grif.net blog possible.  = (Borrowed liberally from Click and Clack, the Tappet = Brothers)   Grif.Net Director of Strategic Planning =3D Kent C. = Detrees   Grif.Net Facebook Care Representative =3D Kurt =…

Sometimes autocorrect makes me post words I = didn’t Nintendo.   My brain = said “crunches” but my stomach autocorrected to = “cupcakes”.   I tried to = type “Kardashian” but I think “lard ashcan” = sounds like a good name for the family, too.   Yes, I love =…