Who’s pulling the strings or doing the= talking or moving the arms? We all know famous puppets, marionettes, and m= uppets. BUT do you know who created these loveable critters that have seeme= d to take on lives of their own? Some easy, some hard. These were the inven= tors…

[Reading some puns and word-play on-line, and still smiling at = how smart some folks are compared to my addled brain.  Examples? = As grandma in Minnesota always said, “Youbetcha”. Here are few= =2E]   *= *I have a prosthetic toe made from breath mints. I call it my Tic-Tac-Toe.  …

When Christopher Columbus and his one-hundred-men crew pushed o= ff from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, in search of a western sea route to As= ia in 1492, many weren’t so sure they’d ever see him again.   The Itali= an-born explorer had lobbied earnestly for funding for the trip,…

A Sunday School teacher was laboring hard at explaining the = evils of sin to his young charges. "God told Lot to take his wife and = flee out of the city. But when they were just a little way off, his wife lo= oked back and turned into a…

Mike B. announced, “Merriam-Webster added 200 new words. = To make space, they got rid of words nobody uses anymore, like ‘dicti= onary’.”   Candy S. wondered, “Find it amusing my husband won&#8= 217;t let me pick up his new MacBook Pro because he’s afraid I’= ll drop it, but…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0032_01DB1A2A.908DEAD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The experimental salt-water algae farm was having difficulty because of the depletion of the plants by hundreds of terns eating them. An ornithologist was hired to solve the problem. His solution was to grow cannabis sativa…

[Someone said you could PROVE you were a “Baby Boomer&= #8221; if you could remember at least 15 or 20 of these facts.  Try it= ! I won’t tell you how long it took for me to type in my phone number= on a credit card machine at the gas…

Am sharing some truly memorable lame jokes about chemistry. For= me, they’re right in my element. I hope your reaction to them will n= ot be disappointing.   *What did the chemistry teacher who was also a coach say to= his team?  We argon a barium! &= nbsp; *What are…

[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire Grif Net Blog readers to greater achievement and aspiration.] &= #8220;Be so good they can’t ignore you.”~ Steve Martin   = “Bigg= er is not always better. Most often, success cannot be measured with statis= tics.” ~…

Q: Hey, have you ever noticed what’s o= dd? A: Every other numbe= r.   Q: Do you know what math teachers do aft= er it snows? A: They mak= e snow angles. &nbsp= ; Q: Which tool is best for ma= th? A: The multi-pliers.=  = Q: What do…

[Jokes about Math are way more fun than Math= itself. Truth.] Q: Which numbers just won’t sit still? A: Roamin’ numerals. Q: Mom asked her third g= rade daughter, “Why are you doing multiplication homework sitting on = the floor?” A: &#8= 220;The teacher told us not to use any…

Born in 1904, “Dr. Seuss” was th= e author of over sixty children’s books, many of which were hallmarks of co= untless people’s childhoods. Today, complete these quotations from hi= s writings, and let your inner child come out to play. And have some green = eggs and ham in…

[First of the month policy to begin our Grif Net Blog with bad = puns or word plays.  Today is no exception.] Someone told me that it’s impossible to make a pun about ve= getables. I said that’s not nececelery true.   My friend Jack claims he can c= ommunicate…