[I live about 30 miles west of ‘Tosa (Wauwatosa), Wiscons= in. It has the state’s largest Mall and heard this story about the Ma= ll Santa about 20 years ago. Author Unknown.] Three years ago, a lit= tle boy and his grandmother came to see Santa at Mayfair Mall in…
12/20/24 Grif.Net – Sunday School Picture
At Sunday school on a late December weekend, the younger childr= en were drawing pictures illustrating all the Biblical stories about Christ= mas. The teacher walked by and smiled at drawings of the manger, wise men, = a star, shepherds, or angels. She noticed one little boy was drawing =…
12/19/24 Grif.Net – Christmas List (+ Quiz on “Common Facts” ANSWERS)
As a little girl climbed onto Santa’s lap, Santa asked the usua= l, "And what would you like for Christmas?" = The child stared at him open mouthed, speechless and horrifie= d for a moment, then gasped: "Didn’t you get my E-mail?" ~~ANSWERS to “Common Facts” Quiz~~ 1. What city…
12/18/24 Grif.Net – “Common Facts” Quiz
[Time to see how many of these COMMON facts you know. Please on= ly post ONE answer publicly so others can test their memory. Answers tomorr= ow.] 1= =2E What city hosted the 2013 Winter Olympics? 2. What is the longest running Bro= adway show? 3. What…
12/17/24 Grif.Net – Status Updates from my “Friends”
Tim M. admits this amazing parallel, “Superman has super = vision. I require supervision.” &= nbsp; Karen G. laments, “I haven’t tried yo= ga, but I have tried bending over to pick up my keys, so I’m pretty sure I’= d hate yoga.” John K. reminds us, “Before you…
12/16/24 Grif.Net – Cold is Relative, Don’t Ya Know?
[Grew up in Minnesnowta and it was COLD in the winter, hot and = humid in summer, with a nice week of spring and another nice week of fall i= n-between. Retired now and basking in warmth of Wisconsin. It actually hove= red around zero this past December week, still…
12/14/24 Weekend Grif.Net – Jesus and the Elves
[This fable is from our first Christmas 1996 Grif.Net. = Hope all will enjoy a dip into the past.] And Jos= eph went up from Galilee to Bethlehem with Mary, his espoused wife, who was= great with child. And she brought forth a son and wrapped him in swa=…
12/13/24 Grif.Net – In the Courtroom (part 4)
A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce,= and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?" She r= eplied, "About four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the = property with a stream running by." "No," he said, &q= uot;I mean what is…
12/12/24 Grif.Net – In the Courtroom (part 3)
An older lady was caught shoplifting. On court day the lady, ac= companied by her husband, stood before the judge The judge asks, "Why did yo= u shoplift?" She said, "I was hungry." The judge said, "What did = you take?" She replied, "A can of…
12/11/24 Grif.Net – In the Courtroom (part 2) + Answer to Good Literature Quiz
A police officer stopped a speeding car.=A0 The driver was dres= sed like a convict for a Halloween costume party. When he got to the station, he = found he had actually arrested a municipal Judge of his city. He quickly learned = to never book a judge…
12/10/24 Grif.Net – Great Literature Quiz
[Challenging quiz, offering 15 more “lines” from fa= mous works of literature that you can answer in 1, 2 or (for a perfect win)= BOTH ways – giving the correct AUTHOR and/or correct BOOK. Did= I mention “tough”? A couple of softballs, but there is no R= 20;present under the…
12/09/24 Grif.Net – In the Courtroom (part 1)
It was nearing Christmas, and the judge was in a merry mood as = he asked the prisoner, “What are you charged with?” “Doing my C= hristmas shopping early”, replied the defendant. “That’s no off= ense”, said the judge. “How early were you doing this shopping?= ” …
12/07/24 Weekend Grif.Net – Monthly Motivation
[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire our blog readers to greater achievement and aspiration.] “= ;Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”~&n= bsp;John R Wooden “The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying”~ John C. Maxwell…