[A fr= iend is doing a presentation on finances, so asked me if I had any old joke= s about money. Old jokes, sure, but not very good jokes.]= A fellow won one million dollars in the Lottery. Interviewer: Congratulations on your win! If you don’t mind me asking=…
06/16/25 Grif.Net – Overheard Yesterday
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0658_01DBDE9E.B1A91990 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [I am sure that somewhere in the universe on Father’s Day some lucky dads might have heard one of these] 10. Dad, the grass is looking a little high. Mind if I cut it? 9. No…
06/14/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Convincing the Skeptics
After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church’s = pastor walked to the pulpit, and gave a very brief introduction of his chil= dhood friend. With that, an elderly man stepped up to the pulpit to s= peak, "A father, his son, and a friend of his…
06/13/25 Grif.Net – Understanding Men as we Approach Father’s Day
[This week we are repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts fr= om June 2000, 25 years ago.] This is a public service message for Women, to= help better understand Men. "Because I’m a man", when I lock = my keys in the car I will fiddle with a…
06/12/25 Grif.Net – Another English Lesson
[Each month in 2025, we wander unsupervised down memory lane= , repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years = ago (June 2000).] LESSON – "Plurals" [apologies to Dr. Seuss] We= ‘ll begin with a box and the plural is boxes. But the…
06/11/25 Grif.Net – New Church for a New Millennia
[Each month in 2025, we wander unsupervised down memory lane= , repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years = ago (June 2000).] Has the heaviness of your old-fashioned church got you w= eighed down? Try us in 2000! We are the New and…
06/10/25 Grif.Net – God Answers Prayer
[Each month in 2025, we wander down memory lane, repeating G= rif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years ago – June 2000.]= I was recently told a true story about a pastor. He had a kitten that clim= bed up a tree in his backyard…
06/09/25 Grif.Net – Murphy’s Law
[Each month in 2025, we wander unsupervised down memory lane= , repeating the Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years = ago (June 2000).] Okay, you’ve heard of Murphy’s famous Law: Everything th= at can go wrong will. Here are some "corollaries" and "= ;addendums".…
06/07/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Monthly Motivation
[On the first Saturday of each month, we post encour= aging or challenging quotations from the past. I need them, so I share them= with you.] “Never allow the fear of stri= king out keep you from playing the game.”=AF Babe Ruth “Rich people have small TVs and big…
06/06/25 Grif.Net – Daily Affirmations
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_044A_01DBD6D4.74E4E3D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Working on my daily affirmations. So far, they are not very effective. Just saying, tongue in cheek.] I have the power to channel my imagination into ever-soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia. I assume full responsibility…
06/05/25 Grif.Net – Offbeat Humor at My Place
[Stor= ed up some sick jokes while I=E2=80=99ve been sick. And yes, my brain is st= ill not right.] 😉 I told my wife that 3,025 years from today, I predict life on earth will e= ither be really good or really bad. It’s 5050. = My family told…
06/04/25 Grif.Net – Truth Revealed (+ Answers to Word Origin Quiz)
Bob: = I won a million dollars and donated a quarter of it to charity! Interviewer: That is extremely generous, Bob. Bob: Thankfu= lly, I still have $999,999.75 left. +++ I got 50 dollars from my mom. She told = me to take my brother to the movies,…
06/03/25 Grif.Net – Word Origins
[There are 600,00= 0 words in the English language, greater by far than any other tongue (for = instance French has 300,000; Russian 150,000). How did the modern English l= anguage evolve? It has "captured" words from many language groups= =2E This is the final quiz on word origins or…