While at the = park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a = playground. “That’s my son over there,” she = said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the = slide. “He’s a fine looking…
10/18/19 Grif.Net – Snow White
We have lots = of old VCR tapes of “classic” stories. When my = granddaughter was three, we watched the animated “Snow White and = the Seven Dwarfs” with her for the first time. = You know the = story. The wicked queen appeared, disguised as an old lady…
10/17/19 Grif.Net – Better in Black and White
[An ode to = times long gone. For "older folks" only – under 65 may not = understand] You could = hardly see for all the snow, Spread the rabbit ears as far as they = go. Pull a chair = up to the TV set, Good night, =…
10/16/19 Grif.Net – Solution
Two older = ladies met at the laundromat after not seeing one another for some time. = After inquiring about each other’s health, one asked how the other’s = husband was doing. = "Oh, you = don’t know? Ted died last week. He went out to the garden to…
10/15/19 Grif.Net – Updates
[So many of my friends say the funniest stuff. Way funnier = than my lame humor and I am constantly smiling . . . and stealing to = make minion memes] Wayne wondered when his wife got up, went to = the kitchen and returned with a slice of cake,…
10/14/19 Grif.Net – Letters You do NOT want to Get
Dear Dad = – I am writing = to ask if there is a limitation to the number of cars our liability = insurance covers . . . Dear Nephew = – You know last = summer when you broke the vase my grandfather had given me? Remember I…
10/12/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Psalm 23
The 23rd Psalm = is arguably the most well-known, most memorized, most beloved passage in = all of the Scriptures. Millions of people of people have recited it = during times of stress, despair, war, and disaster to give them strength = and courage. People have used it during times…
10/11/19 Grif.Net – Secret
Now that fall = was winding down and the weather getting colder every day (Casper just = had first single-digit temps and snow), a mother was showing her = five-year old son how to zip up his new winter coat. = "The = secret," she said, "is to get…
10/10/19 Grif.Net – More Marriage Counseling
[Wayne from Texas shared this story. Thinkin’ it is = probably true] One day my neighbor heard me singing love songs outside, = so he came over and found me down on one knee, serenading my little = garden tractor. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Well, my wife…
10/09/19 Grif.Net – Toothbrushes
My son = Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he’d dropped = his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the = garbage. Zachary stood = there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came…
10/08/19 Grif.Net – Our Veterinarian
Our local = veterinarian put himself through veterinary school working nights as a = taxidermist. Upon graduation, he decided he could combine these two jobs = to better serve the needs of his patients and their owners, while = doubling his practice and, therefore, his income. = He opened…
10/07/19 Grif.Net – True-False
The teacher = noticed that a boy who was taking a true-false test was flipping a coin = on each question. At the end of = the test as he looked over the page, the lad started flipping the coin = again. His teacher = had to ask,…
10/05/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Brick
A successful = young executive was riding his brand new car down a street near his = downtown office when he noticed a kid darting out from between parked = cars. He carefully slowed down. but as he appeared near that spot, a = brick smashed into his car’s passenger-side…