[Olde= r than normal Dad Jokes. Of course, funnier, too.]  = ; Phone rang and all I heard was coughing and a loud sneeze. I’m getting sick of these cold calls. &nb= sp; Be careful not to break anyone’s heart. A person only ha= s one heart. Break a bone.…
06/21/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Two Beloved Songs
Civil= la Durfee Martin, 1866–1948, was a schoolteacher married to Baptist m= inister Walter Stillman Martin. Walter taught for a time at Atlantic Christ= ian College in Wilson, North Carolina, while also leading revival meetings.= In 1904, the Martins were at the Practical Bible Training School in New Yo= rk,…
06/20/25 Grif.Net – New Title
After= a few month’ in a new town, a local Pastor joined a community Servic= e Club. The club members thought they would have a little fun with hi= m. Under his name badge they printed, "Hog Caller" as his occupat= ion. Everyone had a great laugh as the…
06/19/25 Grif.Net – 55 Year Sentence
[My wife Teresa and I were married on June 19th, = 1970. Many years ago, we enjoyed a two-week cruise through the Panama= Canal, also visiting countries in South and Central America, and the Carib= bean. On that cruise we formed a close friendship (not professionally) with= Attorney Bradley Coates…
06/18/25 Grif.Net – About Marriage
[My f= riend Jim M. wrote me: Dr. Bob: here are some sayings that I got off the wa= lls of a restaurant my wife and I stopped by last week in Windom, MN. Maybe= some of these will be worthy of use in one of your lists. ALL are…
06/17/25 Grif.Net – All About Money
[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".…