Brenda shared, “I was in = Dollar Tree last night and there was a lady and two kids behind me in = the LONG line. One was an older boy, one was a = toddler. The bigger one had a pack of = glowsticks and the baby was screaming…
05/04/18 Grif.Net – Month of PUns, #4
[MAY IS = A MONTH OF PUNS.=A0 Each weekday, we will share a couple truly bad = word-plays, puns and groaners.] Our bakery has Obi Wan cannoli on = sale for today only. Our = caf=E9 is offering Wookie Steak sandwiches on May the 4th, but = personally I…
05/03/18 Grif.Net – Month of PUns, #3
[MAY IS = A MONTH OF PUNS. Each weekday, we will share a couple truly bad = word-plays, puns and groaners.] With great reflexes comes great = response ability. People = think I’m strange because a swallowed an abacus. Don’t they = realize that it is what’s inside that…
05/02/18 Grif.Net – Month of PUns, #2
[MAY IS A = MONTH OF PUNS. Each weekday, we will share a couple truly bad = word-plays, puns and groaners.] My psychic = adviser was quite overweight, but that made her a good four chin = teller. My friend = DAVID was a victim of ID theft. He’s…
05/01/18 Grif.Net – Month of PUns, #1
[MAY IS A = MONTH OF PUNS. Each weekday, we will share a couple truly bad = word-plays, puns and groaners.] I couldn’t believe that = criminal picked the pocket of a dwarf. How could he stoop that = low? I faced a lot = of pressure from friends…
04/30/18 Grif.Net – No Parking
A = minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he = was short of time and couldn’t find a space with a meter. So he = put a note under the windshield wiper that read: "I have circled = the block 10 times. If…
04/28/18 Weekend Grif.Net – Birthday Messages
While a good husband is = supposed to “remember his wife’s birthday but not her = age”, my wife reaches 70 today and we ARE celebrating this = wonderful milestone. I am working on five possible messages to = enclose in a homemade card (that looks like it was designed…
04/27/18 Grif.Net – Snowy Sunday
Tough winter in Pennsylvania. Reminds me of = the fellow who stumbled into an Amish meeting house on a cold, snowy = Sunday. He was completely alone, so he simply sat and decided to = meditate for an hour. About = the time when the service would have ended,…
04/26/18 Grif.Net – Buggy
For nearly 7 years I pastored in northwestern = Wisconsin, in a county with a number of Amish farms. Always had to = be on the lookout for slow wagons and carriages. I did = come up behind a buggy and noted that the owner obviously had a sense…
04/25/18 Grif.Net – Point of View
We tend to be myopic, thinking only of self and = personal interest. Consider these facts from another perspective = (reprint from September 1996 Grif.Net): *From = a clock’s point of view, the hands move = counterclockwise. *From = a chicken’s point of view, every egg you eat…
04/24/18 Grif.Net – Status Quo
[My friends share = some odd “status updates” but these tell me a lot about each = of them.] Scott wrote, “I tried to make reservations at the = library, but couldn’t. They said they were all = booked.” Wayne wrote, = “I was absolutely furious until I finally…
04/23/18 Grif.Net – Dog Breeds, Final Installment (maybe)
Additional new cross-breeds not = yet recognized by the Kennel Club Collie = + Lhasa Apso Collapso, a dog that folds up = for easy transport Terrier = + Bulldog Terribull, obviously not a good = dog Bloodhound + = Labrador Blabador, a dog that never =…
04/21/18 Weekend Grif.Net – An Unexpected Appointment
[= Wayne Muri is an old college buddy who pastors in Michigan. His timely = reminder is worthy of solemn reflection this weekend by = everyone.] B= y now you’ve all heard about the woman who was nearly sucked out = of a Southwest plane window in flight and…