I went to a = movie the other day and in the front row was an old man, seated with his = companion dog next to him. It was a = sad/funny kind of film, you know the type. In the sad part, the dog = cried his eyes…
03/20/18 Grif.Net – Not so Smart Dog
A dog walked into a butcher = shop with a purse strapped around his neck. He walked up to the meat = case and calmly sat there until it was his turn to be helped. A man, who = was already in the butcher shop, finished his purchase and noticed…
03/19/18 Grif.Net – My Dog is Smart!
F= or years, Teresa and I enjoyed having a Border Collie named = “Ruffy”. Many have marveled at how smart our dog = was. Let me share a few examples: I asked her "What is = on the outside of trees?" S= he responded with, "Bark, Bark" Then I asked,…
03/17/18 Weekend Grif.Net – St Bob’s Day
[For new subscribers to the Grif.Net or for those = reading the daily blog on www.grif.net or on Facebook – on = Monday-Friday we send out a slightly warped blend of humor. On the = weekend we send out material that is more serious of a moral, ethical, = religious…
03/16/18 Grif.Net – Struggles with Food
[Continuing a = snail-paced adventure on dieting] "Fake = news," I whisper to myself as the bathroom scale shows me gaining = another pound. My all-time favorite = machine at the gym is the one where you put money in and cool snacks = come out. So my…
03/15/18 Grif.Net – Status Update for My New Decade
THANK YOU for = all the kind words and sympathetic birthday greetings yesterday.=C2=A0 = Many asked [seriously] how I was doing. I’m in pretty decent = shape for a dude who was in a serious car accident and spent the last = six weeks recovering in a hospital bed. Of…
03/14/18 Grif.Net – Dawn of a New Decade
[Hit 70 today = and still learning new texting slang for my = peers] ATD: At The = Doctor’s BFF: Best = Friend’s Funeral CBM: Covered = By Medicare WTB: Wet the = Bed TTYL: Talk To = You Louder WAITT: Who Am = I Talking To? WIWYA: When…
03/13/18 Grif.Net – MORE Senior Citizen Acronyms
[A dozen more = “reinvented” acronyms for Boomers] TGIF: Thank = Goodness It’s Four (Four O’clock – Early Bird = Special) FWB:= Friend = With Betablockers FYI:= For = Your Indigestion GTG:= Got to = Groan JK: Just = Kvetching TTYL: Talk = To…
03/12/18 Grif.Net – New Acronyms for Old Folks
I’ve = tried to be up-to-date and hip with all the new texting acronyms, but = now I’m finding Senior Citizens (like me) are using it as a new = "private language" with meanings far different than ruddy = youth might think: BTW:= Bring = The Wheelchair ROFL,CGU:…
03/10/118 Weekend Grif.Net – The 23rd Channel
[This small tract is dated 1958, but came across it = recently cleaning out a file and it seemed right up-to-date. Don’t know = to whom credit belongs.] THE = 23rd CHANNEL The = T.V. set is my shepherd; my spiritual growth shall = want. It maketh…
03/09/18 Grif.Net – Conversation 5
Me: “Hey, did you get my letter?” Son: “No.” Me: “That’s odd. My carrier penguin should’ve made it by = now.” Son: “You mean carrier = pigeon?” Me: “Wait, what?” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net "Jesus Knows Me, This I = Love!"
03/08/18 Grif.Net – Conversation 4
Wife [on phone]: “Did you pre-heat the oven like I = asked?” Me: “Yep” Wife: “What temperature?” Me: “534” Wife: “That’s the clock.” Me: Wife: Me: = “535” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This I = Love!"
03/07/18 Grif.Net – Conversation 3
Me: (on deathbed): "Will you do one thing for = me?" Wife: "Sure. I guess. What is = it?" Me: "After I’m gone, will you marry = Larry?" Wife: "Well, okay, but I = thought you hated Larry." Me: "I = do." ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net…