[For new Grif.Net subscribers, the Weekend Blog is = always a sharp contrast to the humor of the week. It is a time to = give serious reflection on religious, moral or ethical = issues.] I read a story about a gal whose dad passed away. = She went…
11/03/17 Grif.Net – Odds & Ends (The Human Condition)
Your heart beats over 100,000 times a = day. It takes approximately 12 hours for food to entirely = digest. The electric chair was invented by a = dentist. A sneeze travels out your mouth/nose at over 100 = m.p.h. Women blink nearly twice as often…
11/02/17 Grif.Net – How to Use a Beretta
[Marilyn forward this story of = self-control and marksmanship by a cool-headed woman with a small = pistol facing a fierce predator. What’s the smallest caliber = that you would trust to protect yourself? Here’s her story in her = own words] "While out walking along the = edge…
11/01/17 Grif.Net – Puns
[Another month begins with a = groan] I’m terrified of elevators, so = I I’m going to start taking steps to avoid them. I was driving down the street = and I saw an ad for a cemetery plot and thought, "That’s the = last thing I need!"…
10/31/17 Grif.Net – It’s Scary
It’s = scary . . . when your stomach starts making the same noises as your = coffee maker. It’s scary . . . when = even the wood in the forest is petrified. It’s scary . . . when you = dress the whole family up in…
10/30/17 Grif.Net – Trick or Treat
[Here = are the top ten reasons you know you are TOO OLD to Trick or = Treat] 10. You get winded from knocking on the = door. 9. You have to have another = person chew the candy for you. 8. You = ask for high fiber candy only.…
10/28/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Cowboy’s Commandments
[From a USA Today, March 2003, article on = ‘Cowboy Churches’ in Texas. These are the Ten Commandments = posted on the front wall of the church. Don’t think they are from = the King James Version.] (1) Just = one God. (2) Put nothin’ = before God. (3) Git…
10/27/17 Grif.Net – Aging Gracefully (part 3)
I heard that regular naps = prevent old age. Especially if you take them while = driving. When I was young I did stupid = things because I didn’t know any better. Now I know better, and do = stupid things because I miss being young. A diplomat…
10/26/17 Grif.Net – Odds & Ends (Percentages)
17% of the people in the world (over 1.1 billion = people) live on less than $1 per day. The United = States has 5% of the world’s population, and 25% of the world’s prison = population. 35% of the people who use personal ads for dating are…
10/25/17 Grif.Net – Aging Gracefully (part 2)
My doctor told me, "You = have the body of a twenty-year-old.” I was pleased until he added, = “But you should return it. You’re stretching it completely out of = shape." You’re not old until a = teenager describes you as middle-aged. I’ve reached the age where…
10/24/17 Grif.Net – Animals
The first-grade teacher was = showing pictures of animals to her students to see how many they could = name. She held up a picture of a lamb, and a little girl said, = "That’s a sheep!" "That’s right!" said = the teacher. "How about THIS one?" =…
10/23/17 Grif.Net – Aging Gracefully (part 1)
Everyone my age is older than = me. ‘You’re aging = gracefully’ is like the nice way of saying you’re slowly looking = worse. He is so old that he gets = nostalgic when he sees the Neolithic cave paintings. You’re old enough to remember = when…
10/21/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Spoiled Rotten
Teresa is spoiling me rotten. With my leg in a cast = and limited mobility and elevated pain, she tells me to stay in my chair = and asks me “What can I make you for lunch?” = We’ve been married almost 48 years and she has always been there…