One day a truck loaded with fertilizer got a flat tire = by a farm where a young boy lived. The lad walked by the truck = and asked the driver, "What are you going to use this fertilizer = for?" The man said, "I’m putting it on my =…
09/19/17 Grif.Net – A Dozen Questions for the Family
[At least one of these will bring a groan from every = age group. Guaranteed.] Q: Why do = mummies make the best spies?A: They keep everything under = wraps Q: Why should you not view an eclipse through a = colander?A: You might strain your eyes Q:…
09/18/17 Grif.Net – I Noticed . . .
I noticed = the paper reported that 4,153,237 people got married last year. Not to = cause any trouble, but shouldn’t that be an even = number?: I noticed it = seems ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom = until they are flashing behind…
09/16/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Even When He Is Silent
[This poem = was written during World War II, on the wall of a cellar in the Cologne = concentration camp, by an unknown Jew facting = death.] I believe in = the sun, even when it is not shining.And I believe in love, even = when there’s no…
09/15/17 Grif.Net – Looking for a Car
One day, an elderly woman was walking along the = street, coming home from the supermarket. Her bag of groceries was = especially heavy that day, and as she passed Nathan Hale’s Used Cars, = she got an idea that she could drive herself to the store and save a…
09/14/17 Grif.Net – 50 Year Comparison
[This is an update on an OLD joke, but still makes me = smile . . . and cry a little. Here is a measure of aging between = 1967 when I was in college and fifty years later when I’m now on = Social Security] 1967: Long =…
09/13/17 Grif.Net – London Signs
[A friend in England swears = these signs have been spotted in public places around her city. = Somehow, I believe it.] Sign in a London department = store: Bargain basement upstairs. Sign in an office: Would the = person who took the step ladder yesterday please bring…
09/12/17 Grif.Net – Sr Citizen t-shirts
The = first 70 years of childhood are the hardest. Does = running late count as exercise? I am 100% done = with today and about 37% done with tomorrow. When I = was a kid, I wanted to be older. THIS is not what I =…
09/11/17 Special Grif.Net – Lessons from Being Delayed
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_00DF_01D32AC2.64552500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=”—-=_NextPart_001_00E0_01D32AC2.64552500″ ——=_NextPart_001_00E0_01D32AC2.64552500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [I will not forget the unspeakable evil of 9/11. Many have asked each year for this post to be reprinted. I will oblige today.] Over the past years, I’ve read with interest…
09/09/16 Weekend Grif.Net – Where Is God in Houston?
[Rick Stedman of Fox News wrote = this after the hurricane and floods in Texas, but thought it might = continue to be a good commentary on Irma and = beyond] When hurricanes like Harvey = devastate so many lives, where is God? That’s a really good = question—one…
09/08/17 Grif.Net – What’s Been Going On this Week
Checked the = milk. It’s so far past its expiration date that I’m only going to = have a small bite. Joined a gym. = Mixed results from my first workout. Fifteen minutes cardio. Ten minutes = defibrillator. Three days hospital. People used to = take their kids…
09/07/17 Grif.Net – I Hate Dentists
My regular = dentist gave sage advice years ago: “Don’t outlive your = teeth”. I didn’t listen. Next week I = get to have 3 roots cut out (teeth broke over the past two years) and 2 = more teeth extracted. This is in addition to the 4 already…
09/06/17 Grif.Net – MORE “Things I’ve Learned”
I’ve = learned that . . . “if I follow the motto to ‘Eat = Right’ and ‘Stay Fit’, I will ‘Die = Anyway’.” I’ve learned that . . . “the = ‘things that come to those that wait’ may be the things left = by those who got there…