First day of the new term, and a sarcastic tea= cher asked, "If there are any idiots in the room, will they pleas= e stand up?" After a long silence, one freshman rose to his fee= t. "Now then miste= r, why do you consider yourself an idiot?", inquired the teacher…
11/15/23 Grif.Net – Another Batch of Trivial Facts for a Quiz
1. What was used= to make the first artificial Christmas tree? 2. What 1927 fil= m effectively ended the silent movie era by introducing synchronized talkin= g and singing? 3. What is the land of the giants called = in Gulliver’s Travels? 4. What is the only…
11/14/23 Grif.Net – More Entries for Best Dad Joke
[Here are more entries for ‘Best Dad Joke of 2023’]= >&= gt; Came home and saw me wife with tears in her eyes yelling at the TV, = 220;Don’t go in there. Don’t go to church.” Thought she w= as watching a soap opera but turns out it was…
11/13/23 Grif.Net – Best Dad Jokes of 2023
[Here are some of the entries for ‘Best Dad Joke of 2023&= #8217;] >> Some say Steve Jobs would have been a better President than Dona= ld Trump. I think that’s comparing apples to oranges. >> I just= locked eyes with a spider. But instead of killing him,…
11/11/23 Weekend Grif.Net – 11.11.11
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 1= 1th month of 1918, an armistice ended the fighting of the “= ;war to end all wars”. Maps pulled down on the chalk board said it wa= s the “Great War”. As the son of a World War II…
11/10/23 Grif.Net – Around the Farm
[Retiring in Wisconsin brought us down to earth – plowed,= tilled, fertilized, and harvested – and in touch with life on the fa= rm. And really lame farm humor.] = = >>If you hear it from the horse’s mouth, y= ou might not want to believe it. You’re listening to…
11/09/23 Grif.Net – Eating Out
A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at McDo= nald’s. He noticed that they had ordered one meal, and an extra drink cup. = As he watched, the gentleman carefully divided the Big Mac burger in half, = and then counted out the fries, one for…
11/08/23 Grif.Net – Get Out (+ Answers to Trivia Quiz)
A wife got so ma= d at her husband she packed his bags and told him to get out. &nbs= p; As he walked to the door she yelled, "I hope you die a long, slow, pa= inful death." He turned around and said, "What? So, = now you…
11/07/23 Grif.Net – General Trivia Quiz
[General questions in a dozen areas. Just a hodge-podge of triv= ia questions, totally unrelated and without a theme. Figure many may know 3= or 4. Some might no every one.] 1. What letter in the 7-eleven log= o is not in upper case? 2. What does the H…
11/06/23 Grif.Net – Situation with Putin
With Russians unhappy with the war in Ukraine, President Putin = was being held hostage by a military leader. A Russian truckdriver stopped = at the back of a long queue on the motorway. He saw a policeman walking dow= n the line of stopped cars to briefly talk to…
11/04/23 Weekend Grif.Net – Monthly Motivation
“I never lose. Either I win, or learn.” ~ Nelson Mandela &n= bsp; “Getting over a painful experience is = much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in ord= er to move forward.” ~ C.S. Lewis= “Nev= er regret anything that made…
11/03/23 Grif.Net – Status updates of my Friends
Mike B recalled, “My grandfather only had one leg, but wo= rked faithfully at the brewery for 30 years. He said he was in charge of th= e hops.” Lisa M quoted, “Blessed are the quilters, for they shall be = called piecemakers.” = Dale S admitted, “In childhood,…
11/02/23 Grif.Net – Woke Changes
[Lots of jabs and jokes on the internet aimed at the pathetic t= rend in modern society to be =E2=80=9Cwoke=E2=80=9D.] At the rate we= are travelling, Head and Shoulders Shampoo is going to be cancelled soon s= o that bald people do not get offended. Heard that they are…