Math puns are = the first sine of madness. ~~An = abacus is one tool that you can always count on. ~~I was = kicked out of math class for one too many infractions. = ~~I didn’t = understand the math, so the teacher summed it up for me. =…
01/07/16 Grif.Net – Shaking up your 2016
Resolved: Try one of these ideas on your friends or = co-workers this new year and see if they don’t treat you = differently . . . 1) At = lunch time, sit in your parked car w/sunglasses on and point a hair = dryer at passing cars. See…
01/06/16 Grif.Net – Last Off the Ark
When Noah opened the doors of the Ark after the = flood, all living creatures dashed to freedom. Only two snakes remained = behind in an unlighted corner. Harshly, Noah commanded, "Why don’t you go = forth and multiply as God said?" One = replied, "We can’t. We’re…
01/05/16 Grif.Net – Dieter’s Psalm
[A Dieter’s Psalm for the New Year. My wife = the naturopath AND my MD gave me a joint order to START back on diet and = get rid of the belly fat I’ve garnered since Halloween. MD sent me = for an ultra-sound Monday to same tech who does…
01/04/16 Grif.Net – Out Comes our Parents
[Julie = Prince compiled this amazingly-accurate list.] Sometimes = it’s inevitable in life. No matter how hard we try to avoid it or how = much we swore it never would happen, out comes our parents! We find = ourselves saying exactly what they said to us when we were…
01/02/16 Weekend Grif.Net – Be It Resolved
&= #8220;Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, = ‘It will be happier.’ (Alfred, Lord = Tennyson) &= #8220;The new year stands before = us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write = that story by setting goals.”…
01/01/16 Grif.Net – Another batch
[Yeah, I hear you groan and whine month after month. But you still read these awful puns. And LOVE them.] I just heard that a radical segment of the woodworkers union broke off and formed a splinter group. Sign at a Wyoming nudist camp: “Sorry – Clothed for Winter” Geologists…
12/31/15 Grif.Net – 2016 Slogans for Fast-Food Restaurants
1= 0. Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr — Where our identity crisis is the = star. 9= . McDonald’s — New cooler coffee (on many levels). 8= . Starbucks — Now with 0.9% financing on the new Quad = Macchiato. 7= . KFC — We’re NOT a rap group.6= . 5 Guys –…
12/30/15 Grif.Net – GMO Food Worries for a New Year
[Ken and others shared some troubling signs = that scientists have gone too far with genetically modified = food:] Your hot dog just got its own ketchup and = relish from the fridge . . . You spot the tell-tale signs of a primitive = central nervous system in your…
12/29/15 Grif.Net – Dying Advice
In a convent in Ireland , the 98-year-old Mother = Superior lay dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to = make her last journey comfortable. They tried giving her warm milk = to drink but she refused it. One of the = nuns took the glass back…
12/28/15 Grif.Net – Suspicious about the Gift
[Micah shared this tale and = deserves credit and/or blame] Last December, an avid hunter = in England shot the biggest buck of his life. He was mighty proud of his = feat, and he decided to give his buck to the girl for whom he had a = great…
12/26/15 Weekend Grif.Net – Sharing the Joy of CHRISTmas
[Here are delightful quotations to help us = appreciate and reflect on Christmas we just enjoyed = yesterday:] "The best of all gifts around any Christmas = tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each = other." "I wish we could put up some…
12/25/15 Christmas Grif.Net – O Holy Night
Today in the town of David a Savior has been born = to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You = will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” — = Luke 2:10-12 The night that =…