[First weekday of each month means MORE puns and wordplays. Enj= oy.] Spaces between ladder rungs have increased because Americans ar= e getting taller. Of course, in 2023, politicians blame it on climb it = change. Did you know that all national anthems are in the same genre of…
09/30/23 Weekend Grif.Net – Piqued My Interest
A few days ago, the wife asked if I was well. Wondered because = I look a little peaked. Of course, this got me wandering the ‘net loo= king at that word. Found that Kelly Kazek shared ideas a few years ag= o on why many say ‘peak-ed’ with two…
09/29/23 Grif.Net – Morning Routine (continued)
My radio only works in the morning. Evidently, I bought an AM radio. &n= bsp; Yesterday I went to a temporary tattoo parlo= r to get a tattoo. After it wouldn’t w= ash off this morning I went back to complain, but the tattoo parlor wasn= 217;t there. Every…
09/28/23 Grif.Net – Morning Routine
Every morning after I wake up, the first thing I do is make my = bed. Tomorrow I’m returning this piece= of junk to IKEA. Bought one of those travelling irons yesterday. Woke up this morning and it was gone. = If you’re feeling dow= n, try drinking…
09/27/23 Grif.Net – Classroom Confessions
** “I had a terrible education. I attended a school for e= motionally disturbed teachers.” &= nbsp; ** “My greatest nightmare as a teache= r is tying a wet shoelace when it hasn’t been raining.” ** “My = teachers are the only people I know who lose sleep over…
09/26/23 Grif.Net – Hungry for This?
[I don’t know about you, but olive funny food puns. After= all, many a true word is spoken ingest. So, lettuce take a moment to = read through this batch of food puns and word plays.] = My niece quit her job at th= e doughnut factory because she was…
09/25/23 Grif.Net – Egg-zakly
My pet Egg died. He died last fry day. Thank God he wasn’t beaten, bu= t I think he may have been a salted or even whipped. He seemed almost shell-shock= ed, but he did go over easy. Looked like he was going to scramble but didn&= #8217;t…
09/23/23 Weekend Grif.Net – Proud or Broken?
[Random thoughts on “brokenness” from The Heart = God Revives (Moody Press) by Nancy Leigh DeMoss, 2002] >True brokenness is= a lifestyle – a moment-by- moment lifestyle of agreeing with God abo= ut the true condition of my heart and life – not as everyone else thi= nks it…
09/22/23 Grif.Net – Weakly Smiles (part 24)
If Watson or Livingstone are not the most famous doctors in the= world, then Who is ~~ So, you don’t trust= a doctor to stitch you up? Fine. Suture se= lf. ~~= My job is to drill holes in things and then= bolt them together. At first, it’s…
09/21/23 Grif.Net – Police Blotter
Checking out reports from various police departments around the= country >WANTED: Individual stealing wheels off police vehicles overnight. Un= its are working tirelessly to find the thief. >WANTED: Energizer bunny. Seen g= oing and going and going. Charged with battery. >WANTED: Somone stole the toil= et seats…
09/20/23 Grif.Net – A Few One-Line Groaners (+ Answers to Little Debbie Quiz)
I’m afraid for my 2023 calendar as I turn another page. It looks like its days are numbered. Where do you = learn to make a banana split? Sundae school= =2E Wh= at do you call it when a group of apes starts a company? Monkey business. …
09/19/23 Grif.Net – Little Debbie’s Quiz
[Yesterday morning the wife asked if I’d had a nutritious= breakfast before leaving the house to see the doctor. As I walked out, I m= umbled “oatmeal” and she smiled. That she didn’t pursue t= he matter made me smile because it would have been hard to justify “c= offee…
09/18/23 Grif.Net – Wisdom from Nadine
[Nadine stops by Larry’s Country Diner regularly and shar= es insights and experiences of life:] &= nbsp; “Is ‘I am’ the shortest s= entence in the English language? Maybe. But ‘I do’ is sure the = longest.” = “Marriage is like a 5000-piece picture puzzle that is all s=…