A man called, furious about an Orlando, Florida, vacation = package we had booked for him. Evidently, he was expecting an ocean-view = hotel room. In Orlando. I explained that was not possible since = Orlando is in the middle of the state, 100+ miles to the Gulf and 50+…
10/20/22 Grif.Net – More from the Soccer Sidelines
A soccer = referee picked up his phone during a match. It said **14 Missed = Calls**. Nothing unusual about that. Why is = women’s soccer so rare? It’s = quite hard to find enough women willing to wear the same = outfit. What’s worse = than the…
10/19/22 Grif.Net – Soccer Sidelines
Not saying = that the team is doing poorly, but the soccer coach was heard yelling at = his team at halftime:"I TOLD YOU TO PLAY LIKE NEVER BEFORE, NOT = PLAY LIKE YOU’VE NEVER PLAYED BEFORE" Why was even = the team=E2=80=99s dog bad at soccer? Because he…
10/18/22 Grif.Net – Bad Weather Q&A
Q: What do you = call a weather joke with a bad punchline? A: An = anti-climactic climatic joke. Q: “This = is Bay A requesting weather report from secondary = base" A: “Bay = B. It’s cold outside" Q: If you = spend five dollars for a…
10/17/22 Grif.Net – Overheard
Science = teacher: “When is the boiling point = reached?” Student: = “When my parents see my report = card!” ~~ Daughter: = “Mom, what’s it like to have the greatest daughter in the = world?” Mother: = “I don’t know dear, ask your = grandmother.” ~~UW = student:…
10/15/22 Weekend Grif.Net – Self
Oh, the bitter shame and sorrow, That a time could = ever be,When I let the Saviour’s pityPlead in vain, and proudly = answered – "All of self, and none of = Thee." Yet He found me; I beheld Him = Bleeding on the cursed tree;Heard Him pray,…
10/14/22 Grif.Net – Non-Sequiturs
[British = comedian Tommy Cooper has made an art-form of “non-sequitur = humor” that still causes me to chuckle = today] I backed a = horse last week at ten to one. It came in at = quarter past four. I was having = dinner with chess…
10/13/22 Grif.Net – Tech Crazy
At our house = we are going full iPro into technology . . . Son =3D = iPod Daughter =3D = iPad Mom =3D = iPhone Dad =3D = iPaid Dog = iPeed ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net = "Jesus =…
10/12/22 Grif.Net – Mothers
Son: = “Mom, can I get $20?” Mom: = “Does it look like I’m made of = money?” Son: = “Well, isn’t that what M.O.M stands = for?” ~~ Daughter: = “I can’t find my blouse this morning. I don’t think = Mom will mind me asking even if…
10/11/22 Grif.Net – Q&A for All Ages
Q: What is = black, covered with feathers and flies? A: A dead = crow. Q: What is the = meaning of a =E2=80=98true friend=E2=80=99? A: One who = remembers your birthday but not your age. Q: Where can = you find your grandmother in a hurry? A:…
10/10/22 Grif.Net – On a Big Plane
My = six-year-old son was overly excited to fly on a “big” plane = for the first time. He asked what type of jet we were on, and I showed = him the card in the seat-pocket in front of us. A Boeing 747. = As he sat in…
10/08/22 Weekend Grif.Net – Adopted
On April 26, 1992, a bi-racial baby was born to a young = woman who did not want to keep him. Fortunately for that child she chose = to give him up for adoption instead of having him killed in the womb. = His mother carried the baby to…
10/07/22 Grif.Net – Reality Santa
While I was working as a store Santa, a boy asked me for = an electric train set. “If you get your train,” I told him, = “Your dad is going to want to play with it too. Is that all = right?” The boy became very quiet. …