Daily Humor

I have an = inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good = one.   When life = gives you melons, you’re dyslexic.   Rest in peace, = boiled water. You will be mist.   I like telling = Dad jokes. Sometimes he laughs.   You can tell a =…

Working in her garden with our little grandson, the lad = asked, “When weeding your garden, how can you tell the difference = between a weed and a vegetable?” G’ma shared the #1 = rule she’d learned – Pull on it, and if it doesn’t come up, = it’s a…

[A few weeks = ago, we shared some old and new oxymorons. After a little more research, = we offer these additions] IN LITERATURE . . = .Sweet sorrow (Shakespeare – Romeo and = Juliet) Listen loudly = (Nour) Falsely true = (Tennyson) Melancholy = merriment (Byron) Scalding = coolness (Hemmingway)Cruel…

A story is = told about the Rev Billy Graham who was walking down Highland Street in = North Carolina on his way to see a parishioner. However, he wanted to = mail a parcel urgently, so he asked a young boy where he could find the = Post Office.…

Aft= er dinner one night, I asked my son to get a broom from the back porch = so I could sweep the floor.   Com= plaining, he said, “But it’s dark out there. I’m = afraid.”   I = reminded him, “It’s OK, God is with you.”   Slo=…

[None of these = are original with me. All of these receive a hearty “Amen” = from me. Some wise words from Wyoming ranchers, Wisconsin farmers, = Texas truck drivers, Mississippi mothers, or California = vets.]   A bumble bee = is considerably faster than a John Deere = tractor.…

[After a = horrible flight commuting to Wyoming from teaching college a couple = states away back on November 3rd, 1999, we summarized rules = for those flying] "TEN RULES OF LIFE FOR FREQUENT = FLIERS" –   1.  No = flight ever leaves on time unless you are running…

[With nearly = 7500 grif net blog posts in cyber-space now, the fear is there are = always more to come!!  Like this from February 3, 2000.  = Bad.]   15 HELPFUL = THOUGHTS FOR STRESSFUL DAYS     = 1.  Indecision is the key to flexibility     =…

[This is from = the January 26, 1997, grif net blog, giving the “Top Ten List of = Ways to Give your Pastor a Heart Attack. Think they still have the = desired effect today]   10. Nothing = inspires me and strengthens my commitment to the church like the…

[Summer is the = time for reruns on the tube, so why not rerun some run down grif net = blog humor?  This is from October 12, 1996, Grif Net Blog in its = first months of operation]   Do not put = statements in the negative form.   And…

[Reprint from = March 4, 1998 Grif Net blog. It was already an "oldie, but = goodie" then, but still makes me chuckle starting a special = throw-back week.]   THINGS YOU = DON’T WANT TO HEAR DURING SURGERY   1. Better save = that.  We’ll need it for the…

The story is = told of a poor boy who spent the days of the Great Depression going = door-to-door selling newspapers to pay for school. One day, as he was = walking his route, he started feeling low and weak. The lad was = starving, so he decided to…

Jack: = "Grandpa, I’m tired of summer school. Would you please do my math = homework for me?"   Me: = "Jack, it just wouldn’t be right."   Jack: = "That’s okay, but you could at least give it a try, couldn’t = you?"   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin =…