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[Thought-provoking editorial in a newspaper in Spain, Tuesday, 22 May 2007 – verified on snopes for this weekend’s serious grif.net contribution] ALL EUROPEAN LIFE DIED IN AUSCHWITZ by Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez I walked down the street in Barcelona, and suddenly discovered a terrible truth – Europe died in Auschwitz. We…

Adam was out walking with his young son, and they came to a high fence surrounding a lush garden. They walked alongside the fence a bit, and from time to time Adam gave a heavy sigh. Puzzled by the look of melancholy on his father’s face, the young boy asked…

A kindergarten teacher gave her class a “show and tell” assignment. Each student was instructed to bring in an object to share with the class that represented their religious faith. The first student got up in front of the class and said, “My name is Benjamin and I am Jewish.…

We had the Tom Swifties’ “a” adverbs. Here are some from each other letter .. . “Use your own toothbrush!” Tom bristled. “I’d like to be a Chinese laborer,” said Tom coolly. “For you I’d even be a disenfranchised Michigan delegate,” said Tom devotedly. “The radio reception is much better…

Tom Swifties are adverbial puns. They were originated by Edward Stratemeyer in a series of strip cartoons about a character called Tom Swift. “That was in the USA in the 1920s” Ed states decadently. Here are some of my favorites with the letter “a” – (it will be a while…

A former student who has been pastoring for many years (THAT makes me feel old) called and asked about “moving on” and changing ministries. When IS the right time? How do you know? So here is some advice: “You know it’s time to leave your church when . . .…

Harvey forwarded this and it stumped me: See if you can figure out what these words have in common. 1 Banana 2 Dresser 3 Grammar 4 Potato 5 Revive 6 Uneven 7 Assess Are you peeking or have you already given up? Give it another try. Look at each word…

[My apologies to some out there who accidentally received the “Weekend” Grif.Net in your in-box on Wednesday!! It wasn’t even read to “send”, but out it went. I blame a glitch in the computer program I use. My computer said “I” did it – who you gonna believe?? My computer…

Church Attendance: Is It Important? by Earl Blackburn Being faithful and consistent in attending a true church of Jesus Christ and worshipping God is extremely important, more important than you may realize. Irregularity and unfaithfulness in attending church conveys a certain message and produces definite short-term and far reaching effect.…

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they…

Sue forwarded this story – I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, “13…13….13…13.” The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks and looked through to see what was going on. Someone behind…

Temperatures (high/low) on the Memorial Day Weekend 2008 . . in Iraq Friday =3D 109=B0 F | 82=B0 F Saturday =3D 111=B0 F | 82=B0 F=20 Sunday =3D 109=B0 F | 82=B0 F=20 Monday =3D 104=B0 F | 78=B0 F=20 Tuesday =3D 100=B0 F | 78=B0 F=20 Let us pray.…

NBA, NHL OR NFL? 36 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least two businesses 3 have done time for assault 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad…