1. Blessed are those who are too tired, too busy, too distracted to spend an hour once a week with their fellow Christians — they are my best workers. 2. Blessed are those Christians who wait to be asked and expect to be thanked — I can use them. 3.…
07/13/07 Grif.Net – Never Heard in Church
Hey! It’s MY turn to sit on the front pew! I was so enthralled I never noticed your sermon went over time 25 minutes. Personally, I find witnessing much more enjoyable than golf. I’ve decided to give our church the $500.00 a month I used to send to Jerry Falwell.…
07/12/07 Grif.Net – Men in the Choir
The top ten reasons men should join the church choir: 10. Rehearsals are every Wednesday night. Which means that for those few hours, you will significantly reduce your risk of contracting tendonitis from nonstop operation of a television remote control or computer mouse. 9. Because you wear a choir robe…
07/11/07 Grif.Net – Retirement
There will be no nursing home in my future……… When I get old and feeble, I am going to get on a Princess Cruise Ship. The average cost for a nursing home is $200 per day. I have checked on reservations at Princess and I can get a long term…
07/10/07 Grif.Net – Athiest Holiday
In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation for Easter and Passover holidays and decided to contact the local ACLU about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while the atheists had no holiday to celebrate. The ACLU…
07/09/07 Grif.Net – Substitute Organist
The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how, after the worship service, he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money for unexpected repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was upset to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought…
07/07/07 Weekend Grif.Net – Fan Mail
From a GRIF.NET READER near Milwaukee 6:30 a.m., April 9 “I awoke this morning to what I expected to be blaring music . . . the side effect of being cheap is that you have to put up with all that you have bought. I purchased a clock radio alarm…
07/06/07 Grif.Net – Handicapped?
[VAS sent me this and I just may use it] Q: Why did Bob park in the “handicapped” parking space ever since buying his new car? A: Because the car payments cost him an arm and a leg. Ain’t that the truth! ~~ Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net 1 cross +…
07/05/07 Grif.Net – Saddam’s Obituary
Sadam Hussein’s Obituary has finally been completed: Hussein was predeceased by two sons, Uday and Qusay, and is survived by 15 sons: Sooflay, a restauranteur; Guday, who lives in Australia; Huray, a sports fanatic; Sashay, who is gay; Kuntay and Kintay, twins living in Africa; Sayhay, a baseball player; Ojay,…
07/04/07 Grif.Net – Political Spin
This is what political spin looks like: Judy, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that Hillary Clinton’s great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, a fellow lacking in character, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows. On…
07/03/07 Grif.Net – Zen Sarcasm
[Forward from Rob] “Zen Sarcasm” 1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me alone. 2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken…
07/02/07 Grif.Net – Saved
It was a hot summer’s day, and Luke was in the marina, waiting for his friend Opie to show up for a ride on his boat, patriotically named the “Fourth of July”. A storm was brewing and the boat and the dock were bouncing. And Opie was late, unfortunately, because…
06/30/07 Weekend Grif.Net – Tale of Two Houses
Talk the talk or walk the walk? HOUSE 1 – The four-bedroom home was planned so that “every room has a relationship with something in the landscape that’s different from the room next door. Each of the rooms feels like a slightly different place.” The resulting single-story house is a…