Read in the paper about a fellow who had just finished reading a new book entitled, ‘YOU CAN BE THE MAN OF YOUR HOUSE’. He stormed to his wife in the kitchen and announced: “From now on, you need to know that I am the man of this house and…
04/13/09 Grif.Net – MORE I Met a Man
[Grif.Net readers have submitted more “I met a man . . . ” humor. Don’t blame me.] I met a man who needed to lose weight so he went to the hardware store to buy a gallon of thinner. I met a monkey who backed into a fan and cut…
04/11/09 Weekend Grif.Net – Dante’s View
Dante’s View and Our Choice By BOB HAYNES, Benton County (Arkansas) Daily Record In Death Valley, there is a place known as Dante’s View. From this location you can look down into the lowest spot in the United States, a depression in the earth 200 feet below sea level called…
04/10/09 Grif.Net – I Met a Man . .
I met a man who fell into an upholstery machine. Fortunately, he’s fully recovered now. I met a butcher who backed into the sausage grinder and got a little behind in his work. I met an optician who fell into the lens-grinding machine and made a spectacle of himself. I…
04/09/09 Grif.Net – Papal Blessing
The Pope was finishing his Palm Sunday sermon. He ended it with the Latin phrase, “Tutti Homini” – Blessed be Mankind. A women’s rights group quickly complained to papal officials. They noticed that the pope blessed all Mankind, but not Womankind The next day, after His sermon, the Pope concluded…
04/08/09 Grif.Net – Revised Resolutions after the first quarter
January 1st: “My children and I will learn Hebrew this year.” April 1st: “My children and I will weekly eat one dozen bagels with lox.” January 1st: “I will get the kids the pet they’ve always wanted.” April 1st: “I will buy a collar and a leash for my chia…
04/07/09 Grif.Net – Venison
Living in Wyoming, I loved the outdoors. Because of my passion for hunting and fishing, my family has always eaten a considerable amount of wild game. We eat so much wild game, in fact, that one evening as I set a platter of broiled venison steaks on the dinner table,…
04/06/09 Grif.Net – Overheard after Church
Wife to Husband: “I think the Pastor is on a diet. He kept mumbling about being good low-carb Christians, and not partaking of the forbidden fruit.” Assistant Pastor to Pastor: “It was tough to keep their attention during the service, but you kept them awake. Many have yawned, but few…
04/04/09 Weekend Grif.Net – Obstacles
“Walking down a path through some woods, I saw a water puddle ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn’t covered by water and mud. As I reached the puddle, I was suddenly attacked! “Yet I did nothing…
04/03/09 Grif.Net – Two-thirds of a Pun is PU
[What a way to start out April with three days of really bad puns and word-plays. But that’s it. Maybe. April 15th is coming! Always a joke!] Scientists have announced that we have made contact with an alien race whose planet is entirely covered by one gigantic shopping center. The…
04/02/09 Grif.Net – Like Yesterday’s Puns Weren’t Bad Enough?
He made money sending thousands of junk emails to people, but one day he made a mistake and sent a whole load of them to a famous Hollywood actress. She was so angry that she had him beaten up, and that’s how he came to be known as The Star…
04/01/09 Grif.Net – Bad Puns
Here are some feeble attempts at puns for a new month. No foolin’. “Ever since my friend had all the digits amputated from his feet, I find him very annoying. I think I might be lack-toes intolerant.” “My friend Max hates going up steep hills. He’s always been a bit…
03/31/09 Grif.Net – Good News/Bad News
Good News: You baptized seven people today in the river. Bad News: You lost two of them in the swift current. Good News: The Women’s Guild voted to send you a get-well card. Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30. Good News: The Elder Board accepted your job description the…