On = the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the = door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will = give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That’s = too long to…
03/21/22 Grif.Net – Status Updates
Bret P = admited, “I love God, but some of His children really get on my = nerves.” Myrna T = confessed, “At the end of my last appointment, my doctor took his = own blood pressure.” Joseph C = expressed, “A truckload of Vicks Vapor Rub overturned…
03/19/22 Weekend Grif.Net – What Does a Teacher Make?
The dinner = guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, = decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, "What’s a = kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was = to become a teacher?" He reminded the…
03/18/22 Grif.Net – Birthday Week, part 5
[Someone asked = that since now I=E2=80=99m starting my 75th year, could I = share some insights about my personal life. Sure = thing.] I went to a = psychic and knocked on her front door. She yelled "Who is = it?" I = left. =E2=80=8B=E2=80= =8B I have…
03/17/22 Special Grif.Net – Birthday Week, part 4
[For new = subscribers to the Grif.Net or for those reading the daily blog on www.grif.net or on Facebook – on = Monday-Friday we send out a slightly warped blend of humor. On the = weekend we send out material that is more serious of a moral, ethical, = religious,…
03/16/22 Grif.Net – Birthday Week, part 3
If you grew up = in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some = of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don’t blame = me if they bust a gut laughing. Here are some memories of growing up in = the post-war…
03/15/22 Grif.Net – Birthday Week, part 2
[On Monday, I = celebrated my first birthday in retirement. Thank you to all who are = working hard to support me, since FDR and Congress lied and never did = put any of MY money into an "untouchable" fund so it would be = here at retirement with interest,…
03/14/22 Grif.Net – Birthday Week, part 1
How do I know = today is my 74th birthday? Even without a calendar, I = know, because . . . …Everything = that works hurts, and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t = work. …I feel like = the morning after, and I haven’t been anywhere. …My little…
03/12/22 Weekend Grif.Net – A Psalm of Life
A Psalm of = Life (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) Tell me not, = in mournful numbers, Life is but an = empty dream! For the soul = is dead that slumbers, And things are = not what they seem. Life is real! = Life is earnest! And the grave…
03/11/22 Grif.Net – Startling Mergers in 2022 (part 5)
We’ve = enjoyed updates on mergers thus far in 2022. Market consultants = are now predicting some potential mergers for the remainder of the = year: Hale Business = Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co. may merge = before the end of Lent and…
03/10/22 Grif.Net – Startling Mergers in 2022 (part 4)
JER= USALEM, (Religious News Service) — Continuing the current trend back = towards turn-of-the-century monopolies, it was announced today at a = press conference that Christmas and Chanukah will merge. An = industry source said that the deal had been in the works for about 1300 = years, ever…
03/09/22 Grif.Net – Startling Mergers in 2022 (part 3)
WASHINGTON, (UPSI) — In a deal that resonated in homes = across the country, Cats announced today that it had completed an = extremely hostile takeover of Dogs. The new company, which Cats said will be called OnePet, = will supplant the recently created Fishbirdgroup as the world’s largest…
03/08/22 Grif.Net – Startling Mergers in 2022 (part 2)
CON= CORD, N.H., Mar 4 (Rooters) — Continuing the wave of consolidation that = saw Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia join to form Nationsouth, Vermont = and New Hampshire signed a deal today that will combine the two into one = state. They have adopted the motto "Live Free or Whatever."…