There are some = phrases in the English language that just sound right, you know? = "Tick tock" has a much better flow than "tock tick," = and "chat chit" — as opposed to "chit chat" = — feels downright wrong. Like, we’d = never say we played "pong…
02/03/22 Grif.Net – In the News
[Catchy = headlines or opening sentences of on-line articles that are designed to = make you stop and read . . . ] World #1 ranked tennis player = knocked out of Australian Open after missing just two = shots Sisters = reunited after 15 years in check-out line…
02/02/22 Grif.Net – Organic Kale
The = pastor’s wife called and asked him to pick up some organic kale = for that night’s dinner on his way home. He arrived at the store = and began to search all over for organic kale before finally asking the = produce clerk where he might find some.…
02/01/22 Grif.Net – Tom Swifty Puns (February)
[Our = first-of-the-month pun offering of Tom Swifty jokes reach = “B” level (each adverb or verb will begin with that = letter)] “My boat = leaks," said Tom balefully. "I need a = pencil sharpener," said Tom bluntly. “This = wind is awful!" Tom said blusterfully.…
01/31/22 Grif.Net – More “Ask Dr Bob”
Steve asks, = =E2=80=9CMy wife has gained a little extra weight.=C2=A0 Would be okay = for me to have a private discussion with her about = this?=E2=80=9D Dr Bob says, = =E2=80=9CI wouldn=E2=80=99t.=C2=A0 Women who are a little overweight = live longer than any man who mentions = it.=E2=80=9D …
01/29/22 Weekend Grif.Net – Apples
A lovely = little girl was holding two apples in her hands. Her mom came = in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, = could you give your mom one of your two = apples?” The girl = looked up at her mom for…
01/28/22 Grif.Net – First Day of Creation
God was = talking to one of His angels after beginning creation and said, = “Do you know what I have just done? I have just created a 24-hour = period of alternating light and darkness on Earth. Isn’t that = good?” The angel = replied, “Yes, but what…
01/27/22 Grif.Net – Way More Did You Know
DID YOU KNOW . = . . If you drive south from = Detroit, you’ll cross into Canada. DID= YOU KNOW . . . four times more people speak English as a second = language than as a native one? English has MORE THAN two billion = people learning…
01/26/22 Grif.Net – Signs You’re Getting Old (part 3)
Your children = are beginning to look middle-aged. You know all = the answers, but nobody asks the questions. You are a = "17" around the neck, a "44" around the waist and a = "96" around the golf course. You find = yourself giving good advice…
01/25/22 Grif.Net – Signs You’re Getting Old (part 2)
You feel your = corns more than you do your oats. You wake up in = the middle of the night tired and listless. You know = "where it’s at" but forgot why it’s = there. You know how = to spell gastroenterologist. You don’t have…
01/24/22 Grif.Net – Signs You’re Getting Old (part 1)
You get up to = change the TV channel and decide that as long as you’re up, you might as = well go to bed. You start = complaining that "They’re building car seats too = low!" Your ears perk = up when a laxative commercial comes on…
01/22/22 Weekend Grif.Net – A Kiss Good-bye
‘Getting = late for a meeting, need to run’, he said, as he slung his coat = over the shoulder, and bounded out of the house. As he drove away, she = came running down the stairs two at a time. ‘Wait, wait’, = she said, but he had already…
01/21/22 Grif.Net – Getting Back
At a recent = church service, an older lady was fumbling in her purse for her offering = when a large television remote fell out and clattered into the = aisle. A curious = usher bent over to retrieve it for her and whispered, “Do you = always carry…