DID YOU KNOW . = . . every time you light your lighter your lighter gets = lighter? DID YOU KNOW . = . . dogs can’t operate MRI machines, but cats = can? DID YOU KNOW . = . . when you have a taco emergency, you…
07/22/21 Grif.Net – Wisdom from your Elders (part 2)
[More = rarely-listened-to messages from seniors who have been there, done that, = and forgotten why.] **Life is like = an ice cream cone. Just when you think you’ve got it licked, it drips on = you **Age is an = issue of mind over matter. If you…
07/21/21 Grif.Net – Irrational Fear
[Many think = from my humor blog that I must need therapy for personal disorders. Here = is an example 😊] Bob: I have = some odd fears Therapist: = Jail? Bob: [screams] = I=E2=80=99m terrified of random letters. Therapist: You = are? Bob: =…
07/20/21Grif.Net – Admissions (and Answers to Monday’s Quiz)
[Hard for me = to ‘fess up’ but wanted you all to know this] **When = I was young, I was poor. But after years of hard, honest and = painstaking work, I’m no longer young. **I love to = wear a fanny pack, but wonder if you wear…
07/19/21 Grif.Net – Monday Quiz: English Words
English is a = polyglot language. 1000 years ago there were less than 50,000 = words used in England (roughly divided into Anglo-Saxon root, Germanic = root and French/Latin root). Now there are more than a million = words. 200,000 are used “commonly” and of these = “commonly used” words,…
07/17/21 Weekend Grif.Net – Chief Danger Confronting Mankind
A leading = newspapers addressed the following question to many notable persons In = Great Britain: "What in = your opinion is the chief danger, social or political, that confronts = the coming century?" Here is one of = the responses: "In = answer to your enquiry,…
07/16/21 Grif.Net – Tough to Say
I live in = Watertown, Wisconsin. The next city east toward Milwaukee is = Oconomowoc. Was told of a couple of tourists from Minnesota who = argued about the pronunciation of the town’s = name. They fussed = back and forth until they stopped for lunch. As they stood…
07/15/21 Grif.Net – Wisdom from Your Elders (part 1)
[Teresa and I = have matured enough to have gained some understanding of life and want = to pass it on. Pass IT on, not us, yet.] **The only = thing better than a good friend is a good friend with a bag of M & = M’s …
07/14/21 Grif.Net – Had a Bad Year
Everyone’= s complaining how bad last year was and hoping this year will get better = month by month. But look at the year one of my friends had in 2020 if = you think YOU have had it bad. She wrote: January – Took = new scarf back…
07/13/21 Grif.Net – In the News (and Answers from Monday’s Quiz)
[Following = some stories/headlines in the news] >>A stock boy at the = store fought off a would-be robber with only his labelling gun. = Police are now looking for a man with a price on his = head. >>Forecas= ter in Wisconsin predicts non-stop weather all day =…
07/12/21 Grif.Net – Monday Quiz: Who Was First?
[Here are some = famous people, but I listed them by their previous/original name. I = added a bit of a clue. You just have to give the correct/changed name by = which they are well known] 1. Modern = actress Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra ditched her long…
07/10/21 Weekend Grif.Net – Night Watch
The nurse took = the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. "Your son is = here," she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several = times before the patient’s eyes opened. Heavily = sedated because of the pain of his failing heart, he dimly…
07/09/21 Grif.Net – Rumors of Troubled Marriage
One day my friend and I were talking about marriage. = He said, “It was exactly 20 years ago today that I = asked my childhood sweetheart, my best friend, and the most beautiful = woman in the world to marry me.” I started to congratulate him until he added,…