[We have so = much to share if only anyone would listen. Now, what were we = talking about?] **Embarrassing = our grandkids is just one of the services we = offer. **Children are = the leading cause of old age. **Don’t = let aging get you…
07/27/21 Grif.Net – Do You Have Space for More?
How do you = know when the moon is going broke?When it’s down to its last = quarter. ** Where do black = holes commonly occur? Most often = they are found in my black socks. ** Why didn’t the = Dog Star laugh at this joke?It was…
07/26/21 Grif.Net – Taking Up Space
Why do rocks = crashing from space taste better than Earth rocks?They’re a little = meteor. ** What’s a = British nuclear physicist’s favorite meal?Fission = chips ** A photon = walked into a hotel and the clerk asked if he needs help with luggage. = "No = thanks,"…
07/24/21 Weekend Grif.Net – A Greater Joy
[Ac= tress Katharine Hepburn, in her own words:] = 220;Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to = buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one other family = between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big…
07/23/21 Grif.Net – Did You Know?
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…