A small boy at = the lingerie counter timidly outlined his = problem. “I want = to buy Mom a slip for her birthday, but I don’t know what size she = wears.” “Is she = tall or short, fat or thin?” the clerk asked = sympathetically. …
11/02/20 Grif.Net – Monthly Questions
[The first = weekday of each month brings assorted words at play. Drive = carefully.] Is rioting and = looting a drugstore in Portland defined as = pillaging? When elephants = have dry skin, do they see a Pacadermatologist? When I = realized the word “goodest” was…
10/31/20 Weekend Grif.Net – Reformation Day
What is Reformation Day? – Stephen = Nichols, Ligonier Ministry A single event = on a single day changed the world. It was October 31st, 1517. = Brother Martin, both a monk and a scholar, had struggled for years with = his church, the church in Rome. He had been…
10/30/20 Grif.Net – Getting Too Old for Trick or Treating
It’s = confession time. I’m beginning to think I may be = getting too old for this trick-or-treat business. Why? 10. I get = out of breath just walking to the first house on the = block. 9. I have to = have our dog soften up the candy for…
10/29/20 Grif.Net – Thanks, Mom
**On my = wedding day my mother told the groom, “Sorry. No refunds or = exchanges on sale items.” Thanks, = Mom. **I told my = mom she was standing too close and invading my personal space, so she = answered, “You came out of my personal space. This…
10/28/20 Grif.Net – Hair Color
One day a = little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the = kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several = strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette = head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked,…
10/27/20 Grif.Net – Excited
It always = bothered my single friend that our local grocery store didn’t = carry eggs in packages of six, but only by the dozen or 18 or more. = One day she = walked by the dairy case and her wish came true. There was a = display…
10/26/20 Grif.Net – Why Do Ghosts say “Boo”
Did you know = that Ghosts say “boo”, which is a Latin verb?. . present = active “boo” =3D I cry aloud or I am yelling. . present = infinitive “boare” . . perfect = active “boavi” . . perfect = passive “boatum” Why do they = choose to…
10/24/20 Weekend Grif.Net – Stained Glass
Driving by the church on Sunday, from the outside looking = in,There are those inside and there = are those out here dealing with their sinRainbow-colored windows made me = realize at lastNo matter what side of the wall = you’re on, we’re all stained glass Now I don’t come…
10/23/20 Grif.Net – Deliverance
Moses was = sitting in the Egyptian ghetto. Things were terrible. Pharaoh wouldn’t = even speak to him. The rest of the Israelites were mad at him for making = the overseers even more irritable than usual, etc. He was about ready to = give up. Suddenly a = booming,…
10/22/20 Grif.Net – Donations
At a church in = a nearby town a volunteer worker on the stewardship committee noticed = that the most successful lawyer in the whole town claimed to be a member = (but never attended), yet hadn’t made a contribution. This guy was = making about $400,000 a year so…
10/21/20 Grif.Net – Smuggling
While crossing = the US-Mexican border on a bicycle, a man was stopped by the guard who = asked for his identification, then pointed to a large sack the man = carried on the back of the bike. "What’s = in the bag?", asked the guard. "Just = sand,"…
10/20/20 Grif.Net – Horse Sense
A friend from = California recently moved to Wyoming to live like a cowboy. He = bought two horses but couldn’t seem to tell them apart. Living out = on the range, he called and asked what to do. I suggested to = cut one of their tails off.…