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(Here is an olio of odds and ends to test your trivia = knowledge on a dozen subjects. Some easy and common knowledge, others a = bit more sticky.  Answers Wednesday)   1. What was = the first state added to the original 13 states of the USA after the…

Way= ne M commented, “When one door closes, another one opens.  = Other than that it seems like a pretty decent car.”   Geo= rgia L asks, “Is the S or the C silent in the word = ‘scent’?”   Ken= H. advocates, “Defund the Facebook Police.”   Marilyn L…

&#8= 220;I would have pulled Joseph out. Out of that pit. Out of that prison. = Out of that pain. And I would have cheated nations out of the one God = would use to deliver them from famine.”   &#8= 220;I would have pulled David out. Out of Saul’s…

Why is the = alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?  I think = so. My grandfather invented Cliff’s Notes. Well, to make a long = story short, it all started back in 1912 . . .   Women who use = anti-aging cream must have the…

[Wise and = funny words about the joys of travel]   “When = preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. The = take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan = Heller   “I’= ve found that there ain’t no surer way to…

Q: Why was the = little girl in ancient Egypt so upset? A: Someone = told her that her daddy was a mummy.   Q: Why did the = thief stop to take a bath during the robbery? A: He wanted = to make a clean getaway.   Q: Why…

Some years = ago, Boeing employees who were working on a decommissioned plane decided = to steal the life raft from the 747 and take it down the Stillaguamish = River for a joy ride.   Imagine their = surprise when part way down the rapids of the river they…

[Thinking some = of my friends may have had a little too much time in quarantine as I = read their ideas on simplifying life] 1. Old = telephone books make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the = names and addresses of people you don’t know. 2. Fool…

The= inevitable is coming.   Tru= mp is temporary.   He = may win again. He may not.   He = may live a long time. He may die.   You= are terrified over it.   I = get it. I used to be terrified of Democrats winning and relieved…

A student = informed me that Jesus proclaimed His ‘THESIS ON APIARY = PSYCHOLOGY’ in the Sermon on the Mount.   Now, I had to = admit to him that I’d never heard of it.  =   But then he = mentioned that I might know it my its shortened…

[Throwing a = bone to many of our younger readers and offer humor a grade-schooler = would enjoy. Here’s a dozen fun riddles – some may trip up = adults, too.]   Q: What has 18 = legs and catches flies? A: A baseball = team.   Q: What is…

[Sometimes we = get requests for a previous grif.net blog because it was so good (or so = bad).  This was asked for twice in the past two weeks, so figure = it’s time for a rerun] In the dim and distant pastWhen = life’s tempo wasn’t so fast,Grandma used…

[Additional = old, now new, descriptions of students back in the classroom after = months of virus shut-down]   13. She must = have gotten into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn’t = watching. 14. This = students shows a room temperature IQ. 15. He has = a full…