[Friends and = former friends so enjoyed the three days of lame “Dad Jokes” = back a few weeks ago, that they sent us a few more. I added some of my = own, too. Any you laugh at are mine. (That’s a = joke).] I like telling =…
01/27/20 Grif.Net – Status Updates
After the = holidays, Tonya Z pleaded: “Alexa, delete my = belly” Jenna related = her story: “I asked me husband just to take the spider out and not = kill it. He returned after taking the spider out and evidently had = a few drinks. He told me…
01/25/20 Weekend Grif.Net – A Little Girl’s Prayer
[From a = medical missionary in Africa] One night I = had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all = we could do she died leaving us with a tiny premature baby and a = crying two-year-old daughter. We would have…
01/24/20 Grif.Net – Funerals with Ole & Lena, part 5
Ole is on his = deathbed and whispers to Lena, “Is everyone gathered here in the = bedroom?” Lena looks = around and assures him, “Yes, dear. Ole Jr and Christina, your = fishin’ buddy Sven, your brother Karl, Aunt Lottie, even your = cousin Halmar – we’re all…
01/23/20 Grif.Net – Funerals with Ole & Lena, part 4
Ole, on his = deathbed, said to Lena, “Forty-eight years we’ve been = married. You’ve stuck with me through it all. = . . The = tornado that blew our house down. . . The years = the crops failed. . . The time = all the pigs died. .…
01/22/20 Grif.Net – Funerals with Ole & Lena, part 3
Ole is on his death bed and says to Lena, sitting there = beside him, “When I die I want you to marry = Sven.” Lena looked surprised. “I = thought you hated Sven.” Ole replies, “I do.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net "Jesus = Knows…
01/21/20 Grif.Net – Funerals with Ole & Lena, part 2
Ole died. So = Lena went to the local paper to put a notice in the obituaries. The = gentleman at the counter, after offering his condolences, asked Lena = what she would like to say about Ole. Lena replied, = "Just put two words: ‘Ole died’." The…
01/20/20 Grif.Net – Funerals with Ole & Lena, part 1
O= le went to the doctor for a physical. After Ole was dressed the doctor = came in and said, "I’m sorry Ole, but you are very sick and have = only a few weeks to live." O= le went home with a heavy heart to tell Lena the…
01/18/20 Weekend Grif.Net – Story behind the Movie
Just months after winning his 1941 Academy Award for best = actor in “The Philadelphia Story,” Jimmy Stewart, one of the = best-known actors of the day, left Hollywood and joined the US Army. He = was the first big-name movie star to enlist in World War II. An accomplished…
01/17/20 Grif.Net – What My Mother Taught Me
[Repeat from January 2000 Grif Net Blog by = request] My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL = DONE "If you’re going to kill = each other, do it outside. I just finished = cleaning!" My = mother taught me RELIGION "You better pray that will…
01/16/20 Grif.Net – Job Search
IF FAMOUS = HISTORICAL FIGURES WERE LOOKING FOR A JOB = TODAY… JULIUS CAESAR: = My last job involved a lot of office politics and back stabbing. I’d = like to get away from all that. JESSE JAMES: I = can list among my experience and skills: leadership,…
01/15/20 Grif.Net – Lamentations of the Father (part 3)
[For the my = children and grandchildren, here is the final installment of = "loosely translated” passages from = Leviticus] **CONCERNING = FACE AND HANDS &nb= sp; Cast your countenance upward to the light and lift up your = eyes to the hills, that I may more easily wash…
01/14/20 Grif.Net – Lamentations of the Father (part 2)
[For the my = children and grandchildren in 2020, here are more "loosely = translated passages” from Leviticus] **LAWS = PERTAINING TO DESSERT &nb= sp; For we judge between the plate that is unclean and the plate = that is clean, saying first, if the plate is clean then…