A second grader came home from school and said to her mother= , "Mom, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The mot= her, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That’s int= eresting," she said, "How do you make babies?" "It’s si=…
07/22/25 Grif.Net – Capital Cities Quiz 4
[Back= to U.S. STATE CAPITALS to test you further on what is happening around us.= ] 1. What state capital city hosted the = infamous "Earthquake Game" when a last second touchdown caused th= e crowd to cheer so loudly that it registered as an earthquake on a local…
07/21/25 Grif.Net – Catching Up
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_048A_01DBFA20.E3D77F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Two elderly ladies met at the laundromat after not seeing one another for some time. After inquiring about each other’s health, one asked how the other’s husband was doing. “Oh! Ted died just last month. He…
07/19/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Power of Words
One d= ay, a little boy came running home with a letter in his hand. “The te= acher asked me to give this to you… and said only you should read it,= no one else” he told his mother. = She read the letter silently. Her eyes filled with…
07/18/25 Grif.Net – Stock Market Report
[With news of the soda industry’s return to sugar from= high fructose corn syrup, Coca Cola fizzled again.] Here is the latest Sto= ck Market Report: Fluorescent tub= ing was dimmed in light trading. &n= bsp; Mining equipment hit rock bottom. Diaper= s remain unchanged. Knives were…
07/17/25 Grif.Net – Q&A for Adults
[Some= itmes, we post silly questions for kids. These are for the older generation= s.] Q: What do you call a beehive without an exit? A:= Unbelievable. Q: How does cereal pay it= s bills? A: With Chex. Q:= What’s a lawyer’s favorite drink? A: Subpoena colada. …
07/16/25 Grif.Net – Stock Humor (+ Answers Capital Cities Quiz 3)
[Sharing a little stock humor after a tough quiz] I a= gree with Mark Twain who said that October is one of the peculiarly dangero= us months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, = April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. After re=…
07/15/25 Grif.Net – Capital Cities Quiz 3
[Time= for quiz #3 on capital cities, this one about world capitals. Kudos to tho= se who try to wrack (or wreck) their brains searching for some 7th grade junior high world geography facts to help stave off defeat!] 1. What capital city was the first city in hi=…
07/14/25 Grif.Net – Status Updates of my Friends
[A baker’s dozen real posts on social media= from my so-called friends to demonstrate my warped humor is not alone.]Dale S. proclaimed, “Chocolate is the answer. It doesnR= 17;t matter what the question is.” Linda Z. sai= d, “Sometimes I think I’m a reasonably intelligent person and s= ometimes…
07/12/25 Weekend Grif.Net – Nursing Home
When = Jesus mentioned serving the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, t= he sick, and the prisoners—He left out one group. Mainly because it d= idn’t exist in His day. But it does now, and I believe Jesus would ad= d it to the others. It’s the…
07/11/25 Grif.Net – Funeral
Durin= g my morning walk, I saw a funeral procession pull into the local cemetery.= Several carloads of family members followed a black pickup truck towing a = boat with a coffin in it. I just had to = walk over to where they were parked. I remarked that…
07/10/25 Grif.Net – Rules for Frequent Fliers
[I adapted a list of previously “unspoken rules”= about flying the day after an “eventful” flight. Living in Wyo= ming meant always commuting on small regional flights home on the final leg= =2E Everything was booked through Denver, Salt Lake, or Minneapolis. Our fl= ight sped off down the runway…
07/09.25 Grif.Net – Upset (+ answers to Capital Cities Quiz 2)
One g= al complained to another, “All my husband and I do anymore is fight. = I’ve been so upset that I’ve lost 20 pounds.” “If it’s that bad, why don’t you just = leave him?” asked her friend. = She= thought a moment, then answered, “Maybe I will…