[All the = summer interns are gone. Here are MORE evaluations of crop failure in = our future worker pool] She’s as = bright as Alaska in December. One-celled = organisms out-score her in IQ tests. Donated his = brain to science before he was done using…
08/26/19 Grif.Net – End of Summer Employee Reviews
[Evaluation of = our company’s employees as they left their summer job with us to = return to university. Names removed to protect any minimal hope they may = have of future employment] His co-workers would follow him = anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity. I would not…
08/24/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Life’s Lessons
Sometimes = people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant = to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to = help you figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never = know…
08/23/19 Grif.Net – Roman Numerals
**Our math = teacher asked, “Who would like a refresher course on Roman = numerals?” Immediately my reply was, “I for = one.” **I found doing algebra with Roman numerals was = super-easy, since “x” always equaled = 10. **Going to be = tested on Roman numerals next week. …
08/22/19 Grif.Net – Vintage Twain, Mark It Down
In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and = convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand and without = examination. Always do right. This will = gratify some people and astonish the rest. If you tell the truth you = won’t have to remember anything. A man who…
08/21/19 Grif.Net – Late for the Gym
I was on a business call when I realized I was late = for a class at the gym. I must have sounded rushed, because the = woman on the phone asked, “Am I keeping you from = something?” I replied apologetically, “I have to = leave for tai chi.”…
08/20/19 Grif.Net – Status Updates from Friends
Kenneth asked, “How many roads must a man travel = down before he admits he is lost?” Scott said, “When checking my balance at the ATM, I = always select the ‘no receipt’ option. Nobody needs to carry = around that kind of negativity in their lives.” Tim…
08/19/19 Grif.Net – Wit of Will
[Will = Rogers’ home-spun humor and plain talk is always a = joy] Advertising is = the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for = something they don’t need. We don’t seem = to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it…
08/17/19 Weekend Grif.Net – A Smile
A smile costs = nothing, but gives much. It enriches = those who receive, without making poorer those who = give. It takes a = moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts = forever. None is so = rich or mighty that he can get along…
08/16/19 Grif.Net – Just Wondrin’ (part 4)
[So many = questions with answers that mean so little] If you replace = "W" with "T" in "What, Where and When", = you get the answer to each of them. Why is there a ‘D’ in fridge, but not in = refrigerator? Who knew what = time…
08/15/19 Grif.Net – Spelling
The = first-grade teacher asked her students to name an animal that begins = with an “E”. Justin, not the sharpest pencil in the box, = raised his hand. “Elephant!” he said = triumphantly The teacher = then asked for an animal that begins with a “T”. Justin =…
08/14/19 Grif.Net – Not So Famous Quotations
Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody = agrees that it is old enough to know better. The secret of = life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got = it made. When looking = for a reason why people…
08/13/19 Grif.Net – Trained Professionals
After his = return from Rome, my friend Jim couldn’t find his luggage in the = Newark Airport baggage claim. He went to the lost luggage office and = told the woman there that his bags hadn’t shown up on the = carousel. She smiled and = told him…