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…
08/12/19 Grif.Net – Shout Out to Grandfathers
[Hey, you know it’s the only way they’ll = hear.] *My grandpa says he survived mustard gas and pepper = spray during the war. He said this made him a seasoned = veteran. *My grandpa told me he’d personally seen the = Titanic, and from the beginning he…
08/10/19 Weekend Grif.Net – How Poor We Are
One day, a = father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country = with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They = spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be = considered…
08/09/19 Grif.Net – Clock Repair
Our = grandfather clock suddenly stopped working. So we looked up the = only clock repair office in the state, loaded it in the van and headed = to the shop. In the shop = was a little old man who insisted he was Swiss but had a heavy…
08/08/19 Grif.Net – Best Lie
Best lie I = ever heard was from my Mom who constantly said, “Clean your plate. = Eat all your food so you can grow up big and strong”. A = lie. Look at me now. Just big. ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net "Jesus = Knows…
08/07/19 Grif.Net – Counting when Angry
When someone = make you angry, THINK before you speak. Counting the seconds gives = you time to cool off. If the person = is younger than you, count to 10 first, then = speak. If the person = is about your age, count to 25, then speak.…
08/06/19 Grif.Net – Status Updates from my Friends
Tim said, “If you boil a funny bone, it turns into a = laughing stock. I find that humerus.” Billy said, = “My therapist told me ‘Write letters to people you hate and = burn them.’ Did that, but now I don’t know what to do = with the…
08/05/19 Grif.Net – Telling the Truth
{Reprint on = request from June 9, 2010 Grif.Net. Laughed then. Laughed again = now.] Our teacher = asked us what our favorite animal was, and I said, “Fried = chicken.” She said I wasn’t funny, but she couldn’t = have been right, since everyone else in the class…
08/03/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Helping the Caterpillar
A man found a = cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and = watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its = body through that little hole. Until it suddenly stopped making any = progress and looked like it was stuck.…
08/02/19 Grif.Net – Pick-Pocket
One night, Jim was walking home when, all of a sudden, he = caught a thief reaching his hand into his pocket. Jim and the = pick-pocket began to wrestle. They rolled about on the ground as Jim put = up a tremendous fight. However, the thief managed to…
08/01/19 Grif.Net – Punz
I just ate a = frozen apple. Yes, I know. That’s hard = core. You may ask = why my flock of sheep is purple. Well, it’s because I herd = it through the grapevine. An fellow from = India has moved in next door. He has traveled to all…
07/31/19 Grif.Net – Just Wondrin (part 3)
If cats and dogs didn’t have fur, would we still pet = them? If peanut butter cookies are made from peanut butter, then = what are Girl Scout cookies made out of? If space is a vacuum, who changes the bags? If swimming is good for your…
07/30/19 Grif.Net – Listing States
A fiend = suggested a way to relax is to list all the states I’ve been in = over the course of my life.Have you ever tried that? Sounded = like fun! So far = I’ve listed . . . *Depressed= *Bewildered *Emotional = Wreck …