**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…
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…