O= ne evening in New York City, a group of United Nation’s employees = decided to go to a fine restaurant.=A0 This included an Englishman, a = Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Latvian, a Turk, a German, an = Indian, several Americans (including an Hawaiian and an Alaskan), an…
01/23/19 Grif.Net – Status Updates
From Janice: = “My neighbor knocked on my door at 2:30 am. 2:30 in the = morning!! Can you imagine? Lucky for him I was still up playing my = drums.” From Scott: = “Sorry I sprayed WD-40 in your mouth. But it did stop the = annoying noise…
01/22/19 Grif.Net – And a Few More Thoughts
[Random = thoughts on cars and driving] “Car = sickness is what you get every month when another payment is = due.” “Only he = who has traveled the road knows where the pot-holes are = deep.” “A = mother’s role is to deliver children obstetrically once,…
01/21/19 Grif.Net – Driving
[Random = Observations about Driving] “Someone = complimenting me on my driving. They even left a little note under my = wiper saying, ‘Parking Fine”. “It = takes 8,640 screws and bolts to assemble an automobile, and one nut to = scatter it all across the road.” …
01/19/19 Weekend Grif.Net – For my Grandkids to Understand
You all know = your grandpa’s house. Let’s say I have a yearly budget = of $44,070.00 to spend on everything I = need. And I need a lot, so every dollar is precious. I want = to put a fence around my yard to protect you kids when you’re…
01/18/19 Grif.Net – Disappointed
A= mother was anxiously awaiting her daughter’s plane here in town. The = daughter had just come back from a tropical island where she was trying = to find love and adventure. As the daughter was exiting the plane, the mother noticed a man = directly behind her. He was…
01/17/19 Grif.Net – A Different Generation
[This is a repeat Grif.Net from January 1999 when = I’d been serving as a college professor in = Minnesota] Talking to my class = the other day, I mentioned a "happy fizzies’ = party". Needless to say, that reference was as out of place = as Pinkie Lee, Howdy…
01/16/19 Grif.Net – Seen on the Back Bumper
[MORE Bumper = Snickers making their rounds about town] “It’s been = Monday all week” “All = generalizations are false” “Honk if = you love peace and quiet” “Pardon = my driving. I’m reloading” “I took = an I.Q. test. The results were = negative” …
01/15/19 Grif.Net – Hard Times
"I’ve = just had the most awful time," said a boy to his friends. = "First I got angina pectoris, then arteriosclerosis. Just as I was = recovering, I got psoriasis. They gave me hypodermics, and to top it = all, tonsillitis was followed by = appendectomy." "Wow! How…
01/14/19 Grif.Net – Bumper Snickers
[As long as = I’ve whined about drivers, check out these classic bumper = stickers.] “I’= ve had amnesia as long as I can remember” “Ask me = about my vow of silence” “Nobody&#= 8217;s perfect. I am a nobody.” “Gravity:= Not just a good idea;…
01/12/19 Weekend Grif.Net – Love from the Grave
[My long-time = friend Wayne went thru 2018 watching his sweet wife Ev who was battling = cancer slowly transitioning from this world to the next. He wrote this = tribute at Christmas] I was in my = study late on Christmas Eve and for some reason sat back…
01/11/19 Grif.Net – Even MORE Annoying Drivers
[LAST batch of = complaints about annoying drivers] 10. Drivers whose parking is = so careless/crooked they take up more than one = spot. 9. Drivers = without proper placard parking in the marked handicapped spots (and = making me walk much further). 8. Drivers who continue to…
01/10/19 Grif.Net – MORE Annoying Drivers
TEN MORE ways = drivers annoy me 10. Cars with = bumper stickers saying “Vote For Carter for = President”. 9. Drivers who = can’t grasp what the directional arrows painted on lanes at the = mall parking lot indicate. 8. Drivers who = signal for a…