Did you know = that according to the song, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", = Santa has eleven reindeer? We all know = the first eight. The song goes, "There’s Dasher and Dancer = and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and = Blitzen." Then there’s =…
12/22/18 Weekend Grif.Net – A Hand
These were the = weeks of school after Thanksgiving and before Christmas break. The = first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment related to BOTH = holidays. Draw a picture of a present they hoped to get AND for = which they were truly thankful. Most of…
12/21/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 5)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 41. What is = the most popular Christmas-tree topper? 42. What snack = is often left out for Santa? 43. What does = Alvin want for Christmas? 44. What do…
12/20/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 4)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 31. What song = was originally titled “One Horse Open = Sleigh”? 32. What gift = did Caspar bring? 33. What carol = demands figgy pudding? 34. In = It’s…
12/19/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 3)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 21. What one = reindeer is never mentioned in “The Night Before = Christmas”? 22. What did = Clarence receive for accomplishing his angelic = mission? 23. What carol = contains…
12/18/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 2)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 11. What was = the first gift my true love sent on the sixth day of = Christmas? 12. In what = city did Miracle on 34th Street take = place? …
12/17/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 1)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 1. In Frosty = the Snowman, who brought Frosty back to life? 2. What = biological shortcoming made the Grinch so mean? 3. Who tells = you she’s in town by…
12/15/18 Weekend Grif.Net – Apples
A lovely = little girl was holding two apples in her hands. Her mom came = in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, = could you give your mom one of your two = apples?” The girl = looked up at her mom…
12/14/18 Grif.Net – Survivor
There was a = perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect courtship, = they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, = perfect. One snowy, = stormy Christmas Eve this perfect couple was driving along a winding = road when they noticed someone…
12/13/18 Grif.Net – Looking Ahead
“The = minister came to call yesterday. He told me that, since I’m = getting up in years, I should be thinking about the = hereafter.” “So what = did you tell him?” “I said = I think about that all the time. Wherever I am – in…
12/12/18 Grif.Net – Senior Citizens
[Possible = names for senior citizens suggested in Newsweek (April 23, 1990). = Thankfully NONE of these have caught = on.] WHOOPIES =3D = Well-Healed Older People OPALS =3D = Older Persons with Active Lifestyles GRUMPIES =3D = Gown-Up Mature People OOMPAS =3D Old = Or Mature…
12/11/18 Grif.Net – Makes a Little Sense
[I love little = odd trivia quizzes to keep my stroke-addled brain sharpened. = I’ve collected questions that just seem to make little sense or = are just totally off my radar. So here are a few compiled for YOUR = brain’s pleasure today.] 1. What = US state…
12/10/18 Grif.Net – Overheard in Geography Class
[Not sure what = grade the students got with these answers] Teacher: What = math term describes a kettle of boiling water on top of a = mountain? Student: = A high-pot-in-use. Teacher: How = did Christopher Columbus finance his way to the new = land? Student: =…