[Messages = overheard when calling some businesses] "Your call is very = important to us. Like, super important. We all bought new outfits for = this call. Our supervisor, Dave, is wearing a wig. Chloe sprained her = ankle racing for the phone. We’ll be with you as soon as…
09/13/18 Grif.Net – Therapy
After 12 years of therapy, my psychiatrist said something that = brought tears to my eyes. He said, ‘No hablo Ingl=E9s.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This I = Love!"
09/12/18 Grif.Net – 6th Grade Quiz Answers
[Interesting = facts forwarded by a middle school teacher from Indiana. She thought I = might need to learn these.] Q: What were the first cells in your = body?A: Probably lonely Q: Explain = what “Free Press” means in your = life? A: It is when = my…
09/11/18 Grif.Net – Aging Gracefully
Top ten signs you’re getting = older: 10.You and your teeth don’t sleep = together. 9. Your try to straighten out the wrinkles = in your socks and discover you aren’t wearing = any. 8. At the breakfast table you hear = ‘snap, crackle, pop’ and you’re not eating =…
09/10/18 Grif.Net – Vet Fees
One summer day a tourist from the big city visiting the = countryside brought a dog to the local Veterinarian after its encounter = with a porcupine. After almost an hour of prying, pulling, cutting and = stitching, he returned the dog to its owner, who asked what she…
09/08/18 Weekend Grif.Net – In 1900 (part 2)
[From the book = "When My Grandmother Was a Child" by Leigh W. Ruttledge, which = begins, "In the summer of 1900, when my grandmother was a = child…"] *90% of all US = physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical = schools, many of which were…
09/07/18 Grif.Net – Staff Credits
Filling some of the final = positions at Grif Net headquarters for 2018, including . . = . >>Grif Net Political Spokesperson =3D Lou = Scannon >>Grif Net Manager, Staff Bonus Program = =3D Wendy Pigsfly >>Grif Net Moving Van Driver =3D Carrie = Desofa >>Grif Net…
09/06/18 Grif.Net – I’ve Learned that . . .
At my age, = I’ve learned that . . . There are = worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 am. For = example, it could be the right = number. Now at 700 = I’ve reached the age where ‘happy hour’ is…
09/05/18 Grif.Net – New Addition
Got an email from some friends with two girls and they = shared that they were “expecting” a baby this winter.=A0 I = asked them if they were hoping for another girl or for a boy this = time.=A0 They replied, “With two girls, we’re hoping = for a mail…
09/04/18 Grif.Net – Archaic?
Some think that the = USA should adopt the metric system, since our current measurement terms = are ‘outdated’ and ‘archaic’.=A0 Really?=A0 How = much do you know about TRULY archaic = measurements? Match the following measurements of space or = weight with their modern equivalent (and our present system…
09/03/18 Grif.Net – Not Just Puns
[First weekday = of each month we share word-plays. Occasionally one may accidentally be = punny] Kids that = dislike Brussels sprouts end up with only Brussels Sprouts on their = plates at the end of the meal. Obviously a case of trying to delay the = inedible. …
09/01/18 Weekend Grif.Net – In 1900 (part 1)
[Facts from = the book "When My Grandmother Was a Child" by Leigh W. = Ruttledge, which begins, "In the summer of 1900, when my = grandmother was a child…"] *The average = life expectancy in the United States was = forty-seven. *Only 14% of = the homes…
08/31/18 Grif.Net – VBS
A = kindergarten-aged boy was invited to attend Vacation Bible School at a = mainline Protestant church where a classmate’s family = attended. As a born-again Christian, his mother was very nervous, = especially when she found the theme of VBS was "Real Discipleship = Is Saving Mother Earth." …