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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…

[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…

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…

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…

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…

Some think that the = USA should adopt the metric system, since our current measurement terms = are ‘outdated’ and ‘archaic’.=A0 Really?=A0 How = much do you know about TRULY archaic = measurements?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…

[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.  …

[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…

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."  …

Visited with my mailman today and he mentioned he was = taking off a couple weeks to tour Spain.  I asked with a smile, = “Are you going to visit Parcel-ona on the = trip?”   He proceeded to ignore what was one of my = better-than-usual puns, and just…

What my = friends are saying: Nate =3D “I must be hot stuff. The = cashiers around here are always checking me = out!”   Robert =3D = “A man was arrested recently for stealing an idol from a museum in = hopes of auctioning it off.=A0 Baal has been…

A couple was = touring the capitol in Washington, D.C., and the guide pointed out a = tall, benevolent gentleman as the ‘Congressional = Chaplain’.   The lady = asked, "What exactly does the Chaplain do? Does he pray for the = Senate or the House or both?"   The guide…

[Don’t = know the original source of these, but they all COULD have come from my = lips for sure!] "An = optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving = Day."— Unknown "Bless= ed are those who hunger and thirst, for they are sticking to their…