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While a good husband is = supposed to “remember his wife’s birthday but not her = age”, my wife reaches 70 today and we ARE celebrating this = wonderful milestone.  I am working on five possible messages to = enclose in a homemade card (that looks like it was designed…

Tough winter in Pennsylvania.  Reminds me of = the fellow who stumbled into an Amish meeting house on a cold, snowy = Sunday.  He was completely alone, so he simply sat and decided to = meditate for an hour.   About = the time when the service would have ended,…

For nearly 7 years I pastored in northwestern = Wisconsin, in a county with a number of Amish farms.  Always had to = be on the lookout for slow wagons and carriages.   I did = come up behind a buggy and noted that the owner obviously had a sense…

We tend to be myopic, thinking only of self and = personal interest.  Consider these facts from another perspective = (reprint from September 1996 Grif.Net):   *From = a clock’s point of view, the hands move = counterclockwise.   *From = a chicken’s point of view, every egg you eat…

[My friends share = some odd “status updates” but these tell me a lot about each = of them.] Scott wrote, “I tried to make reservations at the = library, but couldn’t.  They said they were all = booked.”   Wayne wrote, = “I was absolutely furious until I finally…

Additional new cross-breeds not = yet recognized by the Kennel Club   Collie = + Lhasa Apso Collapso, a dog that folds up = for easy transport   Terrier = + Bulldog Terribull, obviously not a good = dog   Bloodhound + = Labrador Blabador, a dog that never =…

[= Wayne Muri is an old college buddy who pastors in Michigan. His timely = reminder is worthy of solemn reflection this weekend by = everyone.]   B= y now you’ve all heard about the woman who was nearly sucked out = of a Southwest plane window in flight and…

Attila walked into a diner in Texas, put down his = sword and shield on the stool next to him. The waitress asked, = “What can I get ya, Hun?”   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This I = Love!"  

A weasel walked into a restaurant.   The waitress = looked at him amazed and said, “In all my years here, I’ve = never see a weasel in our place.  But hey, welcome.  What can = I get you.”   “Pop” goes the weasel. [hat tip to = Sharon for…

During one semester in the late = 1990’s I taught a logic class at Pillsbury College, and asked this = question: “If Philadelphia is 100 = miles from New York and Chicago is 1000 miles from Philadelphia and Los = Angles is 2000 miles from Chicago, how old am I?”…

I took one of those = “on-line” time-wasting tests to see it my vocabulary showed = if I was really ‘old’.  I aced the quiz because I = <am> old (and I’m okay with that). If you are under 30 = you may have trouble with some of these catch-phrases/words…

A police officer called the station on his = radio.    “Captain, I have an interesting case here.  = An old lady shot her husband for stepping on the floor she just = mopped.” His superior asked, :”Well, do you have the = woman in custody?”   “Not = yet,”…

&= quot;When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was = the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to = be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’.   T= hey told me I didn’t understand…