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[A few more so-called = “facts” to wow your family or friends] ** Switching = letters is called a “spoonerism”. For example, saying = ‘jag of Flapan’, instead of ‘flag of = Japan’.   ** There are 1,792 steps to = the top of the Eiffel Tower.   ** It…

[No claim to accuracy – = this is a humorous site, not Google – but thought I’d share = some so-called facts that were interesting. Might help you win a bet or = impress friends or co-workers with trivia]   ** Dalmatians are born = without spots.   ** Bats…

A teacher in the = school noticed that someone had written "I love God " and = added “U should 2” in a bathroom stall. He thought = he’d investigate the matter.   He = expressed to the class his appreciation for students who wanted to = proclaim their faith…

[Weakly check-up on my diet saga]   With my = hobbies, I have trouble with weight gain.  Of course, my hobbies = include eating and complaining about getting fat.   Of all parts = of my body, my eyes get the most exercise.  I must roll them a = hundred…

[Many have joy or dismay = employed in offices with a wide array of co-workers.  Sometimes = you’d like to tell them what you really = think.]   If idiots grew on trees, this = office would be an orchard.   If you find it hard to laugh at =…

[These are purported to be = actual answers students gave for some basic questions.  You = judge.]   Q. What happened when the = wheel was invented? A : It caused a = revolution.   **********Q. How = can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking…

[Every year I try = to catch at least one NBA game when in Los Angeles. Often I get to see a = great team. Sadly, on this spring’s trip the Clippers will be out = of town so I’m forced to watch the Lakers. I used to be a…

I was giving visual tests to children in lower = elementary grades to evaluate their problem-solving skills.  I = showed a picture of a “stick-figure” person, but it was = missing one arm and one leg. I asked the little girl what this = person needed. Immediately she responded, “A…

[On Valentine’s Day I E-filed my taxes and am so = pleased that God has blessed me to live in a great nation and be able to = do a tiny (thankfully) part to support it.  I came from a poor = inner-city family (I didn’t know we were poor…

[Taking a couple weeks off to eat human food, then = another month on a diet.  Report on my thoughts thus far . . . = ]   In less than a month I’ll be 70 and I = don’t want to look back and wistfully say, ‘How sad. I…

[After = last week’s Burma Shave – see grif.net blog from Feb 8 = – Bill in South Carolina and others forwarded more signs from = along life’s highway] OUR FORTUNE IS YOUR = SHAVEN FACE IT’S OUR = BEST ADVERTISING = SPACE Burma = Shave   IF YOUR =…

“Acyrolog= ia” is the incorrect use of words – particularly replacing = one word with another word that sounds similar but has a diffident = meaning – possibly fueled by a deep-seeded desire to sound more = educated, witch results in an attempt to pawn off an incorrect word in…

[Some = old, some new, but hopefully one makes you smile or = groan]   What’s the difference = between a pigeon and a Baptist pastor?The pigeon can still make a = sizable deposit on a Mercedes.   What’s the difference = between a well-dressed man on a unicycle and…