A Hindu = priest, a Jewish rabbi and a lawyer were driving down the road, when = their car broke down. Fortunately finding a farmhouse nearby, the farmer = informed them that he had only one spare room, and that it had only two = twin beds. They were welcome…
11/27/17 Grif.net – Bachelors
Two confirmed bachelors sat talking, their = conversation drifting from politics to cooking. "I got a cookbook = once," said one, "but I could never do anything with = it." "Too much fancy work in it, eh?" asked the = other. "You said it. Just too hard. Every…
11/25/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is Good!
"My loving heavenly Father: I thank You for the bounty of food spread across our tables = this Thanksgiving time, but help me to remember the hungry whose empty = stomachs will remain empty all day. I thank You for the measure of health and strength You give, = but…
11/24/17 Grif.Net – Top 10 Classic Thanksgiving Movies
[We HAVE to post this every year or = so. Too good to archive it] 10. To Kill a Walking = Bird 9. My = Best Friend’s Dressing 8. The Texas Coleslaw = Massacre 7. Casserolablanca 6. 12 Hungry = Men 5. = Silence of the Yams 4. For Love…
11/23/17 Thanksgiving Grif.Net – Why I Love Thanksgiving
As we express our gratitude, we = must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, = but to live by them. ~John F. Kennedy The Pilgrims made seven = times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished = than these who, nevertheless, set…
11/22/17 Grif.Net – If Solomon had been a Millennial
[A baker’s dozen of adages adapted to = the thinking of Millennials. Credit Jennifer Greenberg’s = blog which made me smile] A wise woman considers her child’s = health and nutrition,but posting about it on Facebook is like poking = a thousand bears. The prudent person recognizes a…
11/21/17 Grif.Net – Spelling Words
Children were called upon a = classroom to make sentences with spelling words chosen by the teacher. = The teacher was pleased when Jack, a slower learner, raised his hand to = participate. She gave him the challenge of making a sentence with = the first four spelling words: "Defeat,"…
11/20/17 Grif.Net – Update on Steve
[Steven, a comic, shared some of what happened in his week. Made every day look like Friday the 13th] >A cop stopped me for speeding. He said, “Why were you going so fast?” I said, “See this thing my foot is on? It’s called an accelerator. When you push down…
11/18/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Ten Commandments from Minnesota
[A couple weeks ago we sent the Ten Commandments = from a Cowboy Church in Texas. Today we see Minnesnowta = represented with THEIR rendition of the Commandments] 1. Der’s only one God, don’t ya = know. 2. Don’t make that fish on your mantle an = idol.…
11/17/17 Grif.Net – Around our House (part 5)
**I always wanted to be just = like my mother. Today I’m working on dramatically clutching my throat = when I’m told the price of anything. **We can’t afford to take our = kids to a corn maze this year so we’re just going to take them to an…
11/16/17 Grif.Net – Around our House (part 4)
**My family always celebrates = Thanksgiving with a fast. The faster we eat, the more food we = get. **Remember, children, the = best way to get a puppy for Christmas is to beg for a baby = brother. **There’s nothing I’ve = learned from being a father…
11/15/17 Grif.Net – Around our House (part 3)
**1 in 5 people in the world = are Chinese. There are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of them. = It’s either me, my mom or my dad. Or my older brother Colin. Or my = younger brother Zhang Wei. But = personally, I think…
11/14/17 Grif.Net – Around our House (part 2)
**I refused to believe my = road-worker father was stealing from his job, but when I got home, all = the signs were there. **My parents won’t say which = of their six kids they love the best, but they have told me I finished = just out of…