[From a USA Today, March 2003, article on = ‘Cowboy Churches’ in Texas. These are the Ten Commandments = posted on the front wall of the church. Don’t think they are from = the King James Version.] (1) Just = one God. (2) Put nothin’ = before God. (3) Git…
10/27/17 Grif.Net – Aging Gracefully (part 3)
I heard that regular naps = prevent old age. Especially if you take them while = driving. When I was young I did stupid = things because I didn’t know any better. Now I know better, and do = stupid things because I miss being young. A diplomat…
10/26/17 Grif.Net – Odds & Ends (Percentages)
17% of the people in the world (over 1.1 billion = people) live on less than $1 per day. The United = States has 5% of the world’s population, and 25% of the world’s prison = population. 35% of the people who use personal ads for dating are…
10/25/17 Grif.Net – Aging Gracefully (part 2)
My doctor told me, "You = have the body of a twenty-year-old.” I was pleased until he added, = “But you should return it. You’re stretching it completely out of = shape." You’re not old until a = teenager describes you as middle-aged. I’ve reached the age where…
10/24/17 Grif.Net – Animals
The first-grade teacher was = showing pictures of animals to her students to see how many they could = name. She held up a picture of a lamb, and a little girl said, = "That’s a sheep!" "That’s right!" said = the teacher. "How about THIS one?" =…
10/23/17 Grif.Net – Aging Gracefully (part 1)
Everyone my age is older than = me. ‘You’re aging = gracefully’ is like the nice way of saying you’re slowly looking = worse. He is so old that he gets = nostalgic when he sees the Neolithic cave paintings. You’re old enough to remember = when…
10/21/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Spoiled Rotten
Teresa is spoiling me rotten. With my leg in a cast = and limited mobility and elevated pain, she tells me to stay in my chair = and asks me “What can I make you for lunch?” = We’ve been married almost 48 years and she has always been there…
10/20/17 Grif.Net – Questions for the Family
Q: = Where does a one-legged waitress work?A: At = IHOP Q: What = occurs one time in a minute, twice in a moment but not even once in an = hour? A: The letter = “m” Q: What geometrical shape would = be likely to be in…
10/19/17 Grif.Net – More Help Understanding Suthron
[continued from last week’s lesson on the = foreign dialect spoken of in the southern USA. If you missed part one, = go to our blog at htt= p://grif.net/2017/10/100917-grif-net-hah-tu-spek-suthrun/]= RETARD – Verb. To stop working. Usage: "My granpaw retard at age = 65." TARRED – adverb. Exhausted. Usage:…
10/18/17 Grif.Net – Odds & Ends (Food)
[In our weekly Odds & Ends department, we focus on = food] Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital = without a McDonalds. The Pilgrims = ate popcorn at the first Thanksgiving dinner. German’s Chocolate Cake was created in America = by baker Sam German. The…
10/17/17 Grif.Net – From a Pastor’s Mind
[Odd = thoughts rolling thru my mind today] As a = pastor, I’ve taken a vow of poverty. To annoy me, send = money. If Cain = and Abel were Siamese twins, would they have their own show called = ‘Cable’ on cable? Opportunity may knock once,…
10/16/17 Grif.Net – Life in 2017
This is a rerun (was = ‘Life in 2007’) but with a little tweaking it still works = fine. 1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the = microwave. 2. You haven’t played solitaire = with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone…
10/14/17 Weekend Grif.Net – From Whence This Fear and Unbelief
[Came = across this old poem by Augustus Toplady (same fellow who wrote the = beloved “Rock of Ages” we sing in church) and it struck a = chord in my life. Have had some rough weeks with pain, lack of = sleep, my leg now in its third cast,…