* The = odds of you dying on the way to buy a lottery ticket are actually = greater than your chance of winning. * You = are born with 300 bones, but by the time you are an adult you only have = 206. [???] * All…
09/27/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 3)
* The = doctors that told Stephen Hawking he had two years to live in 1953 are = probably dead by now. * If you replace "W" with = "T" in "What, Where and When", you get the answer to = each of them. * The Guinness Book of Records…
09/26/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 2)
* 100 = years ago almost everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars. = Today almost everyone has cars and only the rich own horses. * = The word "swims" upside-down is still = "swims". * Intentionally losing a game of rock, paper, = scissors is just…
09/25/17 Grif.Net – Did You Know? (part 1)
[Each = day this week we share a collection of oddities or questions to make you = think. New experience for some, but trust it will be enjoyable for = all] * Which letter is silent in the word "scent," the = S or the C? * If you attempt…
09/23/17 Weekend Grif.Net – When You Need Guidance
When life is at its most bleak, = do you turn to God’s Word for guidance? Let these 20 Psalms = bring encouragement when life brings overwhelming = challenges: 1. Psalm 5—When You are = Persecuted 2. Psalm 6—When You = are Depressed 3. Psalm 16—When You = are…
09/22/17 Grif.Net – Signs and Stickers
[Actual = signs, bumper stickers, magnets and t-shirts seen = recently] Circular Definition: see = Definition, Circular Dyslexics are Teople = Poo Air Pollution is a = Mist-Demeaner I’m Having an = Out-of-Money Experience Make Yourself at Home …..Clean My = Kitchen Adult = on Board. I…
09/21/17 Grif.Net – Why English is Hard to Learn
[Imagine trying to learn = English as a second language. Say each phrase out loud as you read = it.] The = bandage was wound around the wound. The = farm was used to produce produce. The = dump was so full it had to refuse more…
09/20/17 Grif.Net – Fertilizer
One day a truck loaded with fertilizer got a flat tire = by a farm where a young boy lived. The lad walked by the truck = and asked the driver, "What are you going to use this fertilizer = for?" The man said, "I’m putting it on my =…
09/19/17 Grif.Net – A Dozen Questions for the Family
[At least one of these will bring a groan from every = age group. Guaranteed.] Q: Why do = mummies make the best spies?A: They keep everything under = wraps Q: Why should you not view an eclipse through a = colander?A: You might strain your eyes Q:…
09/18/17 Grif.Net – I Noticed . . .
I noticed = the paper reported that 4,153,237 people got married last year. Not to = cause any trouble, but shouldn’t that be an even = number?: I noticed it = seems ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom = until they are flashing behind…
09/16/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Even When He Is Silent
[This poem = was written during World War II, on the wall of a cellar in the Cologne = concentration camp, by an unknown Jew facting = death.] I believe in = the sun, even when it is not shining.And I believe in love, even = when there’s no…
09/15/17 Grif.Net – Looking for a Car
One day, an elderly woman was walking along the = street, coming home from the supermarket. Her bag of groceries was = especially heavy that day, and as she passed Nathan Hale’s Used Cars, = she got an idea that she could drive herself to the store and save a…
09/14/17 Grif.Net – 50 Year Comparison
[This is an update on an OLD joke, but still makes me = smile . . . and cry a little. Here is a measure of aging between = 1967 when I was in college and fifty years later when I’m now on = Social Security] 1967: Long =…