The Governor = of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail when suddenly = a coyote jumps out and attacks his dog. #1. The = Governor starts to intervene, reflects upon the movie "Bambi" = and realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what…
02/23/17 Grif.Net – Axed Axioms
Each of the following well known proverbs has a key = word CHANGED to something totally unrelated, but I found these often = made the adage funny or pointed. Time to laugh as you discover = each error. And maybe you could suggest BETTER “wrong” = words to plug into…
02/22/17 Grif.Net – Advise and Consent
Hours on your cell phone make you = tired? Now there’s a nap for that. I thought = the dryer shrunk my clothes. Turns out it was the = refrigerator. Line dancing was originally invented by women waiting to use = the bathroom. I try to find…
02/21/17 Grif.Net – Love or Something
[My neighbor Scott here in town forwarded = these variations on a familiar song. You may opt to sing, not read, = these lines in your best Dean Martin = impression.] When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza = pieThat’s amore. When an eel bites your hand…
02/20/17 Grif.Net – Shoebox
As a new bride, Aunt Edna moved into the small home = on her husband’s ranch in Wyoming. She put a shoebox on a shelf in = her closet and asked her husband never to touch it. For = fifty years, Uncle Jack left the box alone, until Aunt…
02/18/17 Weekend Grif.Net – Good News from Afar
My friend had hip replacement surgery a couple months = ago and when I told her hubby this week to say we hoped she was doing = better, he shared this story about encouragement she’d gotten in = her recovery: She was talking on the phone to her granddaughter…
02/17/17 Grif.Net – Education
[Another dose of ‘Red’ humor to end the = week, this time on going to school in Iowa] Mom wanted = me to go to Iowa State. Dad wanted me to go to a real school. The = truant officer said he’d be happy if I went to elementary…
02/16/17 Grif.Net – Boxing
[I loved old Red Blanchard, a former farm boy from = Pittsville, Wisconsin. I am a graduate of the University of = Wisconsin-Steven Point, just a few miles from his farm, and pastored = down the road an hour in Wild Rose, Wisconsin, for 7 years, so lots of =…
02/15/17 Grif.Net – About your State
[Random conversations about people in some of our = United States] On North Dakota flatness, a friend said = “When I was a boy, I had a dog. I watched him run away for eight = days.” On Alaska, a friend shared a conversation he had with = a…
02/14/17 Grif.Net – Ten Commandments of Marriage
[My newly-married friend Susan printed out this = oldie-but-goodie humor on marriage. Methinks it is fitting for = Valentine’s Day.] Commandment 1Marriages are made in = heaven. But so are thunder and lightning. ***********Commandment 2If you want your wife = to listen and pay strict attention to every word you…
02/13/17 Grif.Net – Hypothetical
If I had a dollar for every girl that found me = unattractive, would they eventually find me attractive? If the = colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom, isn’t it ironic = what happens when they’re flashing behind you? If = multi-tasking is so commendable, what…
02/11/17 Weekend Grif.Net – A United Nation
During the night of January 14, 1969, Mr. Skelton = was speaking about his boyhood memories of school. He stated that = one of the things that really stood out was the way one of his teachers = presented the Pledge of Allegiance. Following is the monolog he = presented.…
02/10/17 Grif.Net – Adding More Workers
[Every month we are adding more workers at the = ever-popular Grif Net Headquarters staff. Here are some new = hires.] Grif.Net Handyman/Table Saw Operator =3D Les = Digits Grif.Net Matchmaking =3D Annie Von = Vildew Grif.Net Undergarment Inspector =3D I.C. = London Grif.Net Traffic Copter…