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If you are always straightening things, you have = OCD. If you are always eating things, you have = OBCD. ~~ Is the chemical symbol for holy water = H2Omg?   ~~ What did the Tin Man say when he got run = over by a steamroller?“Curses! Foil = again!”…

Overheard at the Fair = (you can’t make this up) Little girl: I want cotton = candy! Mom: You can have some cotton candy after = you eat something healthy. Little girl: I want cotton candy = now! Mom: I said NO. You’re going to have = something healthy first!…

[End of Summer? Don’t cry, but = Labor Day will conclude our suggested list of books I’d like to = see written]   ‘Dr Bob is a Great American Humorist’ by = Hugh R. Joking   ‘Returning to School this Fall’ by Dewey = Hafta   ‘Reasons Why Students Fail…

Saturday, my wife and I were at my 50th = high school reunion at Minneapolis North High.  I kept staring at a = gal who was drinking heavily as she sat alone at a nearby = table.   My wife asked = me, "Do you remember = her?"   "Yes", I sighed, =…

[Marilyn forwarded these six = short stories and it blessed my heart, so I pass them on to all my blog = readers and to both friends] {1} Once all villagers decided to = pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only = one…

It is rumored that JK Rowling plans to write another = novel in the Harry Potter series.  By that time Harry will be = portrayed as a married, middle-aged dad. Rowling is in need of a catchy = title for the book so I’m suggesting these = possibilities.   Harry…

As my young grandson and = I were nearing the McDonald’s, we slowly worked past a multi-car = accident. Usually when we see something terrible like that or hear = sirens or see “helpers” racing by with lights flashing, = I’ve reminded him to say a prayer for whoever might…

[Two weeks left of books to read, some = of which our readers have submitted]   ‘Thirst Quencher’ by Bev = Arage   ‘The = Poetry of Percy Shelly’ by Ozzie Mandeeus   ‘Odds and Ends’ by Miss Elaine = Ayous   ‘Digital Recordings’ by Anna = Logg   ‘Answering…

I asked my = brother-in-law, the father of four boys, “If you had to do it all = over again, would you still have kids?” “Yes,” he = said. “But just not these four.” ~~~ I gave my father $100 = and said, “Buy yourself something that will make your…

[These new abbreviations = in tweets and texts can stump even the best parents, as my wife has = learned] Mom: Your great-aunt just passed away. = LOL. Daughter: Why is that = funny? Mom: It’s not funny, son! What do = you mean? Daughter: Mom, LOL means Laughing Out…

[This was forwarded to me by = two people and yep, this is me for certain sure] It seems that = lately my life’s been getting more complicated, and I want to = thank those of you who are brave enough to still associate with me = regardless of what…

[Texts from a friend’s = phone]   "Wow. Wanna pop a xanax in the Civic then = kayak with mom and dad at noon?" "Can’t. Too scared." = "Of the water?" = "No. = Palindromes."   ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] www.grif.net = "Jesus Knows Me, This I =…

I’ve discovered the worst page in the = dictionary.  It was disgraceful, disgusting, dishonest and = disingenuous.   I’ve = discovered there is a Fifth Third Bank. Not sure they understand how = numbers work, but numbers are one of things I look for most in a = bank.  …