[Overheard at the office about Friday – not sure if you all = feel the same way, but there are some Fridays . . . = ] My boss yelled at me, “It’s the fifth time you’ve = been late to work this week! Do you know what that means?!”I…
11/19/15 Grif.Net – If Your Life were Like a Computer
[Sorry that google.groups (serves to send out = thousands of my grif.net emails each day automatically) got all messed = up over the past 6 days. Some did not receive last Friday or Saturday = grif.net email until Wednesday night while receiving others as = scheduled. My new motto: Technology…
11/18/15 Grif.Net – What the Kids are Doing
We were with a group of baby-boom parents who were = all boasting proudly about our well-educated children. The = conversation went around the circle. The = first said her Marcie has a master’s degree in physics and each day she = asks, "Why does this work?" Another…
11/17/15 Grif.Net – Twins
Two girls were chatting in Algebra class. One = said, "I saw and your boyfriend at lunch. He’s really cute. I = love his blond hair and blue eyes." She smiled. "Yeah, and you know he’s got a = twin, too!" "Really? How can you tell them = apart? She…
11/16/15 Grif.Net – Good News or Bad News for the Pastor
Goo= d News: You baptized seven people today in the river.Bad News: You = lost two of them in the swift current. Goo= d News: The Women’s Missionary Group voted to send you a get-well = card.Bad News: The vote passed by 31-30. Goo= d News: The Elder…
11/14/15 Weekend Grif.Net – Timing
[I read Chuck Swindoll’s = story and reminded me of God’s perfect timing in so many parts of = life] In September, Terry Shafer was = strolling the shops in Moline, Illinois. She knew exactly what she = wanted to get her husband, David, for Christmas. A little shop on…
11/13/15 Grif.Net – And it’s a Friday
Forget Friday the = 13th. Insurers say a Monday the 27th is really the = unluckiest day. More people suffer mishaps, have an accident or break = something when the 27th is a Monday than on any other day = according to 20th Century insurance records. (Next = Monday…
11/13/15 Grif.Net – And it’s a Friday
Forget = Friday the 13th. Insurers say a Monday the 27th is = really the unluckiest day. More people suffer mishaps, have an accident = or break something when the 27th is a Monday than on any = other day according to 20th Century insurance records. = (Next Monday the…
11/12/15 Grif.Net – Sure NOW you send me More Bumper Stickers
[Many readers LOVED the lame selection of Bumper = Stickers yesterday and so immediately forwarded your own. They are = NOT that much better.] Don’t annoy me, I’m running out = of places to hide the bodies Quiet Please – Driver = sleeping Warning: I have an…
11/11/15 Grif.Net – Lazy Soldiers
[Salute to Veterans everywhere] As Sergeant = with the 3rd US Volunteer Infantry, Company I, I had 20 men = in my unit. One day I told them: "I have a nice easy job for the = laziest man here. Put up your hand if you are the laziest."…
11/10/15 Grif.Net – More Bumper Stickers
[Keep seeing odd ones, or hearing about great ideas on = the ‘net. So here is another installment] Don’t rush me I get paid by the = hour. Why am I the only person on = earth that knows how to drive? If you drink, don’t drive.…
11/09/15 Grif.Net – Political One-Liners
A politician is someone who = shakes your hand before an election and your confidence after = it. Remember: The politicians who = promise pie-in-the-sky are planning to use your dough for = it. It’s tough being a = politician. Half your reputation is ruined by lies the other…
11/07/15 Weekend Grif.Net – Understanding Others
A teacher began her story . . . A cruise = ship met with an accident at sea. On the ship was a couple with an = infant. Making their way to the lifeboat, they realized that there was = only space for just one of them left. The…