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I spent the week before my daughter’s June wedding = running last-minute trips to the caterer, florist, tuxedo shop, and the = church about forty miles away. As happy as I was that Patsy was marrying = a good Christian young man, I felt laden with responsibilities as I =…

10/02/15 Grif.Net – Not Home Enjoying = a nice refreshing shower, a wife was interrupted when her husband poked = his head in the = bathroom to ask: = "What should I give = Lily for = lunch?" Although = he was always very good with their baby daughter, there…

Are cardboard belts just a waist of paper? The newspaper wrote about the raisin who cheated on his wife. You may read about it in the currant affairs section. I used to go to an origami class at the Senior Center until it folded. A person who saves ALL the…

09/30/15 Grif.Net – Shoes Two = sisters came home from school in floods of tears. "Whatever is the matter?" asked their = mother. The = first sister sobbed; "The kids at school make fun of my big = feet." "There, there," soothed the mother. "Your = feet aren’t that big."…

09/29/15 Grif.Net – Baptist? I raised my = kids as Baptists. One of my sons is a Southern Baptist Missionary pastor = and the other a Baptist pastor, ordained Regular Baptist. My daughter is = Independent Baptist. And I pastor a Reformed Baptist church.   = You, too, might be a…

09/28/15 Grif.Net – Long Sermon Did I preach a = long sermon yesterday?  Here are ways to plan ahead if the sermon = might be a little too long: *When you = notice a case = of bottled water in a cooler beside the pulpit. *When = the pews have…

This story = sent to us by a nurse:   "It was a = busy morning, approximately 8:30 am, when an elderly gentleman, in his = 80’s, presented to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that = he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at…

On the = passing of baseball great Yogi Berra, we submit some of his famous = sayings “It ain’t over till it’s = over.” “It’s deja vu all over = again.” “I usually take a two-hour nap = from 1 to 4.” “Never answer an anonymous = letter.” “You can…

[Another short batch of puns to help those still looking in my window every night to see if there are more.] Last night the wife and I watched three Star Wars DVD’s back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the TV. Conjunctivitis.com – now that’s a site for…

A young boy woke up early in the morning and = decided he would do something special for his visiting = Grandmother.  He had learned how to use the Keurig, so fixed her a = cup of morning coffee and surprised her with it in bed.   Grandma was thrilled…

A friend in Wyoming wrote about "Beating a = Dead Horse".  He said that Dakota tribal wisdom says that when = you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to = dismount. However, in business we often try other strategies with dead = horses, including the…

15 years ago Rod & LaRee sent me an article = that said the way to achieve inner peace is to “FINISH THINGS = YOU’VE STARTED”.   It is = definitely working for me. I am now making a point of always finishing = what I start, and I think…

During World War II, a US marine was separated from his unit on a Pacific island. The fighting had been intense, and in the smoke and the crossfire he had lost touch with his comrades. Alone in the jungle, he could hear enemy soldiers coming in his direction. Scrambling for…