Grif.Net

With four granddaughters, I’m always on the lookout for great presents for birthdays or Christmas. A week ago I went into a store to consider buying a Barbie doll play set. “How much is that Barbie in the window?” I asked the shop clerk with a smile. (She was too…

[Daniel S shared this story many years ago and I’ve not forgotten it] When I was in the fifth grade, my classmates and I were struggling through September with our school work. We were especially failing to understand geography, and we expected a major reprimand by month’s end. Instead, our…

[Grif.Net from a teacher in the fall of 1999 just begs to be sent again fifteen years later. Thanks for putting up with a repeat.] It was the beginning of a new school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florist’s son handed her a…

[PH forwarded some of his thoughts to us. Strange dude.] I could hear music coming out of my printer the other day. Evidently the paper was jammin’ again. I got in trouble at the local park for lining all the squirrels up in order of height. They didn’t like me…

[A friend shared this experience.] My 50-something friend Nancy and I decided to introduce her mother to the magic of the Internet. Our first move was to set up email and Facebook accounts. Then we accessed the popular “Google”, and we told her it could give tons of information on…

[Another dose of sayings designed for the real world, not some corporate slogan.] Pain is just weakness leaving the body. Sometimes your spirit tags along with it. If you think it’s lonely at the top, just wait ’til you try the bottom. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.…

[Yes. I agree that I may need a new set of friends.] I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. ~~ My friend’s husband always teases her about her lack of interest in household chores. One day he came…

[More pastoral sayings you’re heard before and are still true!] “Did it ever occur to you that nothing ever occurred to God?” “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” “Many people spend decades gathering bundles of sticks to build bridges they…

[An electrical engineer friend shared some of his experiences] When I was a high school student, and had my fill with drawing graph after graph in senior high math class, I informed my teacher, “I’ll do algebra, I’ll do trig, and I’ll even do statistics. But graphing is where I…

[‘Laugh Lab’ conducted surveys a few years back to find the “top joke” in some English-speaking countries] USA Top Joke Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone…

[For my son-in-law “Mr Z”, a prof at Maranatha Baptist University in Wisconsin] The rules at a particular university were such that if the professor were not present in the classroom by 15 minutes past the hour, the class was considered a “walk” and the students were free to leave…

[I hear LOTS of “motivational” quips on line, but seldom see “reality” quips. So I add these.] Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can walk. I believe that children are our future. And that terrifies me. Believe in yourself, because everyone you work with…

John received a note in plain text – without punctuation or capitalization and he tried to figure out what Gloria was saying. The letter said” dear john I want a man who knows what love is all about you are generous kind thoughtful people who are not like you admit…