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[Final installment of trivia for August. . NO GOOGLE, PLEASE. Answers tomorrow. Give it your best guess.] August 25, 1918, and now considered the finest conductors in American music history, who was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, not the west side of New York City? August 26, 1883, the most catastrophic…

[More August “trivia” – important birthdays/events. Here are the offerings for the third part of August. NO GOOGLE. ANSWERS ON FRIDAY.] August 17, 1786, is the birthday of what former Tennessee congressman and frontiersman who gained immortality in his heroic “last stand”? August 18, 1920 – The 19th Amendment to…

[While researching August “trivia”, I came across some important birthdays and other dates in the month. Here is a second set of historic dates you SHOULD know! NO GOOGLE, please. Share your guesses. Real answers on FRIDAY.] August 9, 1945, an American B-29 bomber with a single atomic bomb headed…

[While researching August “trivia” last week, I came across some important birthdays and other dates in the month. Looked like “fodder” for a few grif.net quizzes this week! NO GOOGLE; we train monkeys to not think or remember just push buttons. ANSWERS ON FRIDAY.] August 1, 1944 what young girl…

God won’t ask what kind of fancy car you drove. He will ask how many people you helped who didn’t have transportation. God won’t ask the square footage of your house. He will ask how many people you helped who didn’t have a house. God won’t ask how many fancy…

A friend and I were standing in line at a fast-food restaurant, waiting to place our order. There was a big sign posted. “No bills larger than $20 will be accepted.” I looked at my buddy and remarked, “Believe me, if I HAD a bill larger than $20, I wouldn’t…

[Interesting trivia about this month. Defeats the purpose to just look this up on Google. I’d encourage you to THINK instead.] _____________________ What play won both Tony & Pulitzer in 1954? _____________________ According to a line from a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, I’m as corny as what? _____________________ What are…

Two old friends happened upon each other in the grocery store one day. One of the men was obviously in a foul, depressed mood, not even able to work up a weak smile to celebrate his chance encounter with a face and voice from his past. “What’s your trouble, buddy?”…

RECENTLY DISCOVERED “TWEETS” BY APOSTLE PAUL. A whole new way of summarizing the book of Acts. “On way to D-cus to persecute Xns, went blind #Literally.” “Was blind; now I see (phys + spiritual) #Saved” “On my first trip with my BFF Barnie. #SonofEncouragement” “I heart Gentiles in Antioch. They…

[My friend Jack forwarded this. Because I’m old? Maybe. I forget why.] Two men were holding up the line outside the turnstile before a football game, while one of them hunted for their tickets. He looked in his coat pockets and his jacket pockets and his trouser pockets, all to…

‘A sure stronghold our God is he, a trusty shield and weapon. Our help he’ll be and set us free from every ill can happen that old malicious foe, means us deadly woe armed with might from Hell and deepest craft as well on earth is not his fellow.’ I’m…

[These were so bad from our week of animal puns that we saved them for our monthly “Worst First” pun entry] We put an unopened container in the microwave. The kangaroo and finally exploded. A scientist tested his time machine on a large beast of burden. He called the experiment…

[Week of musical puns ends by making fun of the names of some of the dead white men who inhabit the pages on the violin stands. A Grif.Net reader suggested I get a new staff of writers or refrain totally. LOL.] Top mottos: 1. “If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix…