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The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “Its A Wonderful Life” A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours. When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state’s third…

Midweek Quiz Time! I will give you a famous phrase and you answer with the first person who used or made it famous. Sounds simple. Not. Example: “I want to be alone” would be the famous actress Greta Garbo, 1. __________ = “The only thing we have to fear is…

[Have heard these as “facts” but cannot verify the truth in any. And don’t need to. Just neat to consider and think they are true. More tomorrow] Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses. There…

Always cool to boast about reading books to your friends. These are the SHORTEST books in the world; read them all in a few minutes! MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS (by O J Simpson) THE ENGINEER’S GUIDE TO FASHION HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCES IN CHINA THINGS I WOULD NOT…

Tim Challies shared his reflections on the “Strange Fire Conference” this past fall. John MacArthur opened the 2013 “Strange Fire” conference, and then, for the second session introduced Joni Eareckson Tada as a friend and former member of his church. She was at the conference to share her testimony of…

A man who had previously been a sailor, was aware that ships are addressed as “she” and “her”. He often wondered what gender computers should be addressed. To answer that question, he asked two groups to consider the matter (one group comprised of women and the second of men). Each…

Quiz for mid-week. Can you name the CITIES in which these world-famous streets are located? Some are easy; some challenging. 1. _______ = Les Champs Elysees 2. _______ = Wall Street 3. _______ = Sunset Boulevard 4. _______ = Via Venito 5. _______ = Peachtree Street 6. _______ = Nevsky…

[Collection of weather-forecasting and related jokes and puns] An honest weatherman says, “Today’s forecast is bright and sunny with an 80% chance that I’m wrong.” First cave man to 2nd cave man: “I don’t care what you say. We never had such cold and snowy weather before they started using…

A gal is in the shower and her husband shouts thru the bathroom door: “Did you find the new shampoo?” She answers, “Yes, but I’m not sure what to do. The label says it’s for dry hair, and I’ve just wet mine.” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows…

A thief broke into my house last night. He starting searching for money so I got up and helped him look. ~~ The man who stole a Palestinian idol from the museum has been apprehended. Baal has been set at $50,000. ~~ For those of you who received a book…

“You’re writing a gospel, a chapter every day By the deeds that you do and the things that you say. Men read what you write, whether faithless or true. Say, what is the gospel according to you?” ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”

[Everything is funny as long as it happens to someone else. So thankful that the past week’s nightmare is over for us travelers. Here are more thoughts on cold weather.] “My father was a stoic. He believed that if you couldn’t see your breath when you talked, then the furnace…

An award should go to the gate agent for being smart and funny, and making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. A crowded flight was cancelled. Company policy is to leave a single customer service agent with the monumental task of rebooking…