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…
01/15/14 Grif.Net – Still Under the Weather
[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…
01/14/14 Grif.Net – Shampoo
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…
01/13/14 Grif.Net – Notes from Friends in the New Year
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…
01/11/14 Weekend Grif.Net – Challenge for 2014
“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!”
01/10/14 Grif.Net – Too Cold to Fly
[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…
01/09/14 Grif.Net – Overheard at the Airport
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…
01/08/14 Grif.Net – Airport Delay
[Since we made it home – at 1 am Tuesday instead of Sunday – it seems proper to take a few days to relate “travel experiences” of others. Rod shares this as a “true” story. I really believe him.] It’s one of those ‘Polar Vortex’ days at the airport in…
01/07/14 Grif.Net – Truisms I’ve learned about Men/Women
Here’s all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy and men are stupid. The main reason why women are crazy is that men are stupid. ~~ Men socialize by insulting each other, but they don’t really mean it. Women socialize by complimenting each other, and they…
01/06/14 Grif.Net – More Lame Puns
[Griffins are back in US, stranded (thanks, United) but in 75F California and NOT in -25 in the Midwest. Will take weather for 100 degrees, Alex. And late but here are monthly puns.] Today is Epiphany, celebrating the wise guys who made the first star trek. A shotgun wedding is…
12/28/13 Weekend Grif.Net – Life in 2014
[Lenoralee forwarded some pithy philosophical truths that are thought-provoking and challenging for 2014. The Grif.Net will be dark for ten days as I leave Southern California and head down the road less traveled.] We never get what we want, we never want what we get; We never have what we…
12/27/13 Grif.Net -No Mention of Hair Color
A friend told his co-worker: “Christmas is on a Friday next year.” His friend frowned as she said, “Let’s hope it’s not the 13th.” ~~ Two men found three grenades, and they decide to take them to a police station. One asked, “What if a grenade explodes before we get…
12/26/13 Grif.Net – Musical Q&A
[Everyone groaned horribly at the piano humor so we decided to stop it. And include MORE ‘generalized’ musical groaners. You’re welcome.] Q. Why did Mozart kill his chickens? A. Because they always ran around going “Bach! Bach! Bach!” Q. Why did mom stop her little boy from watching public television?…