A small town Doctor was famous in the area for always catching large fish. One day while he was on one of his frequent fishing trips, he got a call that a woman at a neighboring farm was giving birth. He rushed to her aid and delivered a healthy baby…
06/13/13 Grif.Net – At the Stoplight
A friend shared this testimonial: I was sitting at a long stop light yesterday, minding my own business, patiently waiting for it to turn green even though there was no on-coming traffic. A carload of bearded, young, loud Muslims, shouting anti-American slogans, with a half-burned American Flag duct-taped on the…
06/12/13 Grif.Net – Shoes
Had a friend in California with ‘two left feet’ who was searching for something to wear on his feet on the beach. He ended up with a pair of flip-flips ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”
06/11/13 Grif.Net – Newly Minted Coin
A spokesperson for the U.S. Mint announced that a new fifty-cent piece was being issued to honor two great American patriots. On one side of the coin would be Theodore Roosevelt, on the other, Nathan Hale. Asked why two people were going to be on the same coin, the official…
06/10/13 Grif.Net – Foot Quiz
With 26 bones, 114 ligaments and 20 muscles, your FOOT is an amazing creation of God. Add in the bones in your hands and those four small body parts combined are HALF of all the bones in your body! Here is a quiz about your five toes. Simply match the…
06/08/13 Weekend Grif.Net – Just Be There
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine…
06/07/13 Grif.Net – Poison?
[Lenora shared this story] A man went to see the Rabbi. “Rabbi, something terrible is happening and I have to talk to you about it.” The Rabbi asked, “What’s wrong?” The fellow replied, “My wife is poisoning me.” The Rabbi, very surprised by this, asked, “How can that be?” The…
06/06/13 Grif.Net – New Country Music
[Jim forwarded these Country Songs that never quite made the greatest hits list. They are almost as bad as the summer reading lists I’ve been sending] “I’m Depressed Because All My Jeans Are Blue” “I Wouldn’t Take Her To a Dog Fight, Even If She Promised to Win” “The Last…
06/05/13 Grif.Net – Wedding Good-bye
All eyes were on the radiant bride as her father escorted her down the aisle. They reached the altar and the waiting groom, the bride kissed her father a traditional good-bye kiss, and squeezed his hand. The guests in the front pews responded with ripples of laughter. Even as the…
06/05/13 Grif.Net – Wedding Good-bye
All eyes were on the radiant bride as her father escorted her down the aisle. They reached the altar and the waiting groom, the bride kissed her father a traditional good-bye kiss, and squeezed his hand. The guests in the front pews responded with ripples of laughter. Even as the…
06/04/13 Grif.Net – Summer Reading List (3)
“Rapunzel”, by Harris Long. “How I Won the Marathon”, by Randy Hoelway. “The Nervous Job Applicant”, by Titus A. Drum. “I Didn’t Do It!”, by Ivan Alibi. “Here’s Pus in Your Eye”, by Lance Boyle. “Why I Avoid McDonalds”, by Tommy Ayk. “I Hit the Wall”, by Isadore There. “The…
06/03/13 Grif.Net – Monthly Punthly
I told my friend that she drew her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. ~~ What English monarch standardized the use of fractions? Obviously, Henry VIII ~~ This story takes place out on the Wind River Indian Reservation. One night, three women all began labor at the same time, far…
06/01/13 Weekend Grif.Net – Alarming Statistics
MEDICAL DOCTORS: .The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000 .Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000 .Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171 (Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services) GUNS: .The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000 .The number of accidental…