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[ML sent this with the reminder for us grandparents to ‘make sure you understand the question before you give an answer’] An 8-year-old girl went to her grandfather, who was working in the yard and asked him, “Grandpa, what is couple sex?” The grandfather was surprised that she would ask…

Does the length of ‘in a minute’ depend on which side of the bathroom door you’re on? If money doesn’t grow on trees then why do banks have branches? If a 911 operator has a heart attack, whom does he/she call? Why do you have to “put your two cents…

I ventured into a local bakery, carefully examining all the rich looking pastries displayed on trays in the glass cases. A clerk approached me and asked, “What would you like?” So I answered, “I’d like that chocolate covered donut with sprinkles, a Bavarian cream-filled bismark, a raspberry jelly donut, two…

I Cor 3:8 “The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.” Walking through the forest, a seasoned hiker came upon a broad, slowly moving river. He stopped to gaze over the waters, appreciating the beauty, when…

A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible he found in a dusty trunk. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-another had printed it. “Not Gutenberg?” gasped the collector. “Yes, that was it!” “You idiot! You’ve thrown away one…

Overheard: If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? Overheard: Follow your dreams, except for that one where you’re not wearing clothes at work. Overheard: It’s not who you know, it’s whom you know. Overheard: I’ve been on so many blind dates, I should get…

About the time our new nation won its independence and adopted their new constitution, in 1787 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: “A democracy is always temporary in nature; it…

[Saw that Tiger won again and caused me to consider the unwritten but very real laws in effect with this pastime.] LAW 1: No matter how bad your last shot was, the worst is yet to come. This law does not expire on the 18th hole, since it has the…

[Bill & Beth SAY they like good puns. Then they sent me these to use on the Grif.Net blog. Words do not always match action, methinks.] Flags in July are the decoration of independence. Have you been impacted? The tooth always hurts. I looked at the Rorschach test, but had…

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to separate ourselves from humanity and the sinfulness that pervades it so, a God given conscience and the Holy Spirit call us to action. We hold these truths to be self evident, that God in six days created the heavens…

[Today their mom and dad come in from the airport, so this is the LAST of the jokes designed for the kids. And all of God’s people said, ‘Amen’.] What did the mother buffalo say to her little boy when he went off to school? Bison. If April showers bring…

[Still watching grandkids while their parents echo about in the Grand Canyon. So guess what? YOU benefit by getting a fourth type of Grade School jokes designed to make a 5th and a 3rd grader laugh. Or groan.] Did you hear about the giant who threw up? It’s all over…

[With such an underwhelming response to jokes to keep my grandkids busy, I thought I’d try a different type of humor – the “how” jokes. Not better, just different] How do you catch a unique rabbit? Unique up on it. How do you catch a tame rabbit? Tame way, unique…