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[RM, an old cruise friend, sent this timely reminder] You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. And yet in a way,…

Lots of interesting odds and ends came across my desk the past five days and caused me to note all the events in recent history. Will give you the hard parts, the EVENT and DATE – but can you figure out the YEAR? On some, getting the correct decade would…

THE CREATION STORY (Bible According to Snoopy) On the first day of creation, God created the dog. On the second day, God created man to serve the dog. On the third day, God created all the animals of the earth (especially the horse) to serve as potential food for the…

A pastor went to the dentist for a set of false teeth. The first Sunday after he got his new teeth, he spoke for only eight minutes. The second Sunday, he preached for only ten minutes. The following Sunday, however, he went on and on for 2 hours and 48…

Do bakers with a sense of humor bake wry bread? If you trade in stolen gate-posts, does that make you a fence? Are candles on a birthday cake for people who want to make light of their age? If you smuggle automobiles into the country, are you trafficking? When Buffalo,…

Sam and Ruth from Maine wrote that they had just bought a new car when winter hit with all its fury. “I wonder if the car has seat warmers,” Ruth said. “It sure does,” said Sam, looking through the owner’s manual. “There’s a button on the dashboard that says it’s…

When we feel we have nothing left to give And we are sure that the song has ended When our day seems over and the shadows fall And the darkness of night has descended. Where can we go to find the strength To valiantly keep on trying, Where can we…

[Big college football game this weekend caused this joke to surface] After Coach Nick Saban dies and enters the Pearly Gates, God takes him on a tour. He shows him a little two-bedroom house with a faded Alabama banner hanging from the front porch. “This is your house, coach,” God…

My biologist friend tells me that constantly developing new varieties of plant can be a strain. ~~ Did you hear about the new line of Elvis Presley-themed steakhouses? They will be for people who love meat tender. ~~ If a wolf can take down a deer from either flank, does…

Never stand between a dog and a hydrant. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows. No matter where you’re going, once you get there, there you are. All television is children’s television. When you do not know what you are doing, do…

[Jack forwarded this classic and I laughed anew.] The older brother was on vacation in Europe and his younger brother called him and said, “Your cat died.” The older brother is in tears. “I loved that cat. I’ve had that cat for 20 years. You can’t just blurt out bad…

[Long-time grif.net readers know I have ten grandkids who all need a laugh now and then . . rather than laughing at the weird grandpa] How can you tell vampires like baseball? They turn into bats every night! What did the skeleton say to the waitress? I’ll have a Coke…

My life flows on in endless song Above earth’s lamentation. I hear the real, though far off hymn That hails the new creation Above the tumult and the strife, I hear the music ringing; It sounds an echo in my soul How can I keep from singing? What though the…