A bus driver was conducting a tour of famous Civil War battle sites. “Here,” he points out at one spot, “is where only a handful of Southern troops routed a whole regiment of Yankees.” As he continued the tour, he added, “Over there, the Rebs wiped out a whole company…
04/14/11 Grif.Net – Bayonet
[This week marks the 150th anniversary of the Late Great Unpleasantness. Here is a cute story about a Civil War soldier] A soldier had lost his bayonet and whittled one from wood so he could stand inspection. He was hoping not to be discovered until the regiment had gone into…
04/13/11 Grif.Net – Soldier Food
[Remembering the 150th anniversary of the start of the War of Northern Aggression, we include an actual bit of humor from the period] Two privates were discussing how inedible the hardtack was. One commented, “Say Bill, I hear the first sergeant of Company A bit into his hardtack yesterday and…
04/12/11 Grif.Net – As They Remember History
[Lame attempt at humor based on the Civil War] A trio of old veterans were bragging about the heroic exploits of their ancestors one afternoon down at the VFW hall. “My great grandfather, at age 12,” one declared proudly, “was the youngest drummer boy at Gettysburg.” “Mine,” boasted another, “helped…
04/11/11 Grif.Net – Civil War Reenactors
[This week begins the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. As an avid historian and reenactor, I thought I’d try for some civil war jokes) You might be a Civil War Reenactor if . . . You jump when you overhear people talking about how bad the “Yankees” are,…
04/09/11 Weekend Grif.Net – Burned Biscuits
[Bob B forwarded this story with a real impact] When I was a kid, my Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so…
04/08/11 Grif.Net – Ugly Baby
Heard this story about Los Angeles. A young woman and her newborn baby got on a bus. The bus driver looked at the baby and screamed in horror at the sight of it. The woman was upset but doesn’t know what to do, so she just marched to the back…
04/07/11 Grif.Net – Celebrity Thoughts on Aging
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. – Groucho Marx My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe. – Jimmy Durante I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. – Zsa…
04/06/11 Grif.Net – Profit from a Mistake
On his way out of church after services last Sunday, Frank stopped at the door to speak to me (I’m the minister). “Would it be right,” he asked, “for a person to profit from the mistakes of another?” “Absolutely not!” I quickly replied, disappointed that Frank would even ask such…
04/05/11 Grif.Net – Birthday Tradition
Turning 13, a boy near Duluth Minnesota named Lars had heard stories of an amazing family tradition. It seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to walk on water on their 13th birthdays when they became a teenager. So when Lars’ 13th came around, he and…
04/04/11 Grif.Net – NCAA Championship Empty Seat
A man had very expensive tickets 10 rows up at mid-court for the NCAA Final Four games last Saturday. As he sat down, he noticed that the seat next to him was empty. He asked the man on the other side of the empty seat whether anyone was sitting there.…
04/02/11 Weekend Grif.Net – Thoughts over a Cup of Coffee
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment…
04/01/11 Grif.Net – 3 Great April 1st Stories
In 1996 the Taco Bell Corporation announced it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. Hundreds of outraged citizens called the National Historic Park in Philadelphia where the bell was housed to express their anger. Their nerves were only calmed when Taco Bell revealed,…