[Children – Valentine’s Day is just a week away. Have you made cards or sent notes to your special friends? We at the grif.net would like to help by offering some jokes, quizzes, and fun things for you in preparation for that big day.] What did the boy sheep say…
02/03/11 Grif.Net – I Can’t Remember
[Grace forwarded this oh-so-accurate poem] Just a line to say I’m living, that I’m not among the dead– Though I’m getting more forgetful, sometimes mixed up in the head. I am used to my arthritis; to trifocals I’m resigned; I even like my hearing aids, but oh how I miss…
02/02//11 Grif.Net – Special Day
Over breakfast one morning, a woman said to her husband, “I’ll bet you don’t know what day this is?” “Of course I do,” he answered as if he was offended, and left for the office. The doorbell rang at 10 a.m., and when the wife opened the door, she was…
02/01/11 Grif.Net – Pun o’the Month
They arrested a woman for causing an accident while on her cell phone … she was charged with driving while intalksicated. ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”
01/31/11 Grif.Net – Homonym Quiz
1. How does a moose begin a letter to his cousin? 2. What is a complete opening in the ground? 3. What is a smelly chicken? 4. What do you call a less expensive bird? 5. Who is married to Uncle Beetle? 6. What does a broken window feel? 7.…
01/29/11 Weekend Grif.Net – Packer QB
[This was written by a sports anchor from Fox 6 in Milwaukee weeks BEFORE winning the NFC Championship. It doesn’t get any better than this.] This job affords me some incredible opportunities. Being a member of the FOX 6 Sports team means I’ve been able to witness and report on…
01/28/11 Grif.Net – Wal-Mart Greeter
Charley, a new retiree greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their “Older Person Friendly”…
01/27/11 Grif.Net – 2011 Prayer
[Carol shared her prayer with us. Short and to the point.] Dear God, All I ask for in 2011 is a big, fat bank account and a slim body. And please don’t mix these up like you did last year. Amen. ~~ Dr Bob Griffin [email protected] www.grif.net “Jesus Knows Me,…
01/26/11 Grif.Net – The Effectiveness of a Tennis Ball
A college professor had the mysterious habit of removing a tennis ball from his jacket pocket as he walked into the lecture hall each morning. He would set it on the corner of the podium. After giving the lecture for the day, he would once again pick up the tennis…
01/25/11 Grif.Net – Should I Join Facebook?
[BJ forward this candid look at growing older in a technologically-young world] When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress…
01/24/11 Grif.Net – Marriage Counseling
A young woman was in love with two men and could not decide which of them to marry. Finally she went to a marriage counselor. When asked to describe her two loves, she mentioned that one was a great poet and the other a renowned crêpe chef. “Oh,” said the…
01/22/11 Weekend Grif.Net – The World’s Largest Armed Forces
Read on a blog about America’s deer hunters and came to a startling conclusion. The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That’s great. There were over 600,000 hunters expending millions of rounds of high-powered ordinance. Allow me to restate that number. Over…
01/21/11 Grif.Net – Dead Bird Epidemic
On midnight on New Year’s Eve, thousands of birds fell dead right out of the sky in Arkansas and Louisiana. Many asked “Where was the President in this national crisis?” Vacationing in Hawaii. But the real question? Where were Dick Cheney and Sarah Palin? Inquiring minds want to know. Newsflash:…