A Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter. “This baked ham is really delicious,” the priest teased the rabbi. “You really ought to try it. I know it’s against your religion, but I can’t understand…
02/24/10 Grif.Net – Picnic
A Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter. “This baked ham is really delicious,” the priest teased the rabbi. “You really ought to try it. I know it’s against your religion, but I can’t understand…
02/23/10 Grif.Net – Employee Performance Review
[Ever wonder what the boss or supervisor is writing down when they do an annual performance review?] Since my last review, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig. I would not allow this person to breed. The employee has delusions of adequacy. This woman is depriving…
02/22/10 Grif.Net – Cowboy Poetry
A friend in California read this and immediately thought it was “grif.net kinda stuff”. And he was right! Jake, the rancher, went one day To fix a distant fence. The wind was cold and gusty And the clouds rolled gray and dense. As he pounded the last staples in And…
02/20/10 Weekend Grif.Net – God is Love
Dr. John Powell, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago, wrote this touching story: “Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students file into the classroom for our first session in the Theology of Faith. That was the day I first saw Tommy. My eyes and my mind…
02/19/10 Grif.Net – Sunday Paper
“WHERE is my SUNDAY paper?” The irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was. “Madam,” said the newspaper employee, “today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on SUNDAY.” There was quite a long pause on the other end…
02/18/10 Grif.Net – Comeback
A policeman was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the police officer’s credibility… Q: ‘Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?’ A: ‘No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several…
02/17/10 Grif.Net – February Pun o’the Month
A couple with a mutual craving for something sweet drove to the nearest Baskin-Robbins. Having purchased ice cream cones, they returned to their car to be comfortable. As they settled back to enjoy themselves, two crows landed on the front hood and began to squawk and flutter, and to peck…
02/16/10 Grif.Net – Diagnosis
A woman went to the emergency room where she was seen by a young new doctor. After about 3 minutes in the examination room, the doctor told her she was pregnant. She burst out of the room and ran down the corridor screaming. An older doctor stopped her and asked…
02/15/10 Grif.Net – Scuba Divers
Two Minnesotans are sitting in a boat. So Ole asks Sven, “Why do scuba divers always fall backwards off ‘der boats?” To which Sven replies, “Well, you know, if they fell forwards they’d still be in ‘da boat!” There ya have it… [Tanks to Bill in Minnesota who is NOT…
02/13/10 Weekend Grif.Net – Five Years
An unemployed man is desperate to support his family. His wife watches TV all day and his three teenage kids have dropped out of high school to hang around with the local gang. He applies for a janitor’s job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The…
02/12/10 Grif.Net – Valentine Trivia
[GrammaK forwarded this. No vouching for accuracy but have fun wowing everyone with your knowledge of VALENTINE’S DAY TRIVIA] ~ 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27% are women. 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day. ~ About 1 billion…
02/11/10 Grif.Net – Terrorists Groups in Church
[Rebecca forwarded this tongue-in-cheek warning] Latest news reports are that five terrorist cell groups have been operating in many of our churches. They have been identified as: Bin Sleepin, Bin Arguin, Bin Fightin, Bin Complainin, and Bin Missin. Their leader, Lucifer Bin Workin, trained these groups to destroy the Body…