Sue forwarded this story – I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting, “13…13….13…13.” The fence was too high to see over, but I saw a little gap in the planks and looked through to see what was going on. Someone behind…
05/26/08 Memorial Day Grif.Net
Temperatures (high/low) on the Memorial Day Weekend 2008 . . in Iraq Friday =3D 109=B0 F | 82=B0 F Saturday =3D 111=B0 F | 82=B0 F=20 Sunday =3D 109=B0 F | 82=B0 F=20 Monday =3D 104=B0 F | 78=B0 F=20 Tuesday =3D 100=B0 F | 78=B0 F=20 Let us pray.…
05/24/08 Weekend Grif.Net – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
NBA, NHL OR NFL? 36 have been accused of spousal abuse 7 have been arrested for fraud 19 have been accused of writing bad checks 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least two businesses 3 have done time for assault 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad…
05/23/08 Grif.Net – Quiz about YOU
We take the human body, a marvelously designed mechanism by a wonderful God, for granted. Here are a dozen questions to see what YOU know about YOU. 1. What is the correlation between I.Q. and dreams? 2. What is the largest cell in the human body? 3. What is the…
05/22/08 Grif.Net – New Discovery?
Most have heard of the 27 books in the New Testament. Recent discoveries on the internet have uncovered a possible 28th book – the “Chain Letter of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians.” Here are some excerpts: With love all things are possible. This epistle comes to you from Paul…
05/21/08 Grif.Net – More Wicked
A minister prayed to God in turmoil over the sinful state of America. “Lord, most of the people in this nation have no interest in following You. And the rest of us that love You are having a hard time holding on!” God heard the prayer and sent down an…
05/20/08 Grif.Net – Spelling
Melville Dewey (of Dewey Decimal library classification system fame) spelled a common word GHEAUGHTEIGHPTOUGH following legitimate rules of English. “GH” pronounced as in hiccough “EAU” pronounced as in beau “GHT” pronounced as in naught “EIGH” pronounced as in neighbor “PT” pronounced as in pterodactyl and “OUGH” pronounced as in though.…
05/19/08 Grif.Net – Lipstick
A principal of a small middle school had a problem with a few of the older girls starting to use lipstick. When applying it in the bathroom they would then press their lips to the mirror and leave lip prints. Before it got out of hand he thought of a…
05/17/08 Weekend Grif.Net – No Desks
Back in September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a social studies school teacher at Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor,…
05/16/08 Grif.Net – More Headlines
Best of 1990’s real headlines from our nation’s newspapers: War Dims Hope for Peace If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last a While Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures Deer Kill 17,000 Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery…
05/15/08 Grif.Net – Real Headlines
These are REAL headlines from newspapers, not the kind you get from sleeping with corduroy pillow-cases. Include Your Children when Baking Cookies Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted Drunk Gets Nine Months…
05/14/08 Grif.Net – Bar-B-Q Rules
We are about to enter the summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity, as it’s the only type of cooking a ‘real’ man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved. When a…
05/13/08 Grif.Net – Health News
For those of you who watch what you eat, here’s the final word on nutrition and health. It’s a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting medical studies. 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. 2. The Mexicans…