When I think = of an “icebreaker”, my first reaction is “fat = penguin”. I can’t = take my dog to the park because the ducks keep trying to bite him. I = guess that’s what I get for buying a pure bread = dog. I opened the…
01/26/23 Grif.Net – Ten Questions about Dentists
What kind of = award does Wisconsin’s top dentist get? Just a little = plaque. What is the = number one reason patients don’t show up for root = canals? They lose = their nerve. What do kids = call a dentist’s office? The filling = station. …
01/25/23 Grif.Net – At the Office
What is the = best way to criticize your boss? Very quietly, = so he cannot hear you. Our computers = went down at the office today, so we had to do everything manually. = It took me = fifteen minutes to shuffle the cards for = Solitaire. …
01/24/23 Grif.Net – My Achievements in 2023, So Far
*I recently = started speed reading. So far, I can read “War and Peace” in = ten seconds. It’s = only three words, but it’s a start. *I bought the = world’s worst thesaurus yesterday. Not only is it = terrible, but it’s also terrible. *I just wrote…
01/23/23 Grif.Net – I Want to Go Back in Time When . . . (part 1)
A foot of snow = on a school day was a dream come true. Abilities were = discovered because of a “double-dog-dare.” = Saturday = morning cartoons weren’t 30-minute ads for action = figures. No shopping = trip was complete unless a new toy was brought =…
01/21/23 Weekend Grif.Net – Encouragement for 2023 (part 4)
“A bird = doesn’t sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a = song.” – Maya = Angelou “The sun = himself is weak when he first rises and gathers strength and courage as = the day gets on.” – = Charles Dickens “A…
01/20/23 Grif.Net – Notre Dame Bell
Little is = known about the hunchback of Notre Dame who lived in the bell tower and = would run around putting his head against the vibrating bell and push it = to enhance the sound. One day he slipped and fell hundreds = of feet to his death. Peasants…
01/19/23 Grif.Net – Did You Know?
DID YOU KNOW . = . . changing your iPod’s name to Titanic will not make it sync = faster? DID YOU KNOW . = . . a Texas gambler visiting Vegas put a cow in an elevator so he could = raise the steaks? DID YOU KNOW…
01/18/23 Grif.Net – Status Updates for 2023
Ken M shared, = “I’m back with doable New Year’s Resolutions: Procrastinate more. = Okay, I’ll start tomorrow.” Bob T said, = “I live to help my friends. If they lose weight, I find = it.” Andrea S = boasted, “At midnight on New Year’s Eve I stood…
01/17/23 Grif.Net – Overeating
A horse walked = into a caf=E9 and ordered a big mixed greens salad.=A0 The waitress = said, “You know, you’re in here often. Wonder if the rancher = knows you have a problem with your diet? Don’t you think you might = be becoming addicted to human food?” …
01/16/23 Grif.Net – Tempted
One day a = 12-year-old boy was walking down the street when a car pulled up beside = him and the driver lowered a window. "I’ll = give you a large bag of M&Ms if you get in the car," said the = driver. "No way! = Get…
01/14/23 Weekend Grif.Net – Encouragement for 2023 (part 3)
“Courage = isn’t having the strength to go on. It is going on when you don’t = have strength.” – = Napoleon Bonaparte “The = greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again = after you fall.” — Vince = Lombardi “Worry = does not…
01/13/23 Grif.Net – Bumper Crop (part 5)
[Bumper = Stickers worth a chuckle. Feel free to comment on your opinion of best = today] Does the name = Pavlov ring a bell? My dog can = lick anyone. Suburbia: = Where they tear out the trees and name streets after them. = I’m…