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[This is a =E2=80=9Cvintage=E2=80=9D post from 25 years ago = (April 2000). From 1986-92 I took 4 fall tours (Labor Day to Thanksgiving) = to every state plus one a tour of Canadian provinces speaking at 2-day Educ= ator=E2=80=99s Conventions. Everything below has way more truth than humor.= )  …

[Each month in 2025, we wander down memory lane, repeating t= he Grif Net email/blog posts for an entire week from 25 years ago (that&#82= 17;s from April 2000 for those attend public school.)]   PROFESSION……….= =2E…………..CHILD’S NAME =   Lawyer’s daughter………………….= =2E……Sue Thief’s son……………..= =2E…………………..Rob = Musician’s = daughter…

[Firs= t Weekend of the Month! Here are some famous quotations to encourage you to= “keep on keeping on” in April.  Think Dr. Seuss pegged me= on the first one!]   "You have to = be odd to be number one." ~ Dr Seuss =   "Go confidently in the direction…

A nei= ghbor and his ever-nagging wife went on vacation to Jerusalem. While there,= his wife suddenly passed away. The local undertaker told= the husband, "It will cost $4000 to have her shipped home or you can = bury her here for $800." The husband thought about t= his and…

We li= ve in a litigious age.   I read that a m= an has sued “Smart Water” for false advertising/labeling for fa= iling to make him smart.  I am considering a lawsuit against t= he girl scout’s “Thin Mints” cookies. I ate two packages = on Monday and actually…

[Have= fun with a bird-brained quiz for the first week in April. Answers tomorrow= =2E] 1. An emblem of its nation, which non-flying bird is unique in = having external nostrils at the tip of its beak? 2. G= etting its name from a bird appearing on its currency, what…

[Lots= of riddles, funny thoughts, odd questions, and silly or clever answers to = give much fun for April’s Fools Day for the whole family. I would not= “bet the farm” on the truth of any of these jokes or phrases.]= Q. How do you make the number one disappear?A.…

= Q. Why are March 31st babies easy to fool on April 1st? A. They literally were born yesterday. Q. Why was t= he March calendar so scared on April 1st?A. Because it knew = it was about to be fooled.   Q. Why didn&#= 8217;t A and C prank…

In th= e ancient Hebrew and Greek texts of the Bible, love is not confined to a si= ngle word or idea. Last week we examined a few Old Testament verses to broa= den our understanding of God’s love. Today we look at the New Testame= nt, written in Greek,…

[Cont= inuing our week of English quotations and poetry, this little verse from Ro= bert Louis Stevenson crossed my mind and dribbled out. And drove me to Mirr= iam’s bosom – as  I call my dictionary – to find out that&= nbsp; his use of “arrant” was not “errant” (the…

[This= was taken from an English as a Second Language (ESL) textbook.  I&#82= 17;s thankful that I leart me gooder English at home and now no better.]   Have you ever seen a sheet on a river bed?= Or a single hair from a hammer’s head? Has the = foot…

[Among the million words that the English language supposedly i= ncludes, some of them sound very strange. Other words are written in an une= xpected way. Most of these words were never taught in your English language= class unless you had ME for a professor.]   **Scrumptious – this word…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_03FA_01DB9D6D.E0442500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Famous quotations are well known. Sadly, we often forget the original speaker/writer or the context in which they were given. How many of these wise or pithy sayings can you correctly attribute?] 1. “If you are…