[British = comedian Tommy Cooper has made an art-form of “non-sequitur = humor” that still causes me to chuckle = today] I backed a = horse last week at ten to one. It came in at = quarter past four. I was having = dinner with chess…
10/13/22 Grif.Net – Tech Crazy
At our house = we are going full iPro into technology . . . Son =3D = iPod Daughter =3D = iPad Mom =3D = iPhone Dad =3D = iPaid Dog = iPeed ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net = "Jesus =…
10/12/22 Grif.Net – Mothers
Son: = “Mom, can I get $20?” Mom: = “Does it look like I’m made of = money?” Son: = “Well, isn’t that what M.O.M stands = for?” ~~ Daughter: = “I can’t find my blouse this morning. I don’t think = Mom will mind me asking even if…
10/11/22 Grif.Net – Q&A for All Ages
Q: What is = black, covered with feathers and flies? A: A dead = crow. Q: What is the = meaning of a =E2=80=98true friend=E2=80=99? A: One who = remembers your birthday but not your age. Q: Where can = you find your grandmother in a hurry? A:…
10/10/22 Grif.Net – On a Big Plane
My = six-year-old son was overly excited to fly on a “big” plane = for the first time. He asked what type of jet we were on, and I showed = him the card in the seat-pocket in front of us. A Boeing 747. = As he sat in…
10/08/22 Weekend Grif.Net – Adopted
On April 26, 1992, a bi-racial baby was born to a young = woman who did not want to keep him. Fortunately for that child she chose = to give him up for adoption instead of having him killed in the womb. = His mother carried the baby to…
10/07/22 Grif.Net – Reality Santa
While I was working as a store Santa, a boy asked me for = an electric train set. “If you get your train,” I told him, = “Your dad is going to want to play with it too. Is that all = right?” The boy became very quiet. …
10/06/22 Grif.Net – Puddle Fishing
“Poor old fool,” thought the well-dressed = gentleman as he watched an old man fish in a puddle outside the country = inn. So, he invited the old man inside for a sandwich and = tea. As they sipped their tea, the gentleman thought he’d = humor the old…
10/05/22 Grif.Net – Last Lame Riddles (for a week)
[Keeping up = our attempt at dinner-table-friendly jokes for the children, we offer = another ten jokes, riddled with humor] Q: What month = of the year do soldiers hate the most? A: = March. Q: What can be = served but never eaten? A: A = Volleyball.…
10/04/22 Grif.Net – Status Updates from Friends
Frank M = boasts, “I’ve learned a lot from my mistakes, so I’ve decided to = make many more. This way I can continue = learning.” Sharon C = requests, “At my funeral, take the bouquet off my coffin and throw = it into the crowd to see who…
10/03/22 Grif.Net – Tom Swifty Puns (#10 – October)
[Up to = “J” and “K” in our Tom Swifty word plays on the = first weekday of each month] "My = wife’s valuable Chinese necklace has been stolen," said Tom = jadedly. "Your = meat, madam!" announced the two butcher boys = jointly. “I tend =…
10/01/22 Weekend Grif.Net – Prodigal Son
John Newton = (1725-1807) the author of much-beloved “Amazing Grace”, = shared how the afflictions in his life at sea as a slave-trading captain = were God’s way of calling His prodigal = home. Afflictions, = though they seem severe,In mercy oft are = sent.They stopped the prodigal’s career,And forced him to…
09/30/22 Grif.Net – Mastercard
Mastercard:= Chinese takeout: $19.77 Price of gas = to get there: $2.90 Making it all = the way home and realizing that they forgot to put in one of the = containers: Riceless ~~ Dr Bob Griffin = [email protected] = www.grif.net = "Jesus = Knows Me,…