[Final funny questions and answers for the whole family to join= in picking up stones and chase after me!!] Q: Why was Paul the firs= t surfer in the Bible?A: In Acts we are told after his shipwreck in the= Mediterranean Sea, he "came ashore on a board". Q: Why…
10/23/24 Grif.Net – Q&A from the Bible (part 2)
[More lame riddles/jokes to make the family roll their eyes in = unison.] Q: What was the first game in the Bible?A: Baseball: Genesis 1:1 sta= rts, “In the big inning”.Eve stole first and Adam stole sec= ond. They both were put out Cain struck = out Abel The…
10/22/24 Grif.Net – Q&A from the Bible (part 1)
[In place of our regular weekly quiz, we’ll provide a few= days of FUNNY (and lame) jokes about Bible history. Enjoy the groans of th= e whole family with these old lines.] Q: Where does the Bible teach = that men should clean up the kitchen after a meal?A: II Kings…
10/21/24 Grif.Net – For Whiny College Students
The San Francisco Zoo has an elephant named = Calle who has a chronic illness, requiring medication. The zoo people could= n’t get Calle to take her dose orally, so a California pharmacologist= developed a suppository. The 10-inch-long,= four-pound, cocoa-butter bullets are crafted by the good folks at Guittard=…
10/19/24 Weekend Grif.Net – Autumn’s Glory
[Enjo= ying a long Wisconsin autumn and felt like Humpty Dumpty, who also had a gr= eat fall. Here are some thoughts and sentiments of famous people abou= t this time of year.] “As long as autumn lasts, I won’t have enough hands, canvas o= r colors to paint…
10/18/24 Grif.Net – As I get Older . . .
Few thoughts on life of a senior . . . >I want to use my retirement time to travel t= he world until my money runs out. I’ll probably be home by 10 pm toni= ght. >I never knew how much I could get = done while wearing…
10/17/24 Grif.Net – Nice Puppy
Two men were sitting on a bench, waiting for= a bus. At their feet between them lay a dog. One fellow said to the other, “Hey, does your dog bite?” The other replied, “Never. He’s a= good dog that never bit anyone.” So = the first fellow…
10/16/24 Grif.Net – Remembering (+ Answers to Pulling the Strings Quiz)
This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0078_01DB1FAE.946DDC80 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=”—-=_NextPart_001_0079_01DB1FAE.946DDC80″ ——=_NextPart_001_0079_01DB1FAE.946DDC80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After my oral surgery and getting a full upper denture, I was sitting with my wife on the porch swing and talking about when we were younger. Teresa said, “Remember back when…
10/15/24 Grif.Net – Pulling the Strings
Who’s pulling the strings or doing the= talking or moving the arms? We all know famous puppets, marionettes, and m= uppets. BUT do you know who created these loveable critters that have seeme= d to take on lives of their own? Some easy, some hard. These were the inven= tors…
10/14/24 Grif.Net – So Bad, I’m Still Laughing
[Reading some puns and word-play on-line, and still smiling at = how smart some folks are compared to my addled brain. Examples? = As grandma in Minnesota always said, “Youbetcha”. Here are few= =2E] *= *I have a prosthetic toe made from breath mints. I call it my Tic-Tac-Toe. …
10/12/24 Weekend Grif.Net – Spirit of Columbus
When Christopher Columbus and his one-hundred-men crew pushed o= ff from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, in search of a western sea route to As= ia in 1492, many weren’t so sure they’d ever see him again. The Itali= an-born explorer had lobbied earnestly for funding for the trip,…
10/11/24 Grif.Net – Unruly Class
A Sunday School teacher was laboring hard at explaining the = evils of sin to his young charges. "God told Lot to take his wife and = flee out of the city. But when they were just a little way off, his wife lo= oked back and turned into a…
10/10/24 Grif.Net – Status Updates
Mike B. announced, “Merriam-Webster added 200 new words. = To make space, they got rid of words nobody uses anymore, like ‘dicti= onary’.” Candy S. wondered, “Find it amusing my husband won= 217;t let me pick up his new MacBook Pro because he’s afraid I’= ll drop it, but…