01/12/21 Grif.Net - Status Updates
Robert Griffin
Scott M asked, “This whole birthday thing is getting old, don’t you think?”
Kim E confessed, “I had the rudest, slowest, nastiest cashier today. Guess it’s my own fault for using the self-checkout lane.”
Ken M reminds us, “If your grandma got run over by a reindeer this Christmas Season, you may be entitled to compensation.”
Wayne M taught us, “Nature abhors a vacuum. Nature isn’t too fond of leaf blowers either. And don’t even get Nature started on car alarms.”
Jon R. advertised, “Single man with TP, seeks single woman with hand sanitizer, for good clean fun.”
Don A wondered, “Did you hear that they’re not going to make 12-inch rulers any longer?”
Craig R was sad. “The Governor said I could celebrate Christmas/New Years with 8 people without any problem. Sadly, I don’t know 8 people without any problems.”
Karen Y sighed, “The election results are all my fault. I prayed that God would give us the leadership that we deserve.”
Hank W reminds us, “My kids laugh, because they think I’m crazy. I laugh because they don’t know it’s hereditary.”
Dan N shared, “I had a happy childhood. My dad used to put me in tires and roll me down the hill. Those were Goodyears.”
Ken H also reminded, “To everyone that received a book from me for Christmas, they're due back at the library on Friday.”
~~ANSWERS~~ Final Quiz on key events of the past decade
1. 2010 – An explosion and fire on the DEEPWATER HORIZON oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico sends millions of gallons of oil into the sea.
2. 2011 – For the first time in its history the U.S. CREDIT RATING lowered, showing weakness and risk in the nation’s economy.
3. 2012 – Pentagon announced WOMEN will now be permanently assigned to infantry battalions.
4. 2013 – Multiple homemade bombs explode near the finish line of the BOSTON MARATHON, spraying shrapnel that injures 170 and kills 3.
5. 2014 – Declaring itself a caliphate, the ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA known as ISIS emerged from the Middle Eastern combat zones as the newest enemy to be opposed for its brutality and destruction.
6. 2015 – Europe hardly looked capable of handling its own problems as it emerged from a deep economic recession, but was inundated by a wave of political and economic REFUGEES.
7. 2016 – 53% of Britons voted to leave the European Union, a movement dubbed “BREXIT”.
8. 2017 – Running on a platform of “America First”, the populist 45th President DONALD TRUMP upset all polls and wishful-thinking of the Leftist media.
9. 2018 – A bipartisan congressional vote passed CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, acknowledging that “in some cases rehabilitation and training are preferable to long-term human warehousing.”
10. 2019 – A Paris fire started in a construction area of the iconic NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL and quickly spread throughout the structure.
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"