Lilah and her Gma

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Jokes

via daring fireball.

The 100 funniest jokes. (not all kid friendly)

Sample:

A guy joins a monastery and takes a vow of silence: he’s allowed to say two words every seven years. After the first seven years, the elders bring him in and ask for his two words. "Cold floors," he says. They nod and send him away. Seven more years pass. They bring him back in and ask for his two words. He clears his throats and says, "Bad food." They nod and send him away. Seven more years pass. They bring him in for his two words. "I quit," he says. "That’s not surprising," the elders say. "You’ve done nothing but complain since you got here."

Frances Grimm

Frances Grimm was my grandfather's sister. Her son, Lee, is my namesake. Frances died in the 20s, in her 20s. My great-grandmother took in her kids, Bob, Lee and a sister who moved away and whose name escapes me.

Lee died shortly after WW II, not of war injuries (just for the record, although he served. I used his Army backpack when I was in the scouts. Having just said that, I wonder why we'd have his old backpack.)

The sister moved away from the home town and, while she came to my grandmother's funeral, we've lost touch.

Bob stuck around the old home town. He died 5 or 6 years ago. His widow, Millie, just sent mom this picture.

Great-Grandma was a hoot, btw. Lived on a farm. Shot a rodent that was rooting around the barn when she was well in to her 80s. I got introduced to politics watching the 1968 Democratic convention on TV at her house while the rest of the family was at Cedar Point. Great-Grandma was watching me because I was sick.

Update: The sister's name is Janet Louise, but she goes by Jean.

Happy XMAS

Happy XMAS

(War is Over)

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Congrats

Congratulations to first time Grandpa Greg, who gets the nod for best line of the month:

I'm trying to decide if I want to be the lovable-Grandpa type, or the crotchety-Grandpa type. Some would argue that the ship sailed on that one some time ago.

Corbin

Christmas decorating

From xmas 2006

Nice Segway

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A Mirror

Waiting in Eddie Bauer while LWJ does some shopping. Two asian women come in, with a fairly new baby. One of the sales women asks about the baby, how old, etc. Turns out the baby is a girl. Since she's dressed in blue, the sales person guessed she was a he. The EB person suggests they get some pink on the girl quick, to avoid future confusion.

The back and forth between the two women with the baby seems to indicate they're sisters. It takes the two of them to figure out how to respond to the sales woman's questions - English hasn't quite made it to 2nd language status.

'What's the baby's name?', the sales lady asks?

(murmuring back and forth)

"Brittany!"