Guest Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 A joke for a blustery, cold Tuesday morning.... There was a tradesman, a painter named Wayne, who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Baptist Church decided to do a big restoration job on the painting of one of their biggest buildings. Wayne put in a bid, and because his price was so low, he got the job. And so he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine. Well, Wayne was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, and the sky opened, the rain poured down, Washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Wayne clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint. Wayne was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got on his knees and cried: "Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?" and from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke... "Repaint! Repaint! and thin no more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Thank you Shona! I needed a belly laugh this morning . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 *groan* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 - I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Karen & co. Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Oh Shona you are a one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 One what..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snowy Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Another one to pass to our Minister for use in his services! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
