Lt Kije Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Painting the Church There was a Scottish painter named Smokey Macgregor 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 Local Church decided to do a big restoration job on the outside of one of their biggest buildings. Smokey put in a bid, and, because his price was so low, he got the job. 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, Smokey was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Smokey clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint. Smokey was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got down on his knees and cried: "Oh, God, Oh God, forgive me; what should I do?" And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke.. (you're going to love this) "Repaint! Repaint! And thin no more!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Ohhhh ... Bugger I'm off again, those last few small words just got me good style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Heh, somehow I'm reminded of Frankie Howerd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 It is the sort of tale he would tell at the end off his shows. "Titter ye not missus" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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