Just for Laughs

Jock the House Painter

There was a painter named Jock who was very interested in making a dollar where he could. So he often would thin down his paint to make it go a wee bit further.

As it happened, he got away with this for some time. Eventually, the local church decided to do a big restoration job. Jock put in a bid and because his price was so competitive, he got the job. And so he set to it, erecting the trestles and putting up the planks, and buying the paint and…yes, thinning it down with turpentine.

Well, Jock was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly done, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder. The sky opened and the rain poured down, washing the thin paint from all over the church and knocking Jock off the scaffold to land on the lawn, among the graves covered with paint.

Jock was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he fell 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!"