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The Painter

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**Linda

**Linda Report 13 Jul 2007 14:12

When you have read this please dont groan lol Linda

**Linda

**Linda Report 13 Jul 2007 14:13

Subject: Fw: the painter There was a tradesman, a painter named Basil 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 painting of one of their biggest buildings. Basil 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, Basil 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 Basil clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint. Basil 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!'

Contrary Mary

Contrary Mary Report 13 Jul 2007 14:14

Roflmao!! Brilliant! Mary

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 13 Jul 2007 14:24

God thpoke with a lithp? LOL Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

NannaMoo

NannaMoo Report 13 Jul 2007 14:27

lol Linda......made me smile! Nanna-Moo ;-))

Tina-Marie

Tina-Marie Report 14 Jul 2007 01:22

PMSL. how did I miss this earlier ? Brilliant. Tina x

Researching:
Harrod - Norfolk, Batten - Somerset, Bloom - East London, Mason - East London

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 14 Jul 2007 01:25

lol