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oily · 10-30-2009, 01:15 PM

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 Baptist 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!"

marshall · 10-30-2009, 01:22 PM

A good story and point well taken , more of us need to learn from this ........

wood-n-things · 10-30-2009, 04:05 PM

Loved it...I moved it over here where it will be more appropriate viewing...

scrollpup · 10-31-2009, 12:13 AM

That is Too cute!! Loved it!

Jerry

sawdustus · 10-31-2009, 01:58 PM

Now that's punny. Loved it. Thanks for the morning laugh.

george

JohnB · 11-05-2009, 01:46 AM

Oily,
I'm just walking around banging my head into walls, LOL

10-30-2009, 01:15 PM	#1
oily Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 234	Off the wall..So to Speak. 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 Baptist 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!"

10-30-2009, 01:22 PM	#2
marshall Just love Being Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Jonesboro AR Posts: 2,113	A good story and point well taken , more of us need to learn from this ........ __________________ Usually busier than a cat in a sandbox !!!!!!!!!!! { Dewalt 788 only }

10-30-2009, 04:05 PM	#3
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,478 Blog Entries: 1	Loved it...I moved it over here where it will be more appropriate viewing... __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

10-31-2009, 12:13 AM	#4
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	That is Too cute!! Loved it! Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

10-31-2009, 01:58 PM	#5
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,975	Now that's punny. Loved it. Thanks for the morning laugh. george __________________ A day without sawdust is a day without sunshine. George delta 650, hawk G426

11-05-2009, 01:46 AM	#6
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,859	Oily, I'm just walking around banging my head into walls, LOL __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" I got holes in both of my shoes Well I'm a walking case of the blues Saw a dollar yesterday But the wind blew it away Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

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