The Painter




Stosh had been out of work for close to two years.  Needless to say,
he was getting pretty desperate for money.  He decided to go to the
nicer, richer neighborhoods around town and look for odd jobs as a
handyman.

Well, the first house he came to, a man answered the door and told
Stosh, "Yeah, I have a job for ya.  How would you like to paint the
porch?

"Sure, that sounds great !" said Stosh.

"Well, uh, how much do you want me to pay you?" said the man.

"Is fifty bucks all right ?" Stosh asked.

"Yeah, that's great.  You'll find all the paint and ladders you'll
need in the garage."

The man went back into his house to his wife, who had been listening. 

"Fifty bucks! Does he know the porch goes all the way around the
house?" asked the wife.

"Well he must, he was standing right on it !" her husband replied.

About 15 minutes later, Stosh knocked on the door.  "I'm all
finished" he told the surprised homeowner.

The man was amazed. "You painted the whole porch?"

"Yeah," Stosh replied, "I even had some paint left, so I put on two
coats!"

The man reached into his wallet to pay Stosh.

"Oh, by the way," said Stosh as he pocketed the money, "that's not a
Porch, it's a Ferrari!"