Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Joke from Dr Temple
Quick joke from my boss today:
The local church was falling into disrepair, so the church maintenance committee got together to decide what to do about it. They looked at the finances, and decided that they only had enough money to re-paint the outside of the church to improve how it looked. Sadly, their funds were so limited that they were only able to employ the most disreputable, low-cost painter in town, who was also a member of the congregation. They decided that a cheap paint job would be better than no paint job at all, and so they hired the painter to do the job.
On the appointed day, the painter turned up in his van and got out his materials. As he was on a limited budget too, he had brought along only one gallon of paint and 25 gallons of paint thinner so that it would go a bit further. He mixed up the paint and thinners and soon was busy painting the outside of the church. He worked hard on his own all day and by suppertime he had completed the job. He cleaned off his hands on a rag and stood back to take a look at what he had accomplished. Just as he was congratulating himself on a job well done on a small budget, it started to rain. And as he watched in horror, the rain got heavier and heavier until it was a torrential downpour. Of course, the freshly painted church could not withstand such a deluge, and all of the new paint was washed away. As quickly as it had started, the rain ceased and the sun came out again, revealing the church to be a real mess.
The painter was at a loss to understand what had just happened. Being a religious man, he fell to his knees and cried to the heavens: "Why Lord, why? I laboured all day to repaint your house and now all my work is undone! How have I displeased You?"
And a voice came from the heavens:
"REPAINT, REPAINT AND THIN NO MORE!"
The local church was falling into disrepair, so the church maintenance committee got together to decide what to do about it. They looked at the finances, and decided that they only had enough money to re-paint the outside of the church to improve how it looked. Sadly, their funds were so limited that they were only able to employ the most disreputable, low-cost painter in town, who was also a member of the congregation. They decided that a cheap paint job would be better than no paint job at all, and so they hired the painter to do the job.
On the appointed day, the painter turned up in his van and got out his materials. As he was on a limited budget too, he had brought along only one gallon of paint and 25 gallons of paint thinner so that it would go a bit further. He mixed up the paint and thinners and soon was busy painting the outside of the church. He worked hard on his own all day and by suppertime he had completed the job. He cleaned off his hands on a rag and stood back to take a look at what he had accomplished. Just as he was congratulating himself on a job well done on a small budget, it started to rain. And as he watched in horror, the rain got heavier and heavier until it was a torrential downpour. Of course, the freshly painted church could not withstand such a deluge, and all of the new paint was washed away. As quickly as it had started, the rain ceased and the sun came out again, revealing the church to be a real mess.
The painter was at a loss to understand what had just happened. Being a religious man, he fell to his knees and cried to the heavens: "Why Lord, why? I laboured all day to repaint your house and now all my work is undone! How have I displeased You?"
And a voice came from the heavens:
"REPAINT, REPAINT AND THIN NO MORE!"
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