Paint My Porch


A woman answered the knock at her door and found a destitute
man.  He wanted to earn money by doing odd jobs, so she asked,
"Can you paint?"

"Yes," he said, "I'm a pretty good painter."

"Well, here's a gallon of green paint and a brush.  Go behind
the house and you'll see a porch that needs repainting. Be very
careful.  When you're done, I'll look it over and pay you what
it's worth."

It wasn't more than an hour before he knocked again.
"All finished!" he reported with a smile.

"Did you do a good job?" she asked.

"Yes, but lady, there's one thing I'd like to point out to
you.  That's not a Porsche back there.  That's a Mercedes!"