The Handyman

Fred 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 Fred, "Yeah, I have a job for ya. How would you like to paint the porch?" "Sure, that sounds great!" said Fred. "Well, uh, how much do you want me to pay you?" "Is fifty bucks all right?" Fred 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, Fred knocked on the door.

"I'm all finished," he told the surprised homeowner. The man was amazed. "You painted the whole porch?"

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

The man reached into his wallet to pay Fred.

"Oh, by the way," said Fred, "that's not a Porch, it's a Ferrari!"



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