Miata Mailing List: July 1998, Message #134

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Skeeter, the fix-it man, 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 
Skeeter, "Yeah, I have a job for you.  How would you like to paint the
porch?"

"Sure, that sounds great!" said Skeeter.

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

"Is fifty bucks alright?" Skeeter asked.

"Yeah that's great.  You'll find 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, Skeeter knocked on the door.  "I'm all 
finished," he told the surprised homeowner.

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

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

The man reached into his wallet to pay Skeeter.

"Oh, by the way," said Skeeter, "that's not a Porch, it's a Miata."