The irish artist - a joke
Aug 3, 2019 15:10:27 #
An Irish painter by the name of Murphy, while not a brilliant scholar, was a gifted portrait artist.
Over a short number of years, his fame grew and soon people from all over Ireland were coming to the town of Miltown in County Clare, to get him to paint their likenesses.
One day, a beautiful young English woman arrived at his house in a stretch limo and asked if he would paint her in the nude. This being the first time anyone had made such a request he was a bit perturbed, particularly when the woman told him that money was no object; in fact, and she was willing to pay up to 10,000 pounds.
Not wanting to get into any marital strife, he asked her to wait while he went into the house to confer with Mary, his wife. They talked much about the Rightness and Wrongness of it. It was hard to make the decision but finally his wife agreed, on one condition.
In a few minutes he returned.
"T'would be me pleasure to paint yer portrait, missus," he said "The wife says it's okay.
"I'll paint you in the nude all right; but I have to at least leave me socks on, so I have a place to wipe me brushes."
Over a short number of years, his fame grew and soon people from all over Ireland were coming to the town of Miltown in County Clare, to get him to paint their likenesses.
One day, a beautiful young English woman arrived at his house in a stretch limo and asked if he would paint her in the nude. This being the first time anyone had made such a request he was a bit perturbed, particularly when the woman told him that money was no object; in fact, and she was willing to pay up to 10,000 pounds.
Not wanting to get into any marital strife, he asked her to wait while he went into the house to confer with Mary, his wife. They talked much about the Rightness and Wrongness of it. It was hard to make the decision but finally his wife agreed, on one condition.
In a few minutes he returned.
"T'would be me pleasure to paint yer portrait, missus," he said "The wife says it's okay.
"I'll paint you in the nude all right; but I have to at least leave me socks on, so I have a place to wipe me brushes."
Aug 3, 2019 15:40:01 #
Aug 3, 2019 16:30:41 #
DavidPhares wrote:
An Irish painter by the name of Murphy, while not ... (show quote)
David, Thanks for sharing. Made me smile.
Aug 3, 2019 22:52:20 #
Aug 4, 2019 07:44:46 #
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Aug 4, 2019 12:48:53 #
Reminded me of a cartoon I saw in Playboy magazine about a hundred years ago. The artist was at his easel with brush in hand, a young lady was in the back ground, posing, and the artist's friend was next to the artist. The artist says to the friend, "I wanted to paint her in the nude but she made me wear a robe". 
Aug 4, 2019 20:29:15 #
Stupidity is not limited to the Irish. But my half-Irish wife still laughed.
Aug 7, 2019 12:24:46 #
DavidPhares wrote:
An Irish painter by the name of Murphy,
Good one David. Thanks.
Aug 7, 2019 13:02:00 #
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Aug 19, 2019 17:29:59 #
I just read this to my Irish wife who happens to be a skilled artist/painter. We got a laugh out of it.
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