re: House Painters...Why do they all look like they've just got released from prison?

Friend,

Your experience is completely the opposite of mine. I know three professional painters very well and two of them are teetotalers. The third might have a sip of beer every now and then, which I am trying to get him to stop. These men have never been ensnared by the harder drugs discussed here. They are men of decorum, excellent citizens who make our city and our nation a more beautiful and democratic land. Their handiwork is a reflection of the order God brought at creation when all previously was a jumbled abyss. Likewise, their lives show an order and sharpness reflected in their fine work. I suggest we, the members of the OT, create a national home painters day, perhaps some time this month, so that we can rightfully thank and show our appreciation for this clearly underappreciated group of laborers.

Yours,
TulaneLSU