painters overalls

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wisdom

Guru
Location
Blackpool
Just a quick question.
We have tradesmen in at work. Why do painters always wear white overalls?
Just something I'm curious about.
 

numbnuts

Legendary Member
Because engineers wear blue
 

screenman

Legendary Member
It dates back to a time when a chef had a pair of trousers he no longer wore, as it happens both his son's were half his size.

His wife a lovely old dear who was good with a sewing machine decided to make the boys a pair each out of the old man's trousers.

Just happens one of the son's was a undertaker and the other played bowls.
 

threebikesmcginty

Corn Fed Hick...
Location
...on the slake
And Lowell George, he wore them a lot too. Don't think he was a painter and decorator as well as all-round musical genius.

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