“I heard you paint houses” are the first words Jimmy Hoffa ever spoke to Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran.
To paint a house is to kill a man. The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors. I first learned of this phrase after reading an article on AboutTheMafia.com about Martin Scorsese’s new mafia movie, “The Irishman” heading to Netflix.
Whoooooa! DBM is not only entertaining, it’s educational as well! >:D
Just wait, the next few weeks of comics will have plenty of obscure mobster trivia.