painting parties, knickers, and monocles

where did this whole painting party concept come from? when did a difficult and time consuming chore become something that people want to force their friends to do with/for them? what's next? grass mowing party? deck building party? laundry party? Ho ho! those can be wild ones, especially if everyone's knickers end up intertwined with one another. Ho ho!! *puts his monocle back in his eye, since it fell out from his boisterous "Ho ho!" laughing*