Tomato Plant farmer [Trampdown Date log]

      He's gonna be a Tomato plant farmer!..He's gonna get him some land in Oklahoma, and grow a few acre's of tomato plants!.. That was Marathon Mans fantasy topic one night.  All he was focused on was how good a roofer he was and the other gift that God gave him was "he could grow stuff good."  That was the statement that got my attention.  I knew this was another Ah-Ha moment..I was in for some free entertainment.  Whether or not if I wanted to watch or listen...I was captive, Hostage to a hobo moment...That ever present posture one must acquire out here.  And that is "Listening!"  I knew I was in for a treat.  So, I went along for the ride and I was privy to Marathon Man's plans for one day becoming the  "Tomato King guy."  

      Now you have to picture this setting.  We live in a abandon building, next to the hospital. We "reside"outside of course, being 'high class hobo's, Marathon man and I opted for the lake view option...lol..It's about 10:00 at night, and it is very quiet where we are and the moon is full. There are large oaks and the moss at time looks like gray beards just hanging down from the these large trees.  When the wind picks up it has the appearance of 100 small beards just swinging in the tree.    So, with the element of setting and his element of cooking wine and beer, and other additives into this foray of never ending statements, which reminds me a of a [joke], A guy with OCD complains about his therapy sessions.  Saying that "I can't stand my sessions,  it's always the same thing over and over and over."...and that is how this hobo moment began.  With the same sentence at least 2-3 times and me directing him back to the original topic.  Like I said, it's entertainment. participation is required.  lol...  From a "cool cat on a Hot Tarred roof", to a Tomato plant farmer.  I guess only in America. I hope not, these type of dreams should be available to all.

   "So Marathon man, you gonna be a farmer?"..."And why does this quest to be the King of tomato's have to unfold in Oklahoma?"  The only reason I can come up with that Oklahoma would be blessed with such a "entrepreneur", is that is  closer to the 'vinyards" out in California.  Marathon Man is sort of  partial to "cooking wine", which he calls his "sherry"...I mentioned this to him , but he just sort of thought about it, and said "I never thought about that."  It was at this time I told him , "Hey, Marathon Man".   I'm going to write a story about your life and call it "The Wrath of Grapes."....Once again he gave me that look, you know when someone stops in mid-sentence talking, and sort of drops their head and turns it sideways , like a dog hearing a high pitch sound.  He said, "I've heard that some where before"., I told him," Ever hear of the book", "The Grapes of Wrath?"....Once again the "dog look", and he says.."you wrote that!!"....
     Now, I'm the one with the dog look....and after about a 5 second pause, I laughed so hard that I finally felt what it is like to pass Sprite through one's nose!  There I was, bathed in the moonlight, with the moss gently blowing in the nights air, and me with sprite running down my shirt.  Marathon Man doesn't even realize it and tells me about how he read a book, and at one time land in Oklahoma was selling for a dollar a acre...I reminded him , that was probably in the 1800's, not now....{dog look}, He says, "yeah,well I will only need a few acres , not many."..I had to keep him going or he would have passed out, so I asked him."How much do you know about farming?", Well, he knew a guy, who had a brother, who's grandfather once saw a picture of a tomato in a book.....don't worry he has it all under control......I continued with my own personnel "reality show", and asked him , what he plans on doing if he wants to drive a tractor on his "tomato kingdom."  His license is , well as you can guess, suspended.  .."the best dog look yet!"....I mean, I've never seen anybody turn their head like that, and their neck did not snap....WOW!
      I lost him on that one.  He started to drift off, and I just let him go "gently into that night'...... For a long time I would get so aggravated with his ramblings and the never ending repetitive dialogue.  In this type of situation that I am in, your emotions and feelings can go any direction you choose.  I'm done with anger. I can show indifference, which at times it "seems' that I don't care, but that is just a 'safety posture' out here...We are all entertainment for someone. we are. Look around the room you are in some time, and if you can not find the "entertainment', simply provide some.....it's what I live for.....
.Have a really Great day!!