Peace of Tomato
For Mother's Day, the wife decided she wanted take-out from Olive Garden. Fettuccini alfredo for her, the Tour of Italy for me. The boy got nothing, because he was being bad all day. Now, I'm not dumb enough to publish on the internet that we chose not to feed our 1 year old child. Social services would be at my door in no time. Of course we gave him some food. He had half a breadstick and some water. It's all we could fit through the bars of the cage we keep him in when he's bad.
Anyway, while eating my tasty salad, I noticed this:
It's a tomato. In the shape of a peace sign. Click on that picture for a slightly bigger version. I'm not big on signs from above - or from Olive Garden, for that matter. But this, this spoke to me. As a result, I've decided to sell our house, sell most of our stuff, and move us downstate into a commune. Oh, before I do, I'll be changing my name. I'm not 100% sure what it will be, but right now, I'm liking "Ray O. Sunshine."
I'll keep you posted on whether or not the domain name for this site will change.
Comments
cadiz12 said:
you know i'm ALL about the signs, o. be sure to tell me where you guys set up tent; i'll make you some flower garlands to wear as crowns.
Nadia said:
I have a feeling that the croutons and onions are in on it too. That pile on the right looks suspiciously like a jolly Italian hippie.
So Florence it is!
Radioactive Cheese said:
"monkyebutt.com" is already taken, so yeah.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
I'm thinking Reign Beau has a nice ring to it and it's a super masculine name as well as one that invokes thoughts of peace and love.
Lianne said:
Peace sign on take out food... cosmic.
I'd be totally going to www.birkenstock.com if it happened to me.
And I think "O Mar Heck" is the direction you should be going for a new name.
Glo said:
And all of blogland said, "Shalom, brother Ray. What is a tomato but a harbinger of wholeness, a respite for the wearied arteries. You have brought wholeness to all in a tasty side dish."
Cate said:
And yet, if it were truly a tomato of peace and you had truly been converted - would you have then proceeded to eat the tomato? I think not. False signs, I say!
wendela said:
Events have brought about true harmony, Brother Ray. I think your full name should be Ray O. Ultimate Sunshine, because you'd then have the initials R.O.U.S. (I'm pretty sure they watch The Princess Bride at that commune).
Deep, very deep. I have hopes your enlightenment has persuaded you to sell the miracle tomato on e-bay and give away the profits- part to the commune and part to me (my vw bus could use a few strokes of day-glo orange and macrame bartering has been a bit slow).
(I'm sure you disposed of that plastic container by proper recycling, by the way.)
I said:
I only eat tomatoes that are ground up into marinara sauce.
Syar said:
I was about to say this new revelation of yours would be the perfect chance to have a bonfire to burn the bras we wear that bind us to the stereotypes, demands and opression of a patriarchal society but then....ummm....I realized that just because you changed your name for a tomato, doesn't mean you changed other things.
at least I hope not.
Sarah said:
I'm hungry.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
Honest to goodness true story. Every day I wake up, roll over, and look at the frighteningly evil Chihuahua face embedded into the wood grain of my bureau. You can make out the pointy ears, little nose and everything. I swear it whispers subliminal messages to me while I sleep. Its also permanently cured me of my Taco Bell habit.
I said:
We might need to see photographic evidence of this, elastic.
jasmine said:
um....olive garden...
um...taco bell...
were you guys saying something?