Darn that Farmer H! You can be cruising along, thinking you're having a normal conversation, and then it comes to a screeching halt as he veers hard left into unpaved territory.
Farmer H spent Monday working on Pony House, finishing the trim in the second bathroom and second bedroom. He had done the attic insulation last week, and also spent a couple days at the Flip House, getting under the house to clean out junk, and jacking up and replacing some floor joists.
Tuesday morning, I mentioned that I was going by to pick up The Pony's house payment. I was planning to ask if the insulation was helping his air conditioner to work better [it was]. Farmer H snorted, eager to tell a story.
"Me and Old Buddy went in the second bedroom to get some tools, and there was a dead squirrel on the floor of the second bedroom! We knew there had been one in the attic that didn't get trapped. I guess this one was it."
"WHAT? How long has it been there???"
"I don't know. It wasn't stinkin' or nothin'. But it was stiff. So a few days, anyway."
"Makes me wonder how long it's been since Pony was in that second bedroom! He said he makes sure to flush all the toilets once a week, and see if they need cleaning. You'd think he would notice a dead squirrel! That's disturbing."
"The squirrel wasn't in Pony House, HM! It was in the Flip House."
"We were talking about Pony House!"
"No. I said we went by the Flip House to get some tools to take to Pony House."
"You did not! You just said you went into the second bedroom to get some tools."
Farmer H THINKS he says things that are only in his mind. I've tried to tell him I am not a mind-reader. I am particularly illiterate in the language of Farmer H's mind.
I know!! When a subject is being discussed and one makes a reference to something that could be about the subject you assume you are both talking about the same thing. And , then they act like we are crazy because we can't follow along.
ReplyDeleteKathy,
ReplyDeleteFarmer H is well-known for taking shortcuts with his explanations, then blaming the listener for not following. His favorite condescending comment is: "You cain't remember NOTHIN'!"
My ex-the-second used to blurt out random thoughts from whichever loop was currently turning in his mind (he has many loops all turning at once) and expect me to imediately understand what he meant.
ReplyDeleteRiver,
ReplyDeleteYeah, and then WE are supposedly the stupid ones if we don't understand!