When You Send A Farmer To Do A Mom's Job

I went to 10Box on Monday, because we were out of bananas. So was 10Box! I can't ever remember which days are bad for produce and bread. They are different days, and I guess I have them confused, because I had no trouble finding some rolls that day.

Anyhoo... Farmer H was gone to a dinner and ceremony for The Veteran. I sent him a text. Here are the exact words:

"No bananas in 10Box. I won't buy them at Save A Lot. Maybe you could get some at Country Mart, or I'll do it tomorrow. We need eight."

See? I didn't want to command Farmer H to vary a bit off his route on the way home, to get bananas at Country Mart. But if the timing was right, he could ensure that he had a banana for the next morning. The only place to get bananas in Hillmomba is 10Box or Save A Lot. You may recall that I've had problems with bananas at the Hillmomba Save A Lot, with them having a SOLID WOOD texture. That's happened two or three times. At least the bananas there don't seem to have fruit flies. That's their onions...

Anyhoo... when Farmer H got home, he was carrying a bunch of bananas. In his hand. No bag. Just bananas.

"This is all they had."

"Are there eight?"

"No. Six."

Well. That was better than NO bananas.

"Did you get them at Country Mart?"

"No. Save A Lot. They was about to close. I barely got there in time!"

"I don't get them at Save A Lot. I could have stopped there myself. You know how they're like wood. And the onions gave us fruit flies!"

"These looked pretty good."

I must admit, they DID look okay. Firm, with a tinge of green. In fact, when I ate one on Tuesday morning, it was pretty good. Still, I was curious why they were the only bananas in Save A Lot. Usually, the last bananas are not nice and greenish, but brown and spotted. So some interrogation was necessary. When Farmer H got home, I asked.

"So that one bunch of six bananas were the only ones left in Save A Lot?"

"Well. There was a couple more..."

"Bunches?"

"No. They was single bananas."

"You know they sell them, too."

"Yeah. I just didn't want to mess with them. They didn't look very good."

So he says. I think he just didn't want to pick up two loose bananas. It was probably two bunches, and he didn't think about tearing off two of them. You never know with Farmer H. All you know is that he will not follow instructions, and make up an excuse when questioned.