"Foraging for Big Breasts"

We had dinner with our friends Deb and Larry last night. Larry is a bit of a character and has a very interesting way at looking at things.  Sometimes it takes a little while before you catch his drift, like a day or two.  But when you do, he kind of makes sense.  I say “kind of” because he’s still out there.  Last night he started a conversation by saying that he had had a revelation about life.  Now, you know it’s not going to be your classis inspirational thought but it’s always worth a good listen. He said “you know how animals start their day by foraging?” “Well, that is how I used to start my day too.” I asked him if he was out looking for food???  “No”, he said, “foraging for the things that might bring excitement into my day, like big breasts or butt cracks.”  Now a silence fell over the room as we attempted to process that statement. Then we all sort of laughed (including his wife) and began to make assorted jokes about where and what he might discover in various “foraging” situations.  He smiled and waited for us to finish, ( And to those of you who know me, the round lasted for a while).  He then began to explain.  When he was young, he was on a mission each day, to find things that stimulated his mind. He looked for big breasts and never let a pair pass without silently acknowledging the “find”. He clarified that it wasn’t just women’s body parts that he “foraged” for,  cars, tools, motorcycles things to create a moment of excitement.  But what he was saying is that he LOOKED for these moments, set out to find them.  Not so much today.  Today, the moments come to him in the simple joys of life.  He doesn’t look for them.  Sometimes, he doesn’t even notice the big breasts because he is lost in ponderings about life. He explores without the expectation of discovery.  He is more open to the gifts of the Universe and he can feel it. He listens to the robin building her nest and the call she makes to her mate.  He walks along and believes that the barking dogs are calling him to come and play.  He stops at a bench at the outlet mall in Lake George and finds peace in smelling the Adirondacks.  He says “hello” to the man jogging in the park.  No expectations, but sweet reminders of just how good life is. He thinks that one of the reasons for this transformation is that they have changed the freezer types in the markets from the ones that you used to have to bend over to get things to the tall standing freezer doors where women are… well, standing.  Once again, the room is silent.

Larry also said that life was like a spinning top, you start out at the bottom and as life spins it go up to the wide parts and then just in at the end.  I’m not sure I get that analogy.  It may take a day or two more for that one.  But he did say one time that “sometimes you’re just tired from being awake.”  I get that one. I think a great reality show would be “Foraging with Larry”.  I’m going to follow him around with a video recorder and see if I can find a producer. Or maybe I will just appreciate seeing the world through someone else’s eyes. That’s really what Cathie’s Radio Café has always been about.  What do you think about?    I won’t laugh… right away