Re: The real Pat.
A Box Car Willie type....You can tell by the way he runs off to go fishing, it's a cover, we know what he really is doing. The lure of the rails is strong, swaying of the cars, the smells, the thrill of catching the open car, and the sound of the wheels, clink, clinkkkk, there is no better way to sleep knowing you on your way for free. Also, this talk of flying is code that high price (He's a DELL stock holder so it's not for want of money, it's the thrill) hobos use to fool their wives, they are really jumping trains, cooking beans in cans in hobo towns across the land. I am sure he carries around a tattered rail schedule in his rear pocket and beans in his fishing tackle box. Wait, what's that I hear off in the distance, a train a comin.....
Greg |