You Say Tomato

There was an old Italian man who lived alone in the country. It was spring and he wanted to dig his tomato garden as he had done every year. It was very hard work for the aging man because the ground was hard. His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was currently in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Vincent,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging for a garden. If only you were here my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the garden for me. Love, Your Father

A few days later he received a letter from his son:

Dear Dad,
Not for nothing, but don't dig up that garden. That's where I buried the BODIES.
Love, Vinnie

At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived at the old man's house and dug up the entire area. However, they didn't find any bodies, so they apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.


Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love, Vinnie

It’s a cultural tale rather than an ethnic joke, which are not so good these days, right? The mix you have here is a cultural tale as well, between two English speakers separated by a large pond – Barrydali and Avocado Rabbit. Naturally, we found our common ground in music and in sharing saw our differences weren’t so great. If only politics and world peace were as easy as “You say tom-ay-to and I say to-mah-to.”

1. Port O’Brien – I Woke Up Today
2. Fruit Bats – The Little Acorn
3. Super XX Man – Collecting Rocks
4. The Minus Five – Over The Sea
5. The Mendoza Line – Rat’s Alley
6. Julian Dawson – Luckiest Man in the Western World
7. Mull Historical Society – Public Service Announcer
8. Sheryl Crow – Subway Ride
9. Marvin Gaye – Calypso Blues
10. Cowboy Mouth – Jenny Says
11. The Mary Onettes – Lost
12. Centromatic – If We Had Our Say
13. Sparklehorse – Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man
14. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Hole
15. The Clever Square – I Did Not Mean To Fall Asleep While We Were Having Sex
16. The Bird and The Bee – Fucking Boyfriend
17. Declan O’Rourke – Galileo (Someone Like You)
18. The Stratford 4 – All The Fading Stars
19. Josh Ritter – Me and Jiggs
20. Scott Kempner – Beyond the Pale