"Hey Tony, do hobos have surprise parties? Thanks. PS - I love the blog. I check it every day. Keep up the great work! Nick L."
First off, thanks for the letter, Nick. Let me answer your question with a question--what do you think would happen if you were to surprise a hobo? That's right, you'd get stabbed in the neck before you even got to "--PRISE!"
So no, hobos definitely do not have surprise parties. In fact, they go out of their way to make sure that everybody knows when a party is going to happen, just so nobody accidentally happens upon it.
If you think about it, it's probably good that hobos don't have phones or alarm clocks, because I'm betting both of those would be cause for concern. Every time their phone or alarm would go off, they'd just start stabbing.
I can't imagine there's many things worse than sleeping next to a hobo knowing that you have to wake up before he does or else you'll be stabbed repeatedly as said hobo thinks you're the snooze corpus.
I'm guessing bunking in a boxcar doesn't lend itself to getting good sleep anyway, let alone having to worry about Snuffy Bob rising and shining 46 times in your chest, neck, face and abdomen.
Thanks for the letter, Nick. Please send more!
