Tomato

– You sometimes find yourself worrying, don't you, or maybe it's just me, about reaching some kind of a – tipping point.
– How do you mean?
– You know: things are seemingly going along all right, nothing out of the ordinary, but then –
– It tips.
– Exactly.
– Into what?
– Not into anything, in particular. It just tips in a general sense.
– In a good sense?
– Sometimes. Sometimes not.
– I would like to agree, but I'm not a hundred percent sure what we're talking about.
– That instant when –
– Yes. I got that bit. But in reference to what?
– Well, at the moment, there are several things. Life is like that.
– Name one.
– There's salad, for instance.
– Did you say salad?
– Yes.
– I thought this was going to be a serious conversation.
– It is serious. Maybe not the most serious in the overall scheme of things, but in its own way.
– Go on.
– Don't you ever feel that, eating salad day in and and day out, as I've started to do this summer, there will come a time when you can't stomach another leaf?
– Yes. Now let's talk about something else.
– You're not offering much sympathy.
– So this is your tipping point?
– I'm not there yet, but it could be just on the horizon.
– Let me know when it happens. I'd like to be around to see it.