On Friday, December 8, 2023 at 10:50:33 AM UTC-7, Richard Silk wrote:   
   > Starting a dream at a kind of greasy burger joint, the dreamer has handed   
   money (probably a $5 bill or such?) through a type of window where the other   
   side is at a slightly lower level, as if the dining floor may have been 1 foot   
   or more higher    
   elevation than the kitchen area (on the other side of the wall, through the   
   window/counter.) The guy on the other side looks to be roughly of Mexican /   
   Latino / Central American ethnicity, with dark, curly yet thinning hair, maybe   
   in his late 30s / early    
   40s, or had a significantly rough life that may have made him look older than   
   he was.... the name "Guzman" comes to mind, possibly "Gonzales," but the   
   action is of the guy fumbling around with something like a ratty-condition, $1   
   bill change, as if he's    
   having trouble getting it to line up properly in relationship with the palm of   
   his left hand, thumb and fingers.    
   >    
   > The dreamer has the sense that the guy may be "fumbling for a tip" (and yes,   
   I used to do this a bit while delivering pizzas back in the day) as it gives   
   the customer time to say "Keep the change," so that's what I said to the   
   Guzman (cook/cashier)    
   fellow.    
   >    
   > There was something said during the dream, along the lines of "hold the   
   onion" as in "NO onion" yet for some reason, there was a selection of onions   
   being presented: a whole onion, one about the size of a softball, the other of   
   baseball, and as those    
   were being declined, there came a *slice* of yellow onion, about 5" in   
   diameter, and about ¼"–⅓" thick. I mean, it actually looked *tempting*   
   — and that's from the perspective of a guy who has *generally* disliked /   
   declined onions for over 50    
   years!!    
   >    
   > The best that I can recall, the dreamer accepted this "golden slice" of   
   onion, folded it twice (like a paper plate, before tossing in the trash,   
   halved then quartered) and ate it, or at least committed to the act of putting   
   it in his mouth as the dream    
   ended, clarity 9.    
   >    
   > (Personal note: IRL, my older brother, Bob, mentioned an onion for *some*   
   reason over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, last Thursday of November, 2023.   
   I *suspect* it was needed for something to do with a green bean casserole   
   recipe, but those use    
   dried/fried onion pieces for the topping. The point is, I bought one, and   
   while I only used *half* of it while he was here <<>>   
   the other half remained in the fridge (and kept rather well in the low   
   humidity bin!) and I chopped it    
   up for a crock-pot soup made from the leftover turkey, leftover green beans, a   
   block of extra sharp cheddar cheese (cut up into pieces) and filled with the 3   
   left-behind beers. There may have been other stuff tossed in, but the point   
   is, I've found that    
   onions make for *great* digestive aids along the intestinal tract! At any   
   rate, I think the recent onion addition to the diet may be directly   
   responsible for at least a *part* of this dream.)    
   >    
   > Now whether this greasy diner dream had anything to do with the idea of   
   Central American reptiles (or not) is anybody's guess, but this next one was   
   *vivid* by comparison to the dream before and the dream afterward:    
   >    
   > The dreamer is, again, at some type of restaurant / diner, *possibly* the   
   same as the one just mentioned, but it was *definitely* a "different scene"   
   (from a production standpoint / perspective.)    
   >    
   > The dreamer kept noticing this particular "snout" appearing as if behind   
   some various items along a counter top. Imagine the proprietor (or order taker   
   / cashier / assistant mgr) stands on *one* side of a counter, perhaps chest   
   high, and the customer    
   on the {camera/dreamer's perspective's} side.    
   >    
   > Atop the counter (at near eye level) are *various* items, possibly   
   ingredients in jars, possibly a napkin holder... just "stuff"— and the   
   dreamer is seeing this "snout" sort of peeking out from around the items—   
   here a moment, there a moment,    
   enough for the dreamer to realize that [there's something alive back there.]    
   >    
   > The dreamer keeps his thoughts to himself, for the moment, uncertain as to   
   whether or not this may be a pet of some kind, or if it may be a venomous /   
   dangerous snake (python? constrictor?) or -just *what*- it may end up being.    
   >    
   > The proprietor (or employee?) appears (on the business side of the counter)   
   and the dreamer finally brings the critter to the other guy's attention,   
   something like: "Is that your pet?" (indicating the general vicinity of the   
   critter, as it was again    
   hiding from obvious view.)    
   >    
   > "What pet?"    
   >    
   > "That critter behind the [stuff] on the counter top." (This dialogue is   
   *not* verbatim, but *rather accurately reflects* the general sense of what was   
   going on in the dream itself.)    
   >    
   > The guy goes into an immediate attack/defense action of some kind, as the   
   critter has to be approached *from behind* so as to avoid having one's   
   face/hands bitten off / eaten by the critter's somewhat pointed snout.    
   >    
   > Now, to be sure, in the dream, the narrative mind was thinking "Gila   
   Monster" although *possibly* "Monitor Lizard" may have been considered.   
   Sometimes ideas just flow so fast that putting them into precise words is   
   *inaccurate,* to say the least.    
   >    
   > What I can tell you is that I "looked up" ("Googled," but using Duck Duck   
   Go) images of both the Gila monster *and* the monitor lizard, to try to figure   
   out what I saw in the dream. The Gila monster *generally* has a much darker   
   appearance overall, and    
   even showed some reddish variants. The monitor lizard is much darker/browner   
   overall, whereas the critter in the dream looked much more like the colors   
   shown in this link:    
   > https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1572916239238-cdd76c4b2c62    
   > (like a "wolf snake" or possibly "desert kingsnake," etc.)    
   >    
   > Description of the critter: It had black and yellowish (two tone) scaly   
   skin, like the *smooth* skin of a snake, the kind that actually has a "sheen"   
   or "shine" to it, and the yellowish-white was similar to the color of the   
   onion. There *may* have been    
   a *suggestion* of green to the yellow. All I can say is, I'm "moved to   
   mention" the color "green" although it was more "sensed" than "observed."    
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