Here's hoping!(for parodyman)

A guy went to parodyman's hometown trying to find him(why I don't really know). He goes to parodyman's favorite bar but is told he's not there and is told as he's leaving "Here's hoping!'. He's puzzled by this but doesn't ask for an explanation. He decides to try some of the strip clubs that parodyman frequents but he's not at any of them. At every one of them as he leaves, he's told "Here's hoping!'. He decides to go to parodyman's home & talk to his wife. She tells him he's not home & to try the nearby grocery store and she too says "Here's hoping!"
The guy goes to the grocery store & ask a clerk if parodyman is there. He responds "Here's hoping!" The guy wants to know why "Here's hoping!" has been a response at every place he's searched. The clerk walks him down to the produce section and says let me answer you in this manner: He picks up a strawberry and asks "If you take the 'straw' out of strawberry, what do you have left?" The guy answers "Berry". The clerk then picks up a blueberry and asks "If you take the 'blue' out of blueberry, what do you have left?" The guy answers "Berry". He then asks "If you took the 'fuck' out of parodyman, what would you have left?" The guy responds "Wait a minute, there ain't no 'fuck' in parodyman." The clerk reponds "Here's hoping!"