The Potato Story
You know that all potatoes have eyes. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Potato had
eyes for each other, and they finally got married and had a little one a
real Sweet Potato whom they named Yam.They wanted the best for little
Yam, telling her all about the facts of life and encouraging her to live
a moral, ethical life so that she would not end up with a bad reputation
or a bad name like Hot Potato.She told her folks not to worry - the
evils of the world would not make a Rotten Potato out of her! But she
wouldn't stay home and become a Couch Potato either. She would eat the
right foods and get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny and weak
like her Shoestring cousins. Mr. and Mrs. Potato told her about going off to Europe and to watch out for the Hard Boiled guys from Ireland and even the greasy guys from France called the
French Fries. They also said she should watch out for the American
Indians when going out west because she could get Scalloped. Yam's
parents wanted the best education for their cute little Spud, so they
sent her to Idaho P.U. - Potato University - where the Big Potatoes
come from, and when she graduated, she would really be in the Chips.
Above all, however, Mr. and Mrs. Potato wanted their daughter to marry
well and raise a family of wonderful Tater Tots. But one day, she came
home and said she was going to marry Walter Cronkite. Her parents were
very upset and said she couldn't marry Cronkite because he's just a.......
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COMMON TATER! (Ouch!) |
