A bit of whimsy from the college set (I should know better than to encourage
this sort of thing...):
This Is A Potato Tragedy...
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 tiny baby, a real sweet
little potato, whom they called 'Yam.'
They wanted the best for little Yam, telling her all about the facts of life.
They warned her about going out and getting half baked because she could get
Mashed, get a bad name like 'Hot Potato,' and then end up with a bunch of
Tater Tots.
She said not to worry, "No Mr. McSpud would get her in the sack and make a
Rotten Potato out of her!" But she wouldn't stay home and become a Couch
Potato either. She would get plenty of food and exercise so as not to be
skinny like her Shoestring cousins.
Mr. and Mrs. Potato even 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 Indians
when going out west because she could get Scalloped.
She told them she would stay on the straight and narrow and wouldn't associate
with those high class Blue Belles or the ones from the other side of the
tracks who advertise their trade on all the trucks you see around town that
say, 'Frito Lay.'
Mr. & Mrs. Potato wanted the best for Yam, so they sent her to Idaho P.U.
(that's Potato University), where the Big Potatoes come from.
When she graduates, she'll really be in the Chips. But one day she came home
and said she was going to marry Tom Brokaw.
Mr. and Mrs Potato were very upset and said she couldn't marry him because
he's just a................................
Are you ready for this?
Are you sure?
OK! Here it is! Remember I warned you! (Space down 'til you see it.)
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