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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #556 on: August 04, 2023, 06:10:54 am »
  Potatoes in the news/history

The most perfect food?

The Washington Post, Washington DC, April 4, 1916



https://twitter.com/tonytiger67/status/1687329809309769729?s=46&t=81bsTFbar0Jl_mHBl9WnuA


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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #557 on: August 17, 2023, 10:50:44 am »
“Kevin likes potatoes because they, like people, are all different yet immediately identifiable as being essentially of the same species,” his studio told PetaPixel. “He has photographed many potatoes. This one is one of his favorites.”

Kevin's potato photo sells for $1 million.

Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #558 on: September 13, 2023, 12:28:46 pm »


I forgot about the hasselback, gonna have to make that for dinner sometime soon
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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #559 on: September 18, 2023, 09:18:52 am »
Internet...find me a photo that is part potato and part Canadian

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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #560 on: September 25, 2023, 06:43:43 am »
Ok, one more dad joke


What do you call a reluctant potato?

A hesitater


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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #561 on: October 03, 2023, 12:55:58 pm »
you might not be excited that Colbert is back on air, but apparently local potatoes are...?
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« Reply #562 on: October 07, 2023, 03:09:40 pm »
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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #563 on: October 22, 2023, 01:41:25 am »
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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #564 on: October 22, 2023, 08:27:10 am »


Can somebody please check on sweetcell? I think we may have lost him to the internet.

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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #565 on: October 22, 2023, 03:33:33 pm »
it's too late for me... save yourselves (also, save a copy of the cool memes you find along the way, preferably to an offline backup drive)
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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #566 on: November 01, 2023, 11:25:54 pm »
“Welcome Potato” Pope Photo Goes Viral in Mexico
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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #567 on: November 02, 2023, 06:09:07 am »
Pictures or it didn’t happen
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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #568 on: November 02, 2023, 07:09:25 pm »
Pictures or it didn’t happen





on a related note...looks like this thread has some competition on the internet


although the publisher is suspect
After immigrating to Canada, I started a potato consulting business


ok he wins
In 1996, I launched what was then the first online news portal dedicated to potatoes
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Re: The Potato Thread: Potatoes in the News
« Reply #569 on: November 04, 2023, 02:00:47 pm »
A compelling potato-based interview with Connor Spacey, including a game of stick or twist with a surprise ending:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzMd8bltHK2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==