A story about the potato

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-> You know that all potatoes have eyes. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Potato had

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> for each other and they finally got married and had a little one, a real

> sweet potato, whom they called " Yam " .

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> 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 gat mashed, get a bad name like " Hot Potato " , and then end up with

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> bunch of Tater Tots.

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> She said, " Not to worry! No Mr. McSpud will get me in the sack and make

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> Rotten Potato out of me! " 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.

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> 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 our

> for the Indians when going out west because she could get Scalloped.

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> 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 " .

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> Mr. and Mrs. Potato wanted to best for Yam, so they sent her to Idaho

> P.U., that's Potato University, where the Big Potatoes come from. When

> she graduated, she'd really be in the chips.

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> But, one day she came home and said she was going to marry Tom Brokaw.

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> Mr. and Mrs. Potato were very upset and said she couldn't marry him

> because he's just a . . . . . ?

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> < OK!!! Here it is - - -

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> < . . . A COMMON TATER!!!!

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