There are no people
listed with the sir name of Potato in Santa Clara or Santa Cruz counties
in California. Therefore liable suits against the company that produce
Mr Potato Head and Mrs Potato Head, a popular
child's game is unlikely. With a net search there are four people
with the sir name of Potato in the US...hmm...where could this new geneology
have come from?
According to
the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest potato grown was
7 pounds 1 ounce by J. East (1953) and J. Busby (1982) of Great Britain.
S.P.U.D. The Secret
Underground Potato Division worships Mr. Potato Head and shoots eggplants
on sight.
Potato blossoms
are five-lobed, 2-3 cm in diameter varying in color from white to deep
bluish purple. They resemble those of the related, and poisonous nightshade plant.
Mr Potato Head has a
home page but Mrs
Potato Head doesn't. Are female potatoes discriminated against?
How can one tell a female from a male potato?
The average American
eats 137.9 pounds of potatoes each year, Germans eat about twice as much!
Mr Potato Head has appeared
in movies
(again Mrs Potato Head was snubbed!) Click the link to see him in:
Toy Story; Alien ; The Wizard of Oz ; Goldeneye; Pulp Fiction;
Waterworld; Rear Window
The sweet potato
belongs in the same family as morning glories while the white potato belongs
to the same group as tomatoes, tobacco, chile pepper, eggplant and the
petunia.
There IS a potato
patch on the web. Here you can adopt a potato or become one for
the day!
50% of the potato crop
is processed into french fries and chips.
"Pray for peace and
grace and spiritual food, for wisdom and guidance, for these are good.
But don't forget the potatoes." Old Irish Saying
