Tuesday, May 30, 2017

You Might Be A Bad Potato


Something woke me recently...it sounded like a murmuring of voices.  As I quietly tiptoed down the stairs, I realized it was coming from my pantry.  I opened the door and...

What?  Aren't you just waiting on tenterhooks wanting to know what happened?  Of course, you know I will tell you but the title of this post might give you a clue!  Okay then,  here is the rest of the story!

... I was shocked to see three potatoes angrily staring at me with their beady black eyes.  "What are you looking at?", said one with a snarl.   My reply, " I thought you were just potatoes!"
Then, the second one spoke up, 
"No, we are aliens.  When you eat a bad potato, you become one of us and we are going to take over the WORLD!"


Now, was this a dream?  Or did this really happen?   My friends, you have been warned!  Don't eat any bad potatoes. Keep the world safe from these alien creatures, they are plotting against us as we sleep, with their beady black eyes...
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My friend Dusty, who died recently, would have loved this! I have to share this with you...one of the main things that I remember him saying to me was simply this: "You're funny". 
  I treasure that!  






28 comments:

  1. A bad potatoe is one that is sprouted and has a green tinge. Throw it out as it could cause poisoning.

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    1. I promise I know a bad potato when I see one! This was just a short post to make your smile/grimace! :-)

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  2. We will certainly watch out for the bad potatoes, and yes, you are funny!

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    1. Thanks, Mimi! Yes, watch out for bad potatoes, we don't want them to take over!

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  3. The thing I first noticed was that this potato alien has an "outie". I am sorry to hear about your friend. He left you with a wonderful memory.

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    1. The potato that I pictured is really a good potato, it was a homegrown one from my Dad's garden, and several of the potatoes had grown together a bit, making it all lumpy but I promise you, it was very good!
      I just couldn't help but think of Dusty with this story, how he would have laughed at it!

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    1. I bet no one else wrote about potatoes today!

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  5. I agree with Dusty! The spud in the picture does not look like a bad'un, though.

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    1. Wish you could have met with Dusty, he was so funny.
      I remember when we booked customers on cruises back in the day when you had a choice between a dining room with smokers or non smokers. He always told folks to go with the smoking crowd even if they didn't smoke, because the smokers were usually more fun! He was just like that, I would laugh until I cried at this remarks and antics!
      Yes, that potato was a very good one, from my Dad's garden!!

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  6. Well, that potato certainly looks a bit suspect :) You never know with vegetables, they might have plans...
    I was always told evil can come from eating potatoes tinged with green.

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    1. One never knows about plotting potatoes!
      Yes, I do not eat those green tinged spuds!

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  7. Good humor is a blessing for sure ! Never saw a potato quite like yours !

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    1. That potato came from my Dad's garden, and if you look at it, you can tell that several potatoes just kind of lumped together and grew together. It was a good potato!

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  8. That's just wonderful, Kay! Hope you manage to root out the nasty aliens, but if one is watching you do it, it could just be a common tater. I think life's far too short to take it seriously.

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    1. A common tater...haha!
      We need more laughter, I think.

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  9. That's too funny! I've seen some strange tators in my time, but none quite that strange! Hopefully it wasn't an AGItator!

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  10. Those potatoes have 'had their chips.'

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    1. Ah, you have reminded me of the chips in England. They are GOOD potatoes!!

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  11. HAHAHA! Love this. Now I can say I read a potato story :)

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    1. It's just a short spud story showing how half BAKED I am! HA!

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  12. I'm sure Dusty would have loved that. I don't eat bad potatoes on principle so I'm sure I'll be safe. At least, until everyone else eats enough bad potatoes for it to threaten my wellbeing too.

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    1. Hey Mark! You have wonderful potatoes in England, I hope you will appreciate them now that I have pointed this out to you!

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  13. One of my regrets is lost photo opportunities...I used to work at an Orchard an one day when I happened to be inside grading apples, we got to saving 'old men'...or that is how I thought of the misshapen apples.

    You should photograph all you have.

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    1. I am the kind of person who takes photos of funny fruit and vegetables! I promise to share my funny photos on here with you. We can all use a laugh, right? Keep laughing, I say!

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  14. My goodness - a certain amount of character in that potato!

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    1. I propped that potato beside that flower pot and I swear I think it was posing for me! What a character! :-)

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