[nfbmi-talk] off Topic FW: Potato--cute

[Christine Boone]

Uggggg!  I can't believe I read this whole thing.  I can't believe I laughed!  Thanks for the smile!

CB

On Apr 19, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Fred Wurtzel wrote:

> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frances G. Donbrosky [mailto:Donbroskyf2 at michigan.gov] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:22 AM
> Subject: Potato--cute
> 
>> Well, A Girl Potato and Boy Potato had eyes for each other, and finally 
>> they got married, and had a little sweet potato, which they called 
>> 'Yam.'
>> 
>> Of course, they wanted the best for Yam. 
>> 
>> When it was time, they told her about the facts of life. 
>> 
>> They warned her about going out
>> and
>> getting half-baked, so she wouldn't get accidentally mashed, and get a 
>> bad name for herself like 'Hot Potato,' and end up with a bunch of 
>> Tater Tots
>> 
>> Yam said not to worry, no Spud would get her into the sack and make a 
>> rotten potato out of her!
>> 
>> But on the other hand she
>> wouldn't stay home and become a Couch Potato either. 
>> 
>> She would get
>> plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her Shoestring Cousins.
>> 
>> When she went off to Europe, Mr. And Mrs. Potato told Yam to watch out 
>> for the hard-boiled guys from Ireland .
>> 
>> And the
>> greasy guys from France called the French Fries. And when she went out 
>> West, to watch out for the Indians so she wouldn't get scalloped.
>> 
>> Yam said she would stay on the straight and narrow andwouldn't 
>> associatewith those high class Yukon Golds, or the ones from the other
>> 
>> side of the tracks who advertise their trade on all the trucks that 
>> say, 'Frito Lay.'
>> 
>> Mr. And Mrs. Potato sent Yam to! Idaho P.U. (that's Potato University) 
>> so that when she graduated she'd really be in the Chips.
>> 
>> But in spite of all they did for her, one-day Yam came home and 
>> announced she was going to marry Tom Brokaw.
>> 
>> Tom Brokaw! 
>> 
>> Mr And Mrs. Potato were very upset. 
>> 
>> They told
>> Yam she couldn't possibly
>> marry Tom Brokaw
>> because he's just....... 
> 
>> 
>> A COMMONTATER
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> Frances Donbrosky
> Phone Pool Operator
> Department of Human Services 
> 
> 
> 
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