POTATO STORY

�You know that all potatoes

have eyes. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Potato had eyes for

each other, and finally they got

married, and had a little sweet potato, whom

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

and wouldn't associate with 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...

�Are you ready for this?

�Are you sure you are ready

for this?

�Are you REALLY sure you are

ready for this?

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He's just a

........................ Common Tater