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Potato famine disease striking home gardens in U.S. Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
Late blight, which caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and 1850s, is killing potato and tomato plants in home gardens from Maine to Ohio and threatening commercial and organic farms, U.S. plant scientists said on Friday.
The fungal disease, spread by spores carried in the air, has made its way into the garden centers of large retail chains in the Northeastern United States.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 198 [+].
Do-It-Yourself Potato Gun! Irresponsible BUT powerful and destructive Posted: 2 years ago by jovawell
In this short controversial film, Scott VanPala takes you on a chaotic yet adventurous journey with a powerful and destructive Potato Gun. He illustrates how he made his using nothing more than hairspray and pvc pipe from Home Depot using gift certificates he got for Christmas. He then demonstrably shows the various, and perhaps irresponsible, uses
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Vicar with a potato up his bum Posted: 1 year ago by davethefish
A vicar claims a potato got stuck up his bottom after he fell on the vegetable while hanging curtains in the nude.
Comments: 12 Score: [-] 738 [+].
When Potato Peelers are Outlawed... Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
Chef Neil Wyles initially thought news of an arrest of a 25-year old woman in Vancouver for assault with a potato peeler was a joke. He does not regard a potato peeler as much of a weapon.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 152 [+].
Shippensburg couple finds likeness of Christ in potato chip Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Brian and Linda “Lyn” Hershey have one potato chip that won’t get eaten any time soon. It has a likeness of Jesus Christ cooked into its surface.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 121 [+].
Ultra-right wing potato sandwich launches in India Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
Shiv Sena, the ultra-right Hindu nationalist party in India, has launched a global brand of snack food called the Shiv Vada -- a sandwich containing deep-fried potato ball. They want to make it as popular as hamburgers.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 102 [+].
It is supposed to be potato "chips" Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
Man buys a bag of Cape Cod potato chips, finds a few chips and a whole potato
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Local woman finds unpleasant surprise in her potato chips Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Found: One Nokia cell phone covered in crumbs and grease. Unmistakable odor of potato chips.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 362 [+].
Potato Portraits by Ginou Choueiri Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
I chose the potato to portray human faces because of the many striking parallels. Not only is their skin porous like ours, but their skin texture and color is very similar, and like us, they come in different sizes, shapes and forms. Potatoes grow, live, and then decay, mirroring the ephemeral existence and fragility of our own human nature.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 303 [+].
Butt stops here, 29 hours into couch potato contest Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
A Manhattan librarian emerged as a champion couch potato after three rivals gave in to sleep deprivation or nature's call.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 195 [+].
Don't worry: you CAN call the Polish president a potato Posted: 2 years ago by TheStep
Polish prosecutors have dropped a libel case in which a German paper likened their president to a potato. (Theme pic is president, I'm with the Germans on this one...)
But Americans, you still can't say one sentence...
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 155 [+].
Latkes: The soul of Hanukkah culinary tradition Posted: 12 months ago by Wags273
What makes a potato pancake a latke?
A little Jewish culinary history for you.
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2008: International year of the.. potato. Posted: 2 years ago by glik
Celebration of IYP will raise awareness of the importance of the potato, and of agriculture in general.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 80 [+].
Edible Christmas cards are ultimate in environmentally friendly fare Posted: 12 months ago by AutumnLotus
A company has created the ultimate in environmentally friendly festive fare - edible Christmas cards.
Each card features a bowl of Brussels sprouts printed on potato paper.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 183 [+].
How to easily peel a potato Posted: 2 years ago by DaftGretel
How to quickly, and easily, peel a boiled potato
The video is in Japanese, but is very easy to understand anyway.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 44 [+].
Spudly duckling: Four-year-old digs up a potato he can put in his bath Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
When four-year-old Zachary Clouter was asked to help out on his parents allotment, he didn't expect to find a spectacular spud.
The thrilled youngster dug up a potato the same size and shape as the rubber ducks which normally play in his bath.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 448 [+].
As the Iowa Caucuses Near, This Guy Is A Hot Potato Posted: 2 years ago by chelcho
"The candidates have been in Iowa forever. Why not have fun with the whole process?" says Andy Green, a gimlet-eyed 20-year-old with a wide face and a perpetual smile, like he's been hiding a big joke he's just dying to tell. He's the kind of guy you'd imagine rushing up to Clinton, breathlessly saying: "You need to pose with Mr. Potato Head. You're the last Democrat to do this." She complied.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 139 [+].
The Lord Justice Hath Ruled: Pringles Are Potato Chips Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
Britain’s Supreme Court of Judicature has answered a question that has long puzzled late-night dorm-room snackers: What, exactly, is a Pringle?
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 184 [+].
Hold-up by potato-wielding gunman in Jersey City baffles police Posted: 5 months ago by Bornbad
Officials tell the Jersey Journal they still don't know why a gunman robbing a gas station near the Holland Tunnel was carrying a potato in his left hand, but one Jersey City officer speculates he may have been trying to silence his gun with the vegetable.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 170 [+].
The Eyes of Darth Tater Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
his is the story of how Mr. Potato Head became… Darth Tater!
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 184 [+].
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