Punny Potatoes
We all know that potatoes have eyes. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Potato only have
eyes for each other. One day, they had a little one, who is a real Sweet
Potato whom they named Yam. Mr. and Mrs. Potato want all the best in life
for their little girl, and they warned her about getting Mashed at wild
parties and end up with a bad reputation like Hot Potato, and worst still
end up with a bunch of Tater Tots. But little Yam told her parents not to
worry, that no Spud will get her till she is ready and she will not soil her
reputation like the other potatoes who advertise themselves on trucks and
billboards as Frito Lay. But she will not stay home and become a couch
potato either. She will eat an proper diet and exercise as to not end up
looking like her cousins - the Shoe String Potatoes. Mr. and Mrs. Potato
also warn Yam about traveling to Europe, and especially watch out for those
greasy guys from France called the French Fries, and that when she does go
out West, watch out for the Indians or she will be scalloped. Mr. and Mrs.
Potato sent Yam off to Idaho P.U. (that is Potato University) because that
is where all the Big Potatoes came from, so when she graduates she will be
in the chips.
All is well the family life of the Potatoes till one day Yam brought her
fiancé home, telling her parents she intends to marry Walter Cronkite. Mr.
and Mrs. Potato were very upset and very much against this union. They told
Yam that Walter is not right for her because he is only a Common-Tater!
