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[havefunme 3]

THE POTATO

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> Well, Girl Potato and Boy Potato

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>had eyes for each other,

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>and finally they got married,

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>and had a little sweet potato,

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>which they called 'Yam.'

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>Of course, they wanted the best for Yam.

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>When it was time,

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>they told her about the facts of life.

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>They warned her about going out

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> and getting half-baked,

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> so she wouldn't get accidentally mashed,

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> and get a bad name for herself like

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>'Hot Potato,'

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>and end up with a bunch of Tater Tots.

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>Yam said not to worry,

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>no Spud would get her into

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>the sack and make a rotten potato out of her!

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>But on the other hand

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> she wouldn't stay home

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>and become a Couch Potato either.

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>She would get plenty of exercise

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>so as not to be skinny

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>like her Shoestring cousins.

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>When she went off to Europe,

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>Mr. and Mrs. Potato told Yam

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>to watch out for the hard-boiled guys from Ireland. And the greasy guys

>from France

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> called the French Fries.

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>And when she went out west,

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>to watch out for the Indians

>so she wouldn't get scalloped.

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>Yam said she would stay on

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> the straight and narrow and wouldn't associate

>with those high class Yukon Golds,

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>or the ones from the other side of the tracks

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>who advertise their trade

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>on all the trucks that say,

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>'Frito Lay.'

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>Mr. and Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P.U.

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>(that's Potato University)

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>so that when she graduated

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>she'd really be in the Chips.

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>But in spite of all they did for her,

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> one-day Yam came home and announced

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>she was going to marry

>Tom Brokaw.

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>Tom Brokaw!

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>Mr. and Mrs. Potato were very upset.

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>They told Yam she couldn't

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>possibly marry Tom Brokaw

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>because he's just.......

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>Are you ready for this?

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>Are you sure?

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>OK! Here it is!

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>A COMMON TATER

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