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Mmm ... Purple Disease-Resistant Potatoes

Posted by Hemos on from the eight-a-day-is-all-you-need dept.

the_ph0x` writes: "An article on Reuters describes a new breed of potato as being resistant to disease, able to grow in low nutrient soil and ... purple. Not all that interesting unless you're from an area where blight is a problem. At least we'll know we can always live on potatos, which who doesn't anyway ... mmm purple tater-tots." Combine it with the hideous green ketchup Heinz is making, and eating can be like a Kadinsky ? painting!

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  1. Mmmm.. genetically modified food... by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Them's good eatin'.

    Till you grow a third nipple.

    - A.P.

    --
    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
    1. Re:Mmmm.. genetically modified food... by cavemanf16 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm still waiting for the ever popular tomacco to hit the market. Dang FDA approval process. So what if it tastes like Grandma?!

  2. To Paraphrase Homer by FatRatBastard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mmmmm.... purple Vodka.

    Absolut Barney!

    {god damn lameness filter}

    1. Re:To Paraphrase Homer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      In another episode Homer said something to the effect of..

      "Purple's a fruit!"

      of course a potato is not a fruit but that's not the point.. the point is.. "hmmm.. beer..."

      IS

  3. Extra food warnings by Kushana · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do not ingest before drinking heavily; the consequences are too terrible to think about.

    --

    Careers should combine three things: what you can do, what you want to do, and what you can get paid for.
  4. Mmmmm.... by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like the perfect side dish for Green Eggs and Ham! (sorry, Ted...)

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    -- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
  5. Good to see Luddites are still around by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We need 'diversity.'

    And what's wrong with a 3rd nipple? Haven't you seen Total Recall?

    1. Re:Good to see Luddites are still around by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 2, Funny

      There's nothing at all wrong with a third nipple, damn it. I'm actually eating these things by the bucketful.

      - A.P.

      --
      "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  6. Re:Purple Potatoes by PolyDwarf · · Score: 2, Funny

    McDonald's isn't organic food?

  7. Re:Why Purple? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


    > Why Purple?

    The pests think it's eggplant, and won't touch it.

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade