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

    Mmmmm.... purple Vodka.

    Absolut Barney!

    {god damn lameness filter}