[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Okay, here goes... (Maybe we'll make it to the punch line this time!) One night, the Potato family sat down to dinner--Mother Potato and her three daughters. Midway through the meal, the eldest daughter spoke up. "Mother Potato?" she said. "I have an announcement to make." "And what might that be?" said Mother, seeing the obvious excitement in her eldest daughter's eyes. "Well," replied the daughter, with a proud but sheepish grin, "I'm getting married!" The other daughters squealed with surprise as Mother Potato exclaimed, "Married! That's wonderful! And who are you marrying, Eldest daughter?" "I'm marrying a Russet!" "A Russet!" replied Mother Potato with pride. "Oh, a Russet is a fine tater, a fine tater indeed!" As the family shared in the eldest daughter's joy, the middle daughter spoke up. "Mother? I, too, have an announcement." "And what might that be?" encouraged Mother Potato. Not knowing quite how to begin, the middle daughter paused, then said with conviction, "I, too, am getting married!" "You, too!" Mother Potato said with joy. "That's wonderful! Twice the good news in one evening! And who are you marrying, Middle Daughter?" "I'm marrying an Idaho!" beamed the middle daughter. "An Idaho!" said Mother Potato with joy. "Oh, an Idaho is a fine tater, a fine tater indeed!" Once again, the room came alive with laughter and excited plan for the future, when the youngest Potato daughter interrupted. "Mother? Mother Potato? Um, I, too, have an announcement to make." "Yes?" said Mother Potato with great anticipation. "Well," began t he youngest Potato daughter with the same sheepish grin as her eldest sister before her, "I hope this doesn't come as a shock to you, but I am getting married, as well!" "Really?" said Mother Potato with sincere excitement. "All of my lovely daughters married! What wonderful news! And who, pray tell, are you marrying, Youngest Daughter?" "I'm marrying Dan Rather!" "DAN RATHER?!" Mother Potato scowled suddenly. "But he's just a common tater!" [/FONT]
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I don't get it :/
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Throw some breaks into that paragraph. It's hard to read.
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Throw some breaks into that paragraph. It's hard to read.
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Dan Rather: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather < CBS News Anchor.
Apparently also the reason behind REM's song "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
Apparently also the reason behind REM's song "What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
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Still doesn't make sense;
In cooking, a Russet refers to, according to Google:
[/SIZE]Now where I'm lost is the Dan Rather = tater reference. It's got SOMETHING to do with being a potato, but I don't get it. Idaho = Idaho tater, Russet = baking tater, but where's the Dan Rather = tater link at :S
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lol!
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The only thing that shocked me more than where the joke went, was the number of people who didn't get it... It reminds me of the wisdom of Confuseus, Confucius's decidedly less sage brother. "Confuseus say man who laugh last not get joke."
Before the peanut gallery starts telling me Confuseus isn't a real person, i already know. It's a pun off the name Confucius. Confuse us. Got it?
Okay, for anyone who still hasn't gotten the joke, I'll lay it out:
A Russet is a variety of potato. Potatoes have different varieties just like apples and grapes and oranges.
Idaho is one of the U.S.'s largest potato producing states. Many potatoes sold in grocery stores have an Idaho logo on the sack, ergo potatoes from Idaho are Idaho potatoes.
Dan Rather, is a famous anchorman (a.k.a. a news commentator) so the reference to "common tater" is a pun off of the word "commentator."
It really is a funny joke, you know...
-Jake
Before the peanut gallery starts telling me Confuseus isn't a real person, i already know. It's a pun off the name Confucius. Confuse us. Got it?
Okay, for anyone who still hasn't gotten the joke, I'll lay it out:
A Russet is a variety of potato. Potatoes have different varieties just like apples and grapes and oranges.
Idaho is one of the U.S.'s largest potato producing states. Many potatoes sold in grocery stores have an Idaho logo on the sack, ergo potatoes from Idaho are Idaho potatoes.
Dan Rather, is a famous anchorman (a.k.a. a news commentator) so the reference to "common tater" is a pun off of the word "commentator."
It really is a funny joke, you know...
-Jake
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Yeah it is; where I got thrown off was I don't look at Dan Rather as a commentator or a Russet as a baking potato. Prior to the joke I didn't even know the word Russet was a valid english word!
Dan Rather = anchorman.
John Madden or other guys you'd hear while watching ANY sport = commentator.
Guess that's where I got thrown off; an unfamiliar word cause I'm not a chef, and confusion between commentator and anchorman in the common usage locally
Dan Rather = anchorman.
John Madden or other guys you'd hear while watching ANY sport = commentator.
Guess that's where I got thrown off; an unfamiliar word cause I'm not a chef, and confusion between commentator and anchorman in the common usage locally