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Feb 12, 2003 00:51

When I was in Kindergarten another little girl brought a potato to show-n-tell. Yes, a potato. And it was a perfectly worthy show-n-tell subject, I am telling you. This potato was a true natural wonder, a peculiar take on the standard tuber form.

This potato was shaped like a dog! It had four legs, a head with ears and a snout, and a little nub for a tail. A person didn't have to squint or turn it around or stretch the imagination in the slightest to see that this potato was shaped just like a dog.

She had even made a little collar and a leash for it. And she was nice enough to let me hold it on the bus ride home that day. Believe me, I entertained fantasies of stuffing it in my pocket and threatening to pull her pig tails if she dared say a word to the bus driver.

Because I was so incredibly jealous! You just can't go out and buy show-n-tell fame like that.

I think THIS is the adult version of the potato puppy. And I guess LJ is the adult version of show-n-tell.
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