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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Hot & Not Potatoes (from AmalgaMates)

Grow fingerlings!
Add swept-back wings!
Fly Aeroflot Potatoes!

With Knipps* serve Russets!
('Tain't no fuss; it's 
simply Brat Potatoes.).

     * Types of sausages featuring
a mix of meat and grain.

A mash too thick
won't do the trick. 
Steer clear of Clot Potatoes!

Does fungi grow
in Idaho?
Why not! Dry Rot Potatoes!

Without 'em, salad* 
just ain't valid:
Eisenstadt Potatoes!

     * German potato salad, i.e.

Electric sparks
derived from arcs
take Forty Watt Potatoes!

"Got Milk?" Passe!
T-shirts today
are asking, "Got Potatoes?"

Saartjie's* got 'em
on her bottom:
Hottentot Potatoes!

    * Saartjie Baartman aka
the Hottentot Venus.

Which 'tater skins
forgive your sins? 
Im Himmel Gott! Potatoes!

From Matthew, 5*
these spuds derive.
They're Tytl'n' Jott Potatoes.

     * Specifically, Matt., 5:18 of
the 1526 Tindale translation of the NT.
(The spelling is different, of course,
in the later King James version.)

Some sides of fries 
come paired with ties.
They're Windsor Knot Potatoes!

Not sold in pails
but holy grails.*
They're Lancelot Potatoes!

     * And, just as often, holey grails,
allowing the spuds to drain.

Draw fractal plots
with Tater Tots!
Use Mandelbrot Potatoes!

Am I a yam? 
Why, yes: I am!
Are you, too, Not Potatoes...?

Heinrich Ott:
one's Swiss; one's not.*
Together: Ott Potatoes.

     * The younger Heinrich O
was a Swiss bobsledder;
the elder, a German physicist. 

The last's Rebirth
(for what it's worth).
They're Seven Plot Potatoes!*

      * The first six are Overcoming
the Monster, Rags to Riches, the Quest,
Voyage and Return, Comedy and Tragedy --
at least according to Christopher Brook.

"'As many as' 
Augustus* has,"
respond the "Quot?" Potatoes.

     * Caesar Augustus was the founder
of the Roman Empire and a fluent
Latin speaker. "Quot?" asks 'how many?'

Your cottage fries
have Mother's eyes?
They're Rorschach Blot Potatoes!

Come mealtime, Jews
and blacks refuse
their Marge C. Schott Potatoes!

Who runs 5K
Thanksgiving Day? Why,
Turkey Trot Potatoes! 

Of robot tubers
they're the 'uber's: 
Uberbot Potatoes!

With loving labors,
feed your neighbors!
Vacant Lot Potatoes!

It's not their fault
they need more salt:
they're Wife of Lot* Potatoes!

     * Genesis, 19 tells how this poor
woman was turned into a pillar of salt. 

They'll flip for chips 
and chili dips!
Use -ic (EXot-) Potatoes! 

Remove the rudder;
serve with butter!
Yummy Yacht Potatoes! 

Veg'tarian
Sumerians
eat Ziggurat Potatoes!

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