Posted on 02/25/2016 11:55:57 AM PST by nickcarraway
Spud-only diet a mash hit for Mr Potato Head
An Australian man who plans to eat nothing but potatoes for an entire year said Tuesday that despite his strange diet he was not only feeling better, but surprisingly enjoying his meals.
Unlike Matt Damon's character in "The Martian", who is stranded on the Red Planet with little else to eat, Andrew Taylor, 35, made a deliberate decision to eat only the starchy staple for 12 months, to break what he termed his "food addiction".
While addicts can go "cold turkey" on their vice, such as alcohol or cigarettes, it is impossible to do so with food, so Taylor settled on making his diet as boring as possible.
"The next best thing was to find one thing that sustained me healthily," he told AFP, saying that besides potatoes, he also considered mangoes, bananas and watermelon.
‘Ah, but the potatoes... That’s where I had them....’
He got it right, as soon as you die, you do not own a thing. And he now lives perpetually on a Free Republic post.
I’ll kiss you later, I’m eating a potato!
So did the Irish.
Does he get to include Russian Vodka?
Why is it most people put butter on a baked potato but put ketchup on fries? It’s still the same basic food item.
I eat both baked and fries with sour cream.
Baked potato with butter and sour cream. One of lifes great pleasures. A meal all by itself.
I agree. I like to have a little potato with my sour cream.
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to spuds.....
and he died at 36 - (Lord Byron) ;)
“Smart Patrol / Mr. Dna” -DEVO
(He’s been with the world)
I’m tired of the soup d’jour
(He’s been with the world)
I wanna end this prophylactic tour
Afraid that no-one around me
Understands my potato
Think I’m only a spud boy
Looking for a real tomato
(He’s been with the world)
I’m tired of the soup d’jour
(He’s been with the world)
I wanna end this prophylactic tour
Afraid nobody around here
Understands my potato
I think I’m only a spud boy
Looking for a real tomato
(He’s been with the world)
I’m tired of the soup d’jour
(He’s been with the world)
I wanna end this prophylactic tour
Afraid nobody around here
Comprehends my potato
Guess I’m just a spud boy
Looking for that real tomato
We’re Smart Patrol
Nowhere to go
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Common stock
We work around the clock
We shove the poles in the holes
(shove it)
Wait a minute, something’s wrong
He’s a man with a plan
He’s here to do us a favor
A little human sacrifice
It’s just supply and demand
Mr Kamikaze
Mr DNA
He’s an altruistic pervert
Mr DNA
Mr Kamikaze
Here to spread some genes
Wait a minute, something’s wrong
He’s a man with a plan
His finger’s pointed at Devo
Now we must sacrifice ourselves
So many others may live
Oh baby we got a lot to give
This monkey wants a word with you!
Mr Kamikaze
Mr DNA
He’s an altruistic pervert
Mr DNA
Mr Kamikaze
Here to spread some genes
One, two, three, four
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