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November 24th, 2006

Tight security for fancy potato heads…

Posted by: Robert Basler
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In yet another sign of the apocalypse, there are now potato heads in need of security guards. This couple is encrusted with crystal, but as any child will tell you, if you can’t take his moustache and put it on her face, then these potato heads are no fun. They’re just well-to-do tubers with protection.fripotato.jpg

 

Want fries with that? A security guard watches over a pair of  crystal-encrusted Mrs. and Mr. Potato Head figures on display at the opening of the U.S. Potato Board’s “Healthy Mr. Potato Head Quarters” in New York, November 20, 2006. REUTERS/United States Potato Board/Ray Stubblebine/Handout

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