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Mr. Potato Head: Man Arrested for Slinging Spuds at Girlfriend
NBC Miami ^ | Mon, Nov 15, 2010 | BRIAN HAMACHER

Posted on 11/15/2010 12:49:22 PM PST by nickcarraway

Woman mashed by mashed potatoes, boyfriend charged with battery

South Floridians will turn anything into a weapon, even comfort food.

A Port St. Lucie man found himself behind bars after he tossed a bowl of mashed potatoes at his girlfriend during an argument last week, police said.

Darren J. Baker faces domestic battery charges after the tater tussle that left his girlfriend with bruises and swelling on her face and mashed potatoes in her hair. The victim claimed she was making dinner when she got into an argument with Baker after she didn't take him to a recycling center, according to an arrest report obtained by WPTV. She said that's when he picked up the pot of potatoes and threw them at her.

Police found the woman bruised and swollen, but she refused treatment. Not only did they find what appeared to be mashed potatoes in her hair, but they also found it splattered on the wall and floor.

Baker denied throwing the spuds and said he had no idea why his girlfriend called 911, police said.


TOPICS: Food; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: danqualye; floriduh; mashedpotatoes; napl
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1 posted on 11/15/2010 12:49:27 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
That's a crime? When spuds are outlawed....


2 posted on 11/15/2010 12:52:26 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: nickcarraway

Dare to Be Stupid
by Weird Al

...Yes. Why don’t you dare to be stupid.
It’s so easy, so easy to do.
We’re all waiting for you.
Burn your candle at both ends.
Look a gift horse in the mouth.
Mashed potatoes can be your friends.

You can be a coffee achiever.
You can sit around the house
And watch “Leave It To Beaver.”
The future’s up to you.
So what you gonna do?
Dare to be stupid.
Dare to be stupid.


3 posted on 11/15/2010 12:53:36 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: nickcarraway

And next week?

Will it be sweet potatoes in her hair?


4 posted on 11/15/2010 12:54:09 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

potato tossing ping


5 posted on 11/15/2010 12:55:10 PM PST by ColdOne (Repeal HealthCare......NO COMPROMISE.......ever!)
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To: nickcarraway

An eye for an eye.


6 posted on 11/15/2010 12:59:50 PM PST by Jack Wilson
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To: nickcarraway
The victim claimed she was making dinner when she got into an argument with Baker after she didn't take him to a recycling center ...

Would he throw the recycling bin at her if they got into an argument after she didn't make him dinner?

Btw, if she hasn't split from this creep and left no forwarding address, they can stop calling her "the victim" and start calling her "the idiot."

7 posted on 11/15/2010 1:02:22 PM PST by Tax-chick (Cry me a river, build yourself a bridge, and GET OVER IT.)
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To: nickcarraway

"I'm a zit, get it?"

8 posted on 11/15/2010 1:03:48 PM PST by dfwgator (Texas Rangers -Thanks for a great season.)
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To: nickcarraway

Remember children. When having food fights, be sure not to throw the tableware too.


9 posted on 11/15/2010 1:07:58 PM PST by pallis
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To: nickcarraway
He looks baked.
10 posted on 11/15/2010 1:09:19 PM PST by evets (beer)
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To: nickcarraway

he wass mashed


11 posted on 11/15/2010 1:10:09 PM PST by bigbob
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The victim claimed she was making dinner when she got into an argument with Baker after she didn't take him to a recycling center...

See? See? She should have recycled him.

12 posted on 11/15/2010 1:11:52 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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The victim claimed she was making dinner when she got into an argument with Baker after she didn't take him to a recycling center...

A clear case of "Green Rage."

13 posted on 11/15/2010 1:14:47 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (/s, in case you need to ask)
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To: Tax-chick

He's no James Cagney

14 posted on 11/15/2010 1:25:25 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows
Spud boy. In Floriduh.


15 posted on 11/15/2010 1:26:41 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: Tax-chick

I figure this isn’t the first time. It was no accident she made mashed potatoes rather than oysters or shish kabob. She was making things less painful to have thrown at you.


16 posted on 11/15/2010 1:27:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

LOL! Excellent points.


17 posted on 11/15/2010 1:29:34 PM PST by Tax-chick (Cry me a river, build yourself a bridge, and GET OVER IT.)
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To: evets

He looks like Woody Harrelson after a week long meth binge.


18 posted on 11/15/2010 1:34:42 PM PST by circlecity
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To: nickcarraway

Nothing says I love you like .....


19 posted on 11/15/2010 2:13:45 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: circlecity

“He looks like Woody Harrelson after a week long meth binge.”

That’s what Woody Harrelson looks like.


20 posted on 11/15/2010 2:41:24 PM PST by Spok ( "Woe to them who call the day, night and the night, day." -Isaiah)
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