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Man Who Raised $55K for Potato Salad on Kickstarter Throws Party
NBC-LA ^
| 9-29-14
| AP story
Posted on 09/30/2014 6:48:40 AM PDT by smokingfrog
An Ohio man who raised $55,000 in a joking crowdfunding appeal to pay for his first attempt at making potato salad threw a huge public party Saturday that promised "peace, love and potato salad."
PotatoStock 2014 was held in downtown Columbus and featured bands, food trucks, beer vendors and, yes, plenty of potato salad. With more than 3,000 pounds of potatoes, the charity-minded party was open to people of all ages.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbclosangeles.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crowdfunding; potatosalad
Amazing the things people will donate money to.
To: smokingfrog
And once again Southpark nails it.
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:01:11 AM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(He sounds good.Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: smokingfrog
Some might argue Americans have too much money.
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:04:52 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: smokingfrog
Was it Amish or German Potato Salad? Heh.
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:42:13 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:45:11 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: carriage_hill
I love potato salad, German or otherwise.
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:47:07 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: smokingfrog
Mmmmmmmmmmmm, sounds good!
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:49:24 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
To: trisham
Ditto; haven’t found a bad one yet!
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:50:44 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
To: smokingfrog
Next up: Potato Pancakes!..........
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:51:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: smokingfrog
I’d pay for penelopesire’s tater salad.
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:52:24 AM PDT
by
mylife
To: PGR88
He could have made even more money if it had been Latkes..........
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:53:06 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Red Badger
That is what I had yesterday with kielbasa and green onion in it. Yum!
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posted on
09/30/2014 7:53:50 AM PDT
by
mylife
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
09/30/2014 8:00:05 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
09/30/2014 8:15:46 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
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