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A town is being haunted by mysterious mashed potatoes — and no one knows who is putting them there
Insider ^ | 04/12/2019 | Susanna Heller

Posted on 04/12/2019 11:15:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Edited on 04/12/2019 12:50:42 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

It sounds harmless, silly even. But for residents of the Belhaven neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, it's becoming something of a serious concern: Bowls of mashed potatoes are showing up everywhere and no one knows where they are coming from, reported the Washington Post.


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TOPICS: Food; Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: jackson; mashed; mashedpotato; mississippi
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Mash 'em if you got 'em.
1 posted on 04/12/2019 11:15:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

The great ‘tater mystery.


2 posted on 04/12/2019 11:18:09 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just add gravy.


3 posted on 04/12/2019 11:18:40 AM PDT by rdl6989
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What’s the use of leaving them if there’s no gravy on top of them?


4 posted on 04/12/2019 11:21:24 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: V_TWIN

What, no security cams in that town. I woulda known who inside of 24 hours if that had been done around my house.


5 posted on 04/12/2019 11:22:01 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Responsibility2nd

The Tater Fairy.


6 posted on 04/12/2019 11:23:04 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Find out where the bowls are typically bought from.
Examine the store monitor cameras and receipts.

Have those ‘Mashed Potatoes’ chemically analyzed.
Check Twitter, Instagram, Reddit or 4Chan to see who’s bragging about Bowl-Gate. There are probably videos of citizen reaction online for additional chuckles.
Who’s video?

Oh, but first find out how much of the annual budget the Police Dept. wants to give to this mystery.


7 posted on 04/12/2019 11:24:18 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Responsibility2nd
I think Ron White might be behind this.
8 posted on 04/12/2019 11:28:17 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Responsibility2nd

It’s an improvement over what they are finding in Frisco.


9 posted on 04/12/2019 11:30:42 AM PDT by dainbramaged (If you want a friend, rescue a pit bull.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Someone call Dee Dee Sharp she has the answer.


10 posted on 04/12/2019 11:33:15 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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"What, no security cams in that town."

Um, it's Mississippi.

11 posted on 04/12/2019 11:34:12 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Mashed Potatoes--Nat Kendricks & the Swans

Mashed Potato Time--Dee Dee Sharp

Gravy--Dee Dee Sharp

Hot Pastrami--The Dartells

Hot Pastrami with Mashed Potatoes--Joey Dee & the Starliters

12 posted on 04/12/2019 11:35:50 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Responsibility2nd

It’s a thinly veiled threat against French fries in the area. A hate crime, I tell ya.


13 posted on 04/12/2019 11:37:41 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: Psalm 73

True dat


14 posted on 04/12/2019 11:38:49 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Responsibility2nd
Performance art.
15 posted on 04/12/2019 11:47:58 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Responsibility2nd

It’s got to be Rush Limbaugh.


16 posted on 04/12/2019 11:50:52 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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“I think Ron White might be behind this.”

If it were Tater Salad, maybe.

L


17 posted on 04/12/2019 11:53:06 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Three second rule”

interesting. When I find food on the street, I don’t consider eating it at all.


18 posted on 04/12/2019 11:53:30 AM PDT by fruser1
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It’s the latest, it’s the greatest
Mashed potato, ya, ya ,ya, ya
A Mashed potato started long time ago
With a guy named Sloppy Joe
You’ll find this dance is so cool to do
Come on baby, gonna teach it to you
Mashed potato, feel it in your feet now
Mashed potato, come on get the beat now
Baby, come on honey, come on baby, ya, ya, ya, ya
And then they dance it through and through
They look for records they can do it to
They got a dance was outta sight
Doin’ the lion sleeps tonight
ya a weem o wep a weem o wep
(Mashed potato) ya, ya, ya, ya
(It’s the latest) oh, baby
(It’s the greatest) come on, honey
Ya, ya, ya, ya
Now everybody is doin’ fine
They dance alone or in a big boss line
And they discovered it’s the most man
The day they did it to Please Mr. Postman
wait a minute, wait a minute
(Mashed potato) deliver the letter
(It’s the latest) oh, baby
(It’s the greatest) come on, honey
Ya, ya, ya, ya
Well they got with more and more
Ya ought to see ‘em around the floor
The mashed potato long long list
They even do it to Dear Lady Twist
get up on your tail now
(Mashed potato) ya, ya, ya, ya
(It’s the latest) come on, baby
(It’s the greatest) oh, honey
Ya, ya, ya, ya
feel the groovy beat now


19 posted on 04/12/2019 11:53:53 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Eddie01

Or his son!


20 posted on 04/12/2019 11:59:08 AM PDT by coincheck (Salvation is for today, not tomorrow, you might not make it that far.....)
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