German Police Investigate Potato Computer Scam

Yahoo News ^ | 1/12/04 | Reuters-Berlin

[NormsRevenge]

BERLIN (Reuters) -

German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.

The store replaced the computer free of charge but became suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing, police in the western city of Kaiserslautern said on Monday.

"The second time he said he didn't need a computer any more and asked for his money back in cash," a police spokesman said.

Police are now investigating the man for fraud.

[Naspino]

Er... er... umm... say huh?

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[martin_fierro]

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[xJones]

Norm, potato bud, under a different title though a Reuters-Yahoo source, a good time has been going on with this story: A Truly, Truly Bizarre Story (high carb cpu).

[Liberal Classic]

What kind of chip you got in there? A Dorito?

[Tijeras_Slim]

potato power ping

[Jim Cane]

Now if were corn, I'd say there was a kernel of truth in this story.

[xJones]

What kind of chip you got in there? A Dorito?

Don't ask about the cookies.

[CougarGA7]

Maybe he just wasn't satisfied with the type of chips in the computer.

[MotleyGirl70]

German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.

Mmmmm potatoes....

[CaptRon]

Laytos Inside.

[NormsRevenge]

Thank you. Eye see it. ;-)

[ccmay]

We could make a whole thread about nothing but dire snack foods from Japan and Latin America. I never knew there were so many ways to make yourself retch.

I nominate 'saladitos' from Mexico as the worst snack ever invented. Dried plums with salt and chili powder.

-ccm

[sticker]

When someone starts quoting lines from a Weird Al song, you know things are serious.

[BraveMan]

           

AFRAID NOBODY AROUND HERE UNDERSTANDS MY POTATO
GUESS I'M ONLY A SPUDBOY LOOKING FOR A REAL TOMATO

[martin_fierro]

So THAT'S what those are!

A Hawaiian friend from grad school gave me one once. Hands down, it was the most God-awful taste sensation EVER.

And here all this time I thought they were a Hawaiian thing.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

This one's food for thought, heh-heh...

[Larry Lucido]

No wonder it doesn't work. That chip is fried!

[CougarGA7]

LOL! That one almost had me on the floor.