mr potato head savagely beaten

belper times | today | unknown

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

is this a hate crime

[Jack Wilson]

is this a hate crime

not sure. article doesn't say what kind of potato he is ....

[knews_hound]

Well you can be sure he is certainly Brown or Red.

Sounds like justification for a full Justice Dept. investigation regardless.

No doubt that the hooigans who did this were not able to look beyond his skin color.

knews hound

[Sender]

Someday potatoes will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by their potential for becoming vodka. I have a dream...

[Mr_Magoo]

Bettcha the french (fries) did it . . .

:-)

[Sender]

"...can't we all just get along?"

[stlrocket]

What is this world coming to????

First, they hang one of the most important sybbols in the world---

RONALD - HUNG!

Then, they do this to Mr. Potato Head.

Oh, the humanity - What next?

[linn37]

spud abuse,book em dano

[Drew68]

Amber Valley Borough Council's tourism officer Reg Whitworth originally brought the potato to Britain. He was so shocked by the attack he is considering sending the vegetable back to America.

If I remember correctly, this was the same Mr. Potato Head that a town on the east coast had to sell when some tourists complained that it looked like a derogatory characature of African-Americans.

I'll try to find the link, but the story is probably a couple of years old.

I remember it well, as there was a big stink about political correctness and over-sensitivity regarding the issue.

[SoAmerRepublican]

When I read the title I thought they were referring to Tim Russert

[MarkWar]

>>The seven-foot statue carried on its run of bad luck after being kicked out of Belper by being beaten up by a gang of children...

Oh-oh. Just over in another thread, I read:

Pop singer George Michael has said he thinks he got himself deliberately arrested for lewd conduct in 1998 to try to refocus his life after a string of tragedies. The star spoke openly about his arrest for lewd conduct in a Los Angeles public toilet in an interview with BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley.
[Michael: My Arrest Was Deliberate.]

Let us all pray that Mr. Potato Head soon isn't arrested in an LA toilet, trying to "refocus his life" after his string of tragedies...

Mark W.

[Charles Martel]

What is this world coming to????

Nothing new... England has been a rough place for centuries. For example:

**************

"Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say 'Ni' at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history."
- Roger the Shrubber

:-)

[aomagrat]

He's lucky he wasn't scalloped.

[Bush2000]

He had it coming...

[fnord]

pommel the pomme de terre

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

rofl

[Doomonyou]

Well you can be sure he is certainly Brown or Red.

Yukon potatoes are white. But if this Mr. Tater head is red or brown, it's gotta be a hate crime. Although it doesn't state the race of the little whipper snappers that perpetrated this heinous crime, and that could make a difference.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

when is hbo going to make a made for tv movie

[strela]

If I remember correctly, this was the same Mr. Potato Head that a town on the east coast had to sell when some tourists complained that it looked like a derogatory characature of African-Americans.

Only if it was Mrs. Potato Head they were talking about, and only if her first name was Idaho.

[Doomonyou]

when is hbo going to make a made for tv movie

Full length feature, directed by Spike Lee of couse.