[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 ....

[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 . . .

:-)

[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.

[aomagrat]

He's lucky he wasn't scalloped.

[Bush2000]

He had it coming...

[fnord]

pommel the pomme de terre

[Willie Green]

mr potato head savagely beaten

Detective interogates potential witness.