[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.

[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.