Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for June 27, 2023

Well i say it’s just a spud.

Let’s call the whole thing off.

Smashed it.

Some would say “Genetically Modified Tater”.

I’ll say, “Genetically modified Solanum tuberosum”

What does the genetically modified potato say?

… and what does the POTATO say?

Can we hear the Potato Scream?

He says his name is Po but his friends call him, “Tater”

(I think he knows Ron White)

Seriously: other than in the song, have you ever heard someone say “po-tah-to”’

I think the cartoonist has got his fruit & veg in a twist. The song referred to is about tomah-toes, and not potay-toes.

The eyes have it.

Is potato.

Dan Quayle says it’s a “potatoe”.

You say polluted creek, I say polluted crick.

You call it tomato and I call it tomahtoe…

Thanks spud not thanks, I’ll pronounce it with the “long a” sound.

Probably if really genetically modified, it’d be the whole po-tay-FOOT. Or, should you be of such persuasion, po-tah-FOOT.

That’s bio-engineered po-tah-to

Nobody speaks of Mr. Potahto Head.

It’s geneticauli flowered.