Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for January 04, 2023

What? Frank?

Ah, let’s call the whole thing off…

(You knew someone was going to say that, didn’t you!)

Let’s call the whole thing off.

no one does

Potato to Tomato: "Oh … and how do you identify?

… Do you consider yourself a fruit or a vegetable?"

Tomato to Potato: “Do you identify as a root or stem?”

My name’s ’tator… Common ’tator

“What gender pronouns do you use?”

Let’s call the whole thing off….

eh lets call the whole thing off

Tomatoes and potatoes are related, and tomato vines can be (and have been) grafted onto potato plants. Why would someone want to do that, you may wonder. Simple – fries with ketchup.

Let’s call the whole thing off

@eolan59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2oEmPP5dTM

Ah yes, I remember it well…..

Very clever today.

EH??

Let’s call the whole thing a side order of fries with ketchup.

In the veggie realm, does it really matter?

You’re to-may-to, I’m po-tah-to. We’re incompatible.

Reminds me of a song I heard in a movie when I was a kid… “let’s call the whole thing off.”

Kiazi and Nyanya. What’s to mispronouce?

He actually looks more like a short, fat, frankfurter with freckles.

Got that, now let’s get to the spelling…

Well, the odds favor “to-MAY-to”; there are really just two small (and interestingly widely-separated) regions in the US where “to-MAH-to” is favored.

only moeroans say patahtoe

“Oh, don’t worry about it. People get it wrong all the time.”