Jude wrote:

> Once, when I was single and living by myslef. I got laughed at by the
> grocery stiore clerk for buying 1 potato. "A single potato? never seen
> anybody buy that before. What's a person gonna do with one single
> potato? Damn, hahahahahahaha....!"
>

I sometimes buy one potato. My wife and I are both allergic to them,
though I occasionally have on. I few weeks ago I made the mistake of
buying three potatoes and my wife pointed out that we already had 2 left
over from a few weeks before. :-)


> Nowadays, nobody laughs at me when I buy my 3 potatoes! (I get
> yellowfinns in 5 lb sacks and red potatoes in 3 lb bags, but my
> baking(russet) potatoes i buy loose when I need em. Never can buy one
> without thinking of that day, though.

I realize that it would be a lot cheaper to buy my potatoes by the bag,
but we end up having to throw half of them out. At least we learned where
to start looking for the source of that horrid smell.