[mea] Re: "Ban 'couch potato' from dictionary, spud farmers demand"
- From: "Cheri Frazer" <cfrazer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:02:42 -0000
Ok, this is getting quite off-topic for an editing list, but it's related to
the potato post. Several people have replied with potato jokes so I thought
I'd post this Star Wars spoof and some jokes that come from it:
http://www.storewars.org
>Darth Tater puns written by schoolchildren:
>"Mr. Miller, a fellow teacher, asked his students to
>come up with puns around the concept of 'Darth Tater.'
>
> # "Luke, I am your farmer"
> # "Trust your peelings"
> # "Luke Frywalker"
> # "If only you knew the power of the deep fried"
> # "Luke, I have drained you well"
> # "Luke, use the fork"
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> http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/06/20/spud-protest0506.html
> ============
>
> Ban 'couch potato' from dictionary, spud farmers demand
> Last Updated Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:12:49 EDT
> CBC News
>
> British spud farmers protested outside Parliament Monday to demand that the
> term "couch potato" be taken out of the Oxford English Dictionary, saying
the
> description is harmful to the vegetable's image.
>
> A group of about 30 farmers carried signs reading "couch potato out"
and "ban
> the term couch potato."
>
> The farmers have the backing of the British Potato Council, which wants the
> expression replaced with the term "couch slouch."
>
> "The potato industry are fed up with the disservice that 'couch potato'
does
> to our product when we have an inherently healthy product," said Kathryn
> Race, head of marketing at the council, which represents 4,000 growers and
> processors.
>
> The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term "couch potato" as "a person
> who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially
watching
> television or video tapes."
>
> Race said the council had written a complaint to the Oxford English
> Dictionary.
>
> John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, said words are
> never taken out of the full-length dictionary.
>
> "The OED is a record of the English language from the earliest days,"
Simpson
> said. "If something's in there, it remains as part of the patchwork of the
> English language."
>
> He said the inclusion of an expression is based on the currency of the term.
>
>
>
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