February 6th, 2014 / 10:18 pm
 Snippets
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Which would you rather do, write or eat potatoes? You must choose one.

29 Comments

  1. February 6th, 2014 / 11:48 pm shaun gannon—

      do i get to pick how the potatoes are prepared?

  2. February 7th, 2014 / 12:13 am A D Jameson—

      Sure. You may have YA potatoes, K-mart potatoes, meta-potatoes, alt-potatoes, and so on.

  3. February 7th, 2014 / 12:24 am elias tezapsidis—

      do i get to have a naturally high metabolism or do i still have to care about carbs?

  4. February 7th, 2014 / 12:46 am A D Jameson—

      Instead perhaps you should contrast the relative fiber content in potatoes vs. books? (Though does writing even entail books any more?)

  5. February 7th, 2014 / 12:48 am elias tezapsidis—

      guess i ll be eatin books again then. like all da otha modelz

  6. February 7th, 2014 / 1:07 am Brooks Sterritt—

      mash mash mash mash mash mash it up

  7. February 7th, 2014 / 1:19 am jeremy—

      Is moving into the woods and spending the rest of my life rolling around in a pit of mud not an option?

  8. February 7th, 2014 / 2:05 am Jeremy Hopkins—

      Finally, disqus loaded and I can answer the question.

  9. February 7th, 2014 / 5:28 am deadgod—

      I would rather metabolize a potato linguistically.

  10. February 7th, 2014 / 10:20 am ZZZZZIPPP—

      POTATOES, OF COURSE

      THERE IS NO WRITING WITHOUT POTATOES

      (AS YOU MUST ALREADY KNOW)

  11. February 7th, 2014 / 10:30 am Matt Rowan—

      Potatoes are always tempting. Biting into ’em like apples. Really gnawing.

  12. February 7th, 2014 / 10:31 am Matt Rowan—

      So I guess I would say potatoes.

  13. February 7th, 2014 / 10:51 am Quincy Rhoads—

      Rilke said that, right?

  14. February 7th, 2014 / 11:54 am mimi—

      i tried writing potatoes but it was grossly illegible and the paper got all mushy, so i guess i would rather eat potatoes

      but only if i’m allowed them twice-baked, cheddar grated on top, with lots of butter, a little salt, and sour cream on top (potato-erotica?)

  15. February 7th, 2014 / 1:02 pm Janice Lee—
  16. February 7th, 2014 / 1:30 pm bartleby_taco—

      omfg lol

  17. February 7th, 2014 / 2:21 pm Matthew Simmons—

      I would choose making and eating potato gnocchi to writing.

      The other preparations—even the deep fried ones—are not preferable to writing.

      Unless you are forcing me to write poetry.

  18. February 7th, 2014 / 3:46 pm shaun gannon—

      horror potatoes, please!

  19. February 7th, 2014 / 5:33 pm ZZZZZIPPP—

      HEY MIMI HAVE YOU EVER CRANKED AN OVEN UP TO 500 AND COOKED THE POTATO JUST LIKE THAT ON THE RACK

      WAIT FORTY MINUTES AND MAKE MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU WILL EAT

      ZZZZIPP IS A PHOTON AND DOES NOT REQUIRE FOOD BUT HE COULD SPEND A FULL TWENTY-FOUR HOURS MAKING AND EATING POTATOES IN THIS WAY

  20. February 7th, 2014 / 6:44 pm mimi—

      NO ZZZIPPY I HAVE NEVER CRANKED UP AN OVEN LIKE THAT AND COOKED A POTATO LIKE THAT I’VE NEVER CRANKED UP AN OVEN AT ALL I HAVE A PERSONAL CHEF AT MY BECK-AND-CALL HOW ONE SAY ‘TWENTY-FOUR SEVEN’ I’LL TELL HIM ALL ABOUT THIS OVEN CRANKING-UP AND POTATO COOKING-LIKE ADVICE AND HAVE HIM DO THAT FOR ME DON’T WORRY I’M NOT SHOUTING AND JUST KIDDING I DON’T REALLY HAVE A PERSONAL CHEF ZIPPY HAVE YOU EVER INTERACTED WITH A RETINA? MAYBE ONE TIME YOU HELPED A PERSON SEE THEIR BAKED POTATO

  21. February 7th, 2014 / 6:51 pm A D Jameson—

      You can do that or watch movies.

  22. February 7th, 2014 / 6:51 pm A D Jameson—

      Yes.

  23. February 7th, 2014 / 6:51 pm A D Jameson—

      That’s amazing.

  24. February 7th, 2014 / 7:06 pm ZZZZZIPPP—

      MIMI YES OF COURSE ZZZIPP HAS DONE THAT BUT HELPING A PERSON SEE A POTATO ISN’T AS INTERESTING FOR THE PHOTON AS IT IS FOR THE PERSON AND EVEN THEN YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT POTATOES HOWEVER DELICIOUS ARE NOT THE MOST AESTHETICALLY APPEALING OBJECTS

      THEREFORE ZZZIPP PREFERS TO LEAVE THAT TO OTHER PHOTONS AND SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME IN “PHOTON SPACE,” WHERE ALL KINDS OF THINGS EXIST THAT OTHERWISE DO NOT INCLUDING YOUR PERSONAL CHEF

      HE SAYS HELLO

  25. February 8th, 2014 / 2:07 pm mimi—

      dear zzippy, i realize i have been much too anthropocentric in my considerations of vision and potatoes and cetera, thank you for enlightening me
      that said, i do so appreciate the photons that have allowed me to see, potatoes and everything

  26. February 8th, 2014 / 3:35 pm Dena Rash Guzman—

      Fried potatoes please. Not french fries, not breakfast potatoes. Good old fashioned fried potatoes like Texans make.

  27. February 8th, 2014 / 4:21 pm A D Jameson—

      We should have a potato exchange! Lately I’ve been baking cubed potatoes with curry powder and black pepper.

  28. February 8th, 2014 / 5:05 pm deadgod—

      He said both:

      […] there is no potato
      That doesn’t see you. You must write.

  29. February 8th, 2014 / 7:54 pm Matthew Simmons—