I am young but I know it was because he was a common tater. Tom On 10/30/07, Robert E. Armstrong <robertA9@comcast.net> wrote: > > Dear Armstrongs, > My Dad loved this joke. He thought it was really funny, but that was > back in the 1930s. > I'm going to tell it to you, and I hope you get the joke. But you > probably have to be an old person. > > "Seems that an Irish Potato and an Idaho Potato got married, and after a > while they had a baby which they named Sweet Potato. > As time went by, Sweet Potato grew up and fell in love with Fulton Lewis > Jr. And she wanted to marry him. However her parents refused to give > their blessing to the marriage." > > Can you suggest a reason for their refusal? > > -- > Sincerely, > Bob Armstrong > in Houston, TX > picture > "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and without > regret." Roderick Haig-Brown > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of > America, author of the veterinary > mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or eBook, > ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and > INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble > Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
I wasn't sure, you may be right Tom, I was going to say because he was a Dick Tater. Mary, in New Hampshire, praying you get rain down south! We don't need another war! Thomas Fiske <thomas.fiske@gmail.com> wrote: I am young but I know it was because he was a common tater. Tom On 10/30/07, Robert E. Armstrong wrote: > > Dear Armstrongs, > My Dad loved this joke. He thought it was really funny, but that was > back in the 1930s. > I'm going to tell it to you, and I hope you get the joke. But you > probably have to be an old person. > > "Seems that an Irish Potato and an Idaho Potato got married, and after a > while they had a baby which they named Sweet Potato. > As time went by, Sweet Potato grew up and fell in love with Fulton Lewis > Jr. And she wanted to marry him. However her parents refused to give > their blessing to the marriage." > > Can you suggest a reason for their refusal? > > -- > Sincerely, > Bob Armstrong > in Houston, TX > picture > "I have fished through fishless days that I remember happily and without > regret." Roderick Haig-Brown > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Robert E. Armstrong, DVM, MS, member Dog Writers Association of > America, author of the veterinary > mystery/thrillers, CANIS - paperback, ISBN 0-595-29795-1 or eBook, > ISBN 0-595-75078-8 and > INDEX OF SUSPICION - ISBN: 0-595-20485-6 Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble > Visit my home page at http://home.houston.rr.com/rarmstrong9/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com