I was quite surprised that my mother did not start licking the windows when we were in the cab (or “taxi” as they call it here in England) on our way to Manchester. We had hailed a cab outside the airport to take us to our hotel downtown. It just so happened that we had chosen a cab that was covered in ads for some flavored vodka shots called Corky’s.
As I was staring out the window, my mother asked me the strangest question:
Mom: Why is there a potato in there?
Me: What on earth are you talking about? Why is there a potato in where?
Mom: In the bottle? There’s a potato in the top of the bottle.
Me: That’s not a potato. That’s a flipping cork. Why on earth did you think there was a potato in the bottle?
Mom: I don’t know! I thought maybe you put a straw in it and it changed the flavor of the drink.
Me: Where on earth did you get that idea?
Mom: I don’t know! It just looks like a potato.
She hadn’t been drinking. She hadn’t hit her head earlier in the day. She hadn’t been talking in her sleep. She hadn’t even been inhaling white out or eating paste.
Lord only knows where on god’s green earth she got the idea of the straw-through-the-potato thing as a flavor enhancer. Pretty sure that she won’t be getting a job in any marketing firms any time soon.
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Gold. I love your mum.
And she loves you right back.
-CS
hahahaha oh god…she’s amazing…!
If by “amazing” you mean “special”, then I totally agree with you. -CS
I love her. I give her partial credit, though. That is a potato in there.
It’s not a potato!! Come on! When was the last time you saw a potato floating in vodka? -CS
Well I’m not sure about the “sticking the straw though for added flavour” part, but the cork kinda does look like a potato – if you weren’t wearing your glasses or someone had just smacked you upside the head…
Or you were drunk from drinking vodka through a potato. -CS
I am going to have to agree that it looks like a potato. Not really flavor enhancing though. Unless you like potatos – a LOT.
You’d really have to love potatoes to want to add them to vodka. Not so yummy to me. -CS
Loves me a bit of vodka
Vodka is not my friend. The first time I ever got sick from booze was because of vodka. -CS
In her defense it looks exactly like a potato.
But when was the last time that you saw a potato used as a cork? -CS
That really does look like a tiny potato. Or an immense bottle.
I vote, and hope, for the latter.
In all seriousness, it may have been triggered by connection between Vodka and potatoes to begin with, as some vodka is made from fermented taters.
Not that it’s much of a marketing advantage…
Cheers,
Scot
That was her rationale, but still, come on!! No one puts potatoes in an f’ing bottle and vodka tastes NOTHING like potatoes. -CS