buckbrush Loc: Texas then Southwest Oregon

You meet the nicest people living in the country.

I was walking out of a farm store this morning after buying some electric fencing materials and:

A nice woman was walking out in front of me towards the parking lot.

She turned towards me while walking and said,
“Did you hear about the two potatoes that got married?”

I must have had a quizzical look on my face as she continued on by saying,
“They had a little tater and named it sweet potato.”

I thought that was cute so I smiled and she continued on by saying’
“Sweet potato told her parents that when she grew up she wanted to marry Tom Brokaw”.

“They said you can’t do that…..He’s just a common tater”

I have to admit I chuckled all the way to my truck. Glad I walked out with her.

Alex

Dewey8

It may be corny, but I like like it.

pbearperry Loc: Massachusetts

Hahahahaha

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

I was raised in WV and after military got a job in Maryland just out of D.C. and worked for 31 years. I retired and moved back to WV and the first thing I was impressed with is how people communicate with strangers. To have people just start a conversation in stores or shops is common and makes life more enjoyable. In the D.C. area you were lucky to know neighbors at times.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Groan--funny!

ckayakne Loc: Wolfeboro/Portsmouth, NH

So my wife and I are shopping this past weekend at an Ocean State Job Lot store in New England and while my wife was looking at these huge teddy bears and older woman starts to talk with us. "Oh these are very cute I might need to get one, are there any males?" So I check a couple and say, I can't find one, she then says, oh these must be all transgender!". She then says, "can I tell you a story?" So of course my wife and I are thinking it's about a family member and a teddy bear. Well, she goes to say that a man just turning 65 wants to drive 50 miles to sign up for social security. He drives off to the SS office and the staff help him fill out all the paper work. And the final step is to confirm his identity with some ID. Now the man has left his wallet and ID at home, already has memory failure and tells the staff of his predicament. They said they need an ID. He said I can prove I am 65 if you let me unbutton my shirt and show you I have grey hair. The staff was reluctant, but said OK and he unbuttons his shirt and they accept his claim that he is 65. He drives home and tells his wife the story and she laughs but asks him one more question, "why didn't you unzip your pants and get disability at the same time?"
My wife and I are in stitches laughing that this older lady who we have never met tells this "story" in the store!

ogee Loc: L.A. (Lower Alabama)

I must be old. The first time I heard that story the "common tater" was David Brinkley.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

flyguy Loc: Las Cruces, New Mexico

1Feathercrest Loc: NEPA

Cute story that can be told to any age level and will bring a smile. I'm tired of filthy language.

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

Now Ill never be able eat another tater tot.

GeneV Loc: Lampasas, Texas

My mother could strike up a conversation with anyone. One day she, my wife, and I stopped at a lunch counter and there were two stools together and one two stools away. She told us to take the two and she would sit at the single. No longer than two minutes later we looked over and she was in full conversation with a lady she had never seen before and it lasted thru the complete meal. I always said she could talk on the telephone for 30 minutes to a wrong number.

Tikva Loc: Waukesha, WI

Cute, gave me a chuckle.

GeneV Loc: Lampasas, Texas

Tikva,glad you got a chuckle. To make it even better, it's all true.

Gene

Tikva Loc: Waukesha, WI

As the old saying goes, ‘Truth is stranger than fiction’.