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Old 03-04-2009, 10:28 PM
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Jay, if you spin a raw potato on your table top and then stop it suddenly, does it start spinning again when you let go of it like a raw egg does?
Usually not.


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Hmmm, now I'm thinking of a new NAR competition event: Potato lofting.
If you fermented potatoes long enough, the resulting beverage might tie in nicely with beerlofting events.

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Old 03-05-2009, 12:15 AM
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JR: I thought that thing with the raw egg only happened on Leap Day...

... and that potatoes only did that on Idaho Statehood Day...

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Old 03-05-2009, 09:47 AM
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JR: I thought that thing with the raw egg only happened on Leap Day...

... and that potatoes only did that on Idaho Statehood Day...
Mark,

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