May 14, 2004
The Potato Brush's Grand Debut
Due to overwhelming popular demand, I hereby present, drumroll please... the unbelievable, the phenomenal, the incredible... Potato Shaped Potato Brush! [Loud applause]
It is small and it is cute! It's a she and she is shy! Please reserve The Brush your warmest welcome! [Roaring applause]
An amazing con artist, she was discovered by our talent scout, hidden in a basket of confusingly similar brushes!
Shaped like a potato, she'll scrub your potato! She'll entertain you and dazzle you with her favorite trick, in which she hides in the sink among all the other potatoes, waiting for you to pick it up by mistake, ready to peel it! Your kitchen will resound with her infectious and bubbling laughter! Your life will be transfigured! Talent and beauty will be yours! You will never have a bad hair day again! Or bang your little toe on the table leg!
And then you'll realize how badly you need a break! And you'll fly off to Madrid for a couple of days! To visit friends and buy Spanish food! And you'll wish your readers a lovely week-end! And leave it at that!
[The ringmaster somersaults and disappears in a puff of smoke.]
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Comments (20)
Permalink | Posted by clotilde in Tools & Utensils
Have a wonderful weekend in saffron country, Clotilde! Enjoy the sights, sounds and most especially the tastes, hehehe! :)
Posted by Karen on May 14, 2004 10:55 AMOh, thank you for the photo! It is, indeed, adorable! Have a wonderful time in Madrid! Eat croquettas till you're sick!
Posted by Su-Lin on May 14, 2004 12:21 PMDoes she have a name? Mustn't let the poor little potato brush run around without a name!
Posted by nattie on May 14, 2004 1:03 PMIt sort of looks like a terrifying mutation of a potato and a caterpillar. Like all those little brush-legs are going to start wiggling and it's going to scamper away under the sofa!
Posted by brian w on May 14, 2004 1:41 PMmlle. potato brush is everything you lead us to believe. i must also say that i am so impressed by the lighting effects and the gymnastics of your presentation!
Posted by monkey on May 14, 2004 2:09 PMHave a wonderful time!
Posted by Alisa on May 14, 2004 5:46 PMHave a grand time in Madrid! Eat croquettas and pimientos di piquilla and......
Posted by Hande on May 14, 2004 6:19 PMDid you know that there are little matching corn brushes and mushroom brushes, as well? Have a good time in Spain, lucky girl.
Posted by hilary on May 14, 2004 7:14 PMI just bought myself one of these! And I was so excited to have it, too. "Look!" I cried to my husband. "I'm finally buying myself a potato brush!" And oh, did he not care.
Posted by alice on May 14, 2004 7:58 PMHow cute! A potato brush.
I do hope you have a good time in Spain.
Posted by Charlotte on May 14, 2004 8:44 PMIs it the fact, that I am really sleepy or does that potatoe brush; bear a strange resemblance to the Leader's nose, that Woody Allen's character steals in his movie, "Sleeper." ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070707/ )
Posted by Jacob Freedman on May 17, 2004 3:46 AMThe Potato-shaped Potato Brush (Potatoforma Terraemalum Peniculus) is an interesting example of Darwinian-based adaptation by mimicry in kitchenlife. It is superficially similar to that of stick-insects such as the Phyliidae, the Phasmatidae or the Timemalidae, to name but the most familiar to the readers. But it raises an apparent paradox to the student: the stick-insects evolved mimicry to escape the predators, whereas the Potato-shaped Potato Brush seems to invite predation, by running a risk of being peeled and ending up as a handful of chips (with small brushes attached), as Clotilde described. This paradox is easily resolved: see Dawkins" The Extended Phenotype, Oxford University Press 1982, Chapter 4: Arms Races and Manipulations.
Posted by Patrick on May 17, 2004 11:32 AMThanks everyone, The Brush (for it is her name) was very pleased to meet you! She has now regained the peace of the kitchen sink rim, where she admits to feel a lot more comfortable.
Posted by clotilde on May 18, 2004 1:39 PMthe brush has regained her self esteem and confidence as she enjoys her rightful place in the kitchen. i think our job is done. long live mlle. brush.
(have you noticed that "the brush" and "the dalai lama" have the same first name? coincidence? i think not.)
Posted by monkey on May 18, 2004 6:21 PMI am in awe of the greatness of the Potato Brush.
Posted by Linus on May 18, 2004 10:39 PMI thing your potato brush could find love with this mushroom brush:
http://www.premiumknives.com/knifefiles/MSC%20International/MSC_Muschroom_Brush.jpg
Aww! ;)
Posted by lauren on May 31, 2004 10:46 PMLauren - I showed that photo to The Brush, and boy, she can't talk about anything or anyone else now! I'm hoping to set up a first date for them soon... :)
Posted by clotilde on June 1, 2004 4:15 PMCan someone please tell me where I can buy that potato brush?
Posted by Lani on July 23, 2004 12:12 AMLani - Someone had posted a link to the Kitchen Etc. web store, but apparently it is going out of business so, sorry, no other suggestion!
Posted by clotilde on July 23, 2004 5:31 PMhi i think the potato brush is a great idea i was just wondering where you can buy them.i live in tasmania post code 7011
Posted by nancy deane on September 30, 2005 8:17 AM