Tuesday, February 14, 2006

"FAMOUS POTATOES" Indeed!!!
The great IDAHO License Plate Controversy!

There's been a lot of noise made lately that our great State of Idaho should cease using the eternally timeless slogan, "famous potatoes" on LICENSE PLATES. I say, "phooey to that!" If you live in Idaho, potatoes, whether you know it or not, are your heritage! It's bad enough that no one in the contiguous 48 states even knows where Idaho IS...when I attended the University of (you guessed it) IDAHO, I found that many of the out-of-state college transfers originally thot Idaho was near Michigan or Ohio, obviously confusing our (very) humble state with Iowa or Indiana. We can't have that; we must EDUCATE those potato-state-ignorant folks! When you tell them about Idaho POTATOES, they realize, "oh, Idaho must be out WEST somewhere". That way, at least they've got the REGION of our country right, if not the exact location of our state. And, that's a start.

Also, without POTATOES, what do we have? The timber industry in this state has basically bitten the dust, what with lumber mills closing left and right and "spotted owl" freaks trying to shut down what's left of our timber-harvesting industry. So Idaho can't wrap its identity around a pile of logs anymore. And, what about mining, our other big industry? Yeah, rrrright, what with metals prices down, EPA sanctions everywhere, and those miners who are still mining thinking maybe they oughta do something else, after hearing about the tragic news of those coal miners trapped underground back east...face it, our MINING industry isn't what it once was. So we won't be known for that anymore, either.

So what's left? POTATOES, that's what's left. Face it, farmers in Idaho will be growing spuds until the next Ice Age. And even if we North Idahoans never see an Idaho potato, well, at least they're grown in our state, so we can cling to that. So I say, fellow Idahoans, let's not tamper with our identity. Instead, let's EMBRACE OUR HERITAGE, fall on our knees, and defend our rights to keep our state's collective identity intact. Rather than remove any reference to potatoes on our license plates, I say, WE SHOULD STRUT OUR STUFF!!! POTATOES FOREVER!!! With that in mind, I humbly submit MY new Idaho License Plate design...

Imagine this baby, baked, split wide-open with melted butter, chives, tons of sour cream and maybe some bacon bits scattered on top...folks, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE! A bunch of SPUDS! It's time we owned up to our humble yet durable mascot...the mighty POTATO. I'd pay for a plate like this!
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Another new post lurks below. It's almost as dumb as this one was.

2 Comments:

Blogger stebbijo said...

That's right cdadave! We need to "strut our stuff" -- all five extra pounds of it wherever that may be!

People only know Idaho by potatoes. When I moved to Oklahoma - I faced the reality of our existence! The only thing most of those okies will ever relate Idaho to is spuds and well of course - me!

Onward Spuds of Idaho!

12:59 AM  
Blogger Lil ol' me... said...

Ah, Stebbi...you remind me of a country song..."You're the reason God made Oklahoma".

Actually, I found Idaho was remembered for 2 things; spuds, of course, that and the Aryans. Well, the Aryans are (allegedly) gone, and the spuds remain. Things could be worse. Right? I said, "rrrright?"

2:45 AM  

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