Yes, some 30 protesters--who carried signs like "Couch potato out" and "Ban the term couch potato"--want the world to knew they're fed up with the oft-used, derogatory "couch potato" phrase, which people invoke to evoke images of slothful, often-obese, boob-tube addicts.
Come on, I just muster up much in the way of empathy for this ludicrous, toss-out-the-couch-potato-phrase movement.
But apparently the British Potato Council--which represents some 4,000 growers and processors--takes it quite seriously. The group staged the outlandish publicity stunt to bring attention to the fact that the phrase, "couch potato," does its food a "disservice."
Give me a break. Image, shimage, to even suggest ousting a word from the venerable Oxford English Dictionary is blasphemy!
Yeah, yeah, the beleaguered spud has taken a beating in recent years, in large part, due to the potato-spurning, low-carb movement.
I just had to laugh today when I read a story that a group of British potato farmers demonstrated outside Parliament in London to banish the term "couch potato" from the Oxford English Dictionary.
They did what?
Yes, some 30 protesters--who carried signs like "Couch potato out" and "Ban the term couch potato"--want the world to knew they're fed up with the oft-used, derogatory "couch potato" phrase, which people invoke to evoke images of slothful, often-obese, boob-tube addicts.
Come on, I just muster up much in the way of empathy for this ludicrous, toss-out-the-couch-potato-phrase movement.
But apparently the British Potato Council--which represents some 4,000 growers and processors--takes it quite seriously. The group staged the outlandish publicity stunt to bring attention to the fact that the phrase, "couch potato," does its food a "disservice."
Give me a break. Image, shimage, to even suggest ousting a word from the venerable Oxford English Dictionary is blasphemy!
Yeah, yeah, the beleaguered spud has taken a beating in recent years, in large part, due to the potato-spurning, low-carb movement.