I had to write the word “potatoes” for some reason today, and it got me thinking about that kid who got a spelling lesson from Dan Quayle. You remember that? How Dan Quayle corrected his spelling of “potato” and told him that there is a “e” at the end of “potato”?
Anyway, what if you’re that kid? Imagine the conversations you would have with people. You would introduce yourself to someone … and when there’s a lull in conversation, you’ll say “hey, do you guys remember when Dan Quayle corrected a kid’s spelling of potato?” And then you would say “I was that kid.” Can you imagine the responses that you would get with that?
I wonder where that kid is now …
This is really random, I know, but for some reason, I thought of it when writing “potatoes.”