Potato chip
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“Once you pop the fun don’t stop.”
A potato crisp, or chip (the right word if you're an extreme idiot), or crispity crunchy munchie crackerjack snacker nibbler snap crack n' pop Westpoolchestershireshire Queen's lovely jubly delight in Great Britain, is the sexy two-dimensional version of a three-dimensional potato. For analogues in higher dimensions,[1] see potato soufflé.
Discovery[edit | edit source]
The existence of the potato crisp was first hypothesized by Albert Einstein in 1903 while studying in the basement of his mother's house. (That's what he said he was *cough*wanking*cough* doing down there.) Potato crisps were later produced in staggering numbers by tossing the entire state of Idaho into a rotating black hole, thereby vindicating Einstein's much-despised theory of general relativity once and for all.
They then rose to become a smash hit reaching No. 2 in the UK downloads chart in 1764. In first place came the Battle Of Stirling Bridge. Some dedicated followers were so dismayed that they entered the XBOX worldwide gaming championship, 2507. Jesus was among this crowd, along with Ghandi, Jack White and the world heavyweight boxing champipion, Pete Burns.
Home improvement[edit | edit source]
In 1941 the famous non-Euclidean architect M C Escher conjectured that the standard potato crisp can be used to tile a bathroom floor. Unfortunately, Escher's attempt to prove it by actually tiling his bathroom floor with actual potato crisps unexpectedly created an actual rupture in the space-time continuum, which drove his wife ("Mrs." Escher) insane. It also attracted large numbers of rats and cockroaches, so the Environmental Health Agency slapped a compulsory purchase order on the property. He and his wife had to go and live in a hut.
What's it made of?[edit | edit source]
The main ingredient in all potato crisps is Soylent Green, more commonly known as people. OM NOM NOM ... humans ...[2]
Potato crisps made with Olestra™ will make you wish you were never born while you sing hymns on the toilet for the next seven years as you slowly drain—not to mention years of anal leakage that may follow.
Economic crop[edit | edit source]
Potato crisps are an extremely important cash crop in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, and most inner cities in the United States. Potato crisps provide fat, cholesterol, and shit that clogs your teeth and stuffs your crap factory which is what most obese backwater idiots enjoy in the areas where potato crisps are a main course.
Potato chip crisp etiquette[edit | edit source]
Since potato crisps are an offense to Sophia, they should be consumed only in the direst circumstances.
They also must not be thrown on the ground in the presence of sea slugs. In 2006, the long-awaited opening of the Mediterranean Sea Slug Preservatory in Venice, Italy, was marred by the sight and smell of millions of sea slugs in various stages of death. This was a direct result of a dispute over whether Lay's or Ruffles were the better crisp. This is referenced in chapter four of "Walt Whitman in Australia" by J.Powell, L.Myers, and E.Voss.
Also, you must NEVER, EVER spill water on someone's potato crisps, even by accident. Soggy potato crisps are morally offensive and extremely disgusting, and getting them wet could result in your untimely death by strangulation.
Benefits[edit | edit source]
Potato crisps have been shown to stop prevent heart ailments and cure cancer. They prevent fevers, colds, HIV, AIDS, and most bacterial infections ... Hell, why can't we just eat them every day without thinking about it? Potato crisps have also been known to increase gamer's gaming capacity by 0.5% per potato crisp.
Who eats potato chips crisps?[edit | edit source]
Scientists have proved that, amazingly, absolutely everybody in the entire world eats potato crisps, at least occasionally. Rush Limbaugh personally consumes 52,000 kilogrammes per year, accounting for over half of all potato crisp consumption in North America. In second place is Australia and then the Mormons, who consider potato crisps sacred and use unleavened Pringles in their polygamy ceremonies.
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The one-dimensional version of the potato is, of course, the French fry. Some scientists say that zero-dimensional potatoes are popcorn, but everyone thinks these scientists are silly and should be thrown down a well.
- ↑ Lays, Frito (1976)
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