Sunday, January 18, 2009

The Eyes Have It

Look at what my husband found, in the far reaches of a cabinet while searching to see if we had any more cans of coffee. The cabinet goes so far back that it ends up behind our dishwasher. That's my excuse anyway.

He didn't find any coffee. Not that either one of us could think about drinking, or eating, anything after seeing this.


I found it particularly interesting that the forgotten potatoes look healthier than my spider plant.

42 comments:

  1. RheaJanuary 18, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    Your potatoes have tentacles. I think it's going to start talking and walk off next...

    yikes.

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  2. WeaselMommaJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    Thanks Momo, I feel so much better about my life now. You Rock!

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  3. Miss LisaJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:19 PM

    LOL--I guess you could plant them!

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  4. Melisa WellsJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    Is that from prehistoric times?

    Wow, too bad that cabinet didn't have a bunch of dirt in it too; you would have had quite a crop by now! :)

    (and I've done this several times myself; LOL)

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  5. Captain DumbassJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:42 PM

    You should chuck the spider plant and put one of those potatoes in the pot.

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  6. Piper of LoveJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:51 PM

    Potatoes going to root always makes me feel very productive. Like I've liberated them somehow, in a very Phoebe Buffay kind of way.

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  7. NatalieJanuary 18, 2009 at 8:13 PM

    piper totally cracked me up! hilarious...liberated potatoes!

    once at the end of my sophomore year in college my roommate was cleaning out from under her bed and pulled out a bunch of raisins. and when i say bunch i mean they were still on the vine. evidently she had eaten grapes at one point and what was left got shoved under her bed. i have a hard time eating raisins now.

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  8. JamieJanuary 18, 2009 at 8:28 PM

    plant the potatoes in the planter -

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  9. Irish GumboJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:04 PM

    Seriously, get them in the ground. Fresh spuds in the winter! Woo!

    Good thing those tentacles didn;t have eyes on them...

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  10. Surfer JayJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:06 PM

    Sweet, another week or so and you can have your own potato harvest. Or a science experiment.

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  11. Aunt Debbi/kurts momJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    Well lookie there, you are an accidental gardener.

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Wowza! I've never been able to get them to do that!! They've always melted into smelly goo before that.

    Wow, did I just admit that? damn

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  13. Ed (zoesdad)January 18, 2009 at 9:38 PM

    I think those are mine. Wow, those really are deep cabinets.

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  14. thediaperdiariesJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:45 PM

    I can't keep a plant alive for the life of me. Seriously how hard is it to water something now and then.

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  15. Maggie MayJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM

    oh dearie me.

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  16. Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing]January 18, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    I think you have something going. Just call yourself a farmer.

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  17. BOSSYJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    That is too funny -- you have grown those like a Plant Nursery!

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 1:39 AM

    See? I knew my theory of mutant potatoes from Planet Spudtron was correct! I knew it!

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 3:26 AM

    this makes me totally happy. :)

    yay. house plants!

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  20. MammaDawgJanuary 19, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    LOL - oh girl - I'm almost surprised it didn't walk off to the garden by itself! ;)

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    The fact that you didn't find them by their putrid rotting smell says a lot for your cabinetry.

    Not that I have any idea that rotting potatoes out rank spoiled milk or ground beef.

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  22. LeeAnneJanuary 19, 2009 at 8:51 AM

    I'm thinking that you just got a head start on a science project. You TOTALLY meant to do that, right?

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  23. AshleyJanuary 19, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    I agree with chucking the spider plant and just growing potatoes instead. You like fries, right?

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  24. Mama DawgJanuary 19, 2009 at 9:19 AM

    Are you sure it's not alive? Cause it looks like it's moving. For real.

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  25. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 9:50 AM

    That's awfully scary. I sense the dawn of a new career for you -- horror movie screenwriter. Shudder!

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  26. TomJanuary 19, 2009 at 1:08 PM

    Be grateful you caught them when you did. You might have had a remodeling project on your hands when those sprouts broke through to find sunlight.

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  27. kailaJanuary 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    I have the same thing growing on the counter next to my fridge. It is hidden behind the plethora of dog treats, but I know it is there. Once a week I make a mental note to throw them away. Thanks for reminding me.

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  28. MartinJanuary 19, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    I have the very same sight in front of me, but they are tulip bulbs!

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  29. the planet of janetJanuary 19, 2009 at 5:07 PM

    i think you could win at the county fair with that one! ;-)

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  30. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    You know, that doesn't look too bad to me. A week or two ago I had to pull a bag of gooey ones out of our pantry...

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  31. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 7:36 PM

    that gave me the HEEBIE JEEBIES! ha ha ha. seriously. it did. but i swear, if i don't start eating our potatoes quick enough, we'll have the SAME problem!

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  32. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    Ewwwwww!!

    That's about all I could grow, too. I have a black thumb when it comes to plants;)

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  33. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2009 at 9:50 PM

    Wow! I don't feel so bad about my 6 junk drawers now. Cool! Thanks!

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  34. MarinkaJanuary 20, 2009 at 7:20 AM

    Don't turn your back on them for a second!

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  35. HeatherJanuary 20, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    The last time I found a bag of forgotten potatoes, they had turned into black liquid stuff. I'd have prefered yours.

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  36. Speedcat HollydaleJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    I would still eat them .... HA HAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

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  37. OHmommyJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:46 PM

    Oh. Snap... another thing to add onto my to do list.

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  38. Putting the FUN in DysFUNctionalJanuary 21, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    Yum! Cut those eyes off and have some fries. LOL

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  39. laureleiJanuary 21, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    That's totally awesome. No attack-of-the-killer-potato-slime some of us have suffered through. Holding still to take a pic of that would've meant losing your lunch - and breakfast, and everything you ate last week. Bummer on the no coffee, though.

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  40. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 6:35 PM

    I would die without coffee. DIE.

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  41. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    Awesome gardening skills! :D Now I don't feel so bad about my cabinet potato garden. :D

    Why do they sell 10 lb bags anyways? We can usually get through only the first LB or so before tey take root. :D

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  42. DarkWingJanuary 27, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    lol, that's awesome

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