From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
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Subject: [WSFA] Re: Iggy, was: Ship-Con and Camp-Con (was: Re:   [WSFA]Re:Balticon in ...
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:59:15 -0500
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From: "Steve Smith" <sgs at aginc.net>
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Subject: [WSFA] Re: Iggy, was: Ship-Con and Camp-Con (was: Re:
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> Mike B. wrote:
> > At 08:24 PM 3/15/05 -0500, Ted White wrote:
>
> >>While I don't recall any "bouncing potatoes," I do recall Bill Rotsler
> >>creating cartoon faces on fried eggs, which were then auctioned.
> >
> > Even the song didn't really have bouncing potatoes...they were sarcasm
of
> > the "what's next?  Bouncing potatoes?" sort.
>
> 'Way before my time, too.  However, I heard that the "bouncing potatos"
> were real.  At the banquet (? restaurant?), Karen Anderson, appalled by
> the food, dropped a potato.  It bounced.
>
> Hence the song.

Sounds like a fannish urban myth to me.

--Ted White