Fafa@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhat is happening with this potatoe?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageWhat is happening with this potatoe?lemmy.worldFafa@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoMy favourite great hunger joke: How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman? None.
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoNo potatoes doesn’t kill an Irishman, but Queen Victoria endorsing Charles Trevelyan’s laisse-faire policies of “continuing food exports and limiting aid to fellow subjects because depopulating Ireland was God’s will” did.
My Irish half just shuddered.
My favourite great hunger joke:
How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman?
None.
No potatoes doesn’t kill an Irishman, but Queen Victoria endorsing Charles Trevelyan’s laisse-faire policies of “continuing food exports and limiting aid to fellow subjects because depopulating Ireland was God’s will” did.