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Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew!

By Anonymous - 15/08/2017 11:30 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, I was writing an essay while sleep-deprived. In between actually writing, I started typing my thoughts. It was only after I’d submitted the essay that I realized that I hadn’t deleted the random words. My teacher can see my early-morning rambling about potatoes. I have no way to delete it. FML

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Glowworm56 26

Tuesday 15 August 2017 1:50

To be honest, the potato rambling sounds more interesting than whatever topic you originally had to write about.

jfsiv 17

Tuesday 15 August 2017 2:42

Luckily it was just potatoes. I can only imagine what half the commenters here would have been mumbling about.

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Glowworm56 26

Tuesday 15 August 2017 1:50

To be honest, the potato rambling sounds more interesting than whatever topic you originally had to write about.

jfsiv 17

Tuesday 15 August 2017 2:42

Luckily it was just potatoes. I can only imagine what half the commenters here would have been mumbling about.

Glowworm56 26

Tuesday 15 August 2017 2:50

Knowing clearly that I have some really crazy dreams, I'm absolutely afraid to answer that question.

RichardPencil 30

Tuesday 15 August 2017 2:57

I hope your teacher likes them French-fried pataters. Or vodka.

kirby1964 20

Tuesday 15 August 2017 4:10

So correct the essay and explain what happened. You both will have a laugh and move on.

tonyfan00 38

Tuesday 15 August 2017 6:45

Out of all the things you could have rambled about, potatoes is far from the worst...

RichardPencil 30

Tuesday 15 August 2017 9:30

I’m sure you’d get an A if you finally settled that whole po-tay-to/po-tah-to thing. Just “calling the whole thing off” is a cop-out that just lets the issue fester for future generations.