Doesn't really translate

[shivver]

From a discussion in Slack at work:

K: Don't worry. I take all leftovers and feed them to my husband.
N: I thought you fed them to your chickens?
My husband: potato, potato

Doesn't really translate, does it? But every time he does that - types out that phrase - it cracks me up.

Of course, when he's actually saying the phrase, he instead says, "Potato, Sontaran." Which doesn't make much sense to most people, but also cracks me up.

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[arcanetrivia]

I would usually spell it "potahto" (or "tomahto") to make the distinction in text. But now I may steal "potato, Sontaran", lol.

[shivver]

Oh, he absolutely leaves it spelled the same way both times just for that moment of dissonance when you read it "potayto potayto" and go, "That's not how it's supposed to be!" :)