Fafa@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat is happening with this potatoe?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageWhat is happening with this potatoe?lemmy.worldFafa@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoMy favourite great hunger joke: How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman? None.
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.