Cartoon Mashed Potatoes: A Playful Caption Contest

Mashed Potatoes Cartoon

I asked my readers to develop a good caption for this cartoon. There were so many good ones, but I decided on this one because of its play on words. I must have thought of the idea for this cartoon around Thanksgiving when we have lots of friends and family over for a big meal with lots of mashed potatoes. Someone suggested that the Reluctant Gourmet hold a whisk in his hand, which would make mashing the potatoes quite tricky, but it is not a whisk but a masher.

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62 Responses

  1. 1.Dagnabbit, I knew I should have hired that cement mixer.

    2. Why can’t they have fish and chips like the Brits?

    3. I know that jar of nutmeg is in here somewhere!

  2. Double, double toil and trouble;
    Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
    In the cauldron boil and bake;
    Eye of newt and toe of frog,
    Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

  3. I say, this election year, some candidates would like don your cap and mash up all their hot potatoes!

  4. John mashed his potatoes blissfully unaware that the peelings were conspiring with the garbage disposal to clog up at the most inopportune time possible…

  5. Your Thanksgiving workout begins and ends with Potatoes.
    Pump-up the volume, Pump-up the volume,
    5 mashes with the right, 5 mashes with the left.
    Rest and repeat ’til it’s ready to eat

  6. Can we talk? I really think Mashed Potatoes are a BAD idea! I’m thinking some nice rice would be A Good Thing!

  7. 1. It’s the Monster Mash
    2. Hi, I’m your common-tator for this po-tater special
    3. Strike it rich with the best of yukon gold!
    4. Is your spud detector going off yet?
    5. The eyes have it – It’s delicious!

  8. …. Honey…. my parents called… they’re bringing the Smithsons with them… I told them you wouldn’t mind doing a bit extra!

  9. 1. Reluctant Gourmet was beginning to regret his decision to invite “extended family” to Thanksgiving dinner.
    2. Next on Reluctant Gourmet’s To-Do List: Search Internet for leftover mashed potato recipes.
    3. Reluctant Gourmet was beginning to realize why the cookbook discouraged quadrupling the mashed potato recipe.

  10. Spudtacular here!
    Frakecrashed
    Fried, Baked, Creamed or Mashed?
    Which will it be?
    Peel me and see.
    Happy Thanksgiving!

  11. This is the last time I buy anything from the school fundraiser. I think I would be easier to just give them a check.

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