Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Fertility 2.0 - Black Rock City is a kind of Petri dish. Theme camps cling in fertile clusters to its latticework of streets, artworks tumble out of it, like pollen on the air. These nodes of interaction mutate, grow and reproduce their kind. Burning Man communities have now escaped this capsule world: our culture in a Petri dish has effloresced - it spreads across five continents. This year's art theme contemplates the tendency of any being or living system to create abundant life.

Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:35 pm

Because potatoes are awesome.
They have political might. Not merely in regard to spelling by airhead vps, but also in that empires rise and fall on them. Russia, Peru...
They come in many colors.




and, oh yeah,






One word: Vodka
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby Savannah » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:43 pm

I am intrigued by your ideas, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:45 pm

Ha! one more email harvested! When I sell it to the Russians I'll be rich, rich I tell you....
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby ygmir » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:50 pm

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:52 pm

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby lemur » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:53 pm

ive cooked lotsa dif foods on the playa... stuff that drunk people like... stuff that sober people like.. stuff for vegans and not..

one thing ive never had any sizeable leftovers of ............ potatoes

people will eat the hell out of some mashed potatoes or homefries or hashbrowns..


it truly is amazing...



one of my favored snacks on the playa is those packs of mashed potatos that you add only water to.. my word, that hits the spot.


just give me tons of salt and butter and ground black pepper... and i can live a few weeks on the playa


(vegan mashed potatoes suck, by the way)
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:56 pm

(that's because there isn't a lot of vegan juice for the potatoes to soak up.)
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:58 pm



SUB:
รักแท้ดูแลไม่ได้
(having had) true love but was unable to take care of it.


ความรักของเธอ เสียงที่บอกฉันว่าเธอห่วงใย
kwaam rak kong ter siang tee bok chan waa ter huang yai
Love of yours, its sound tells me that you're concerned about me.

มือนั้นของเธอ ที่แตะหน้าผากฉัน วันที่ฉันไม่สบาย
meu nan kong ter tee dtae naa paak chan wan tee chan mai sa-baai
That hand of yours that touches my forhead during the days when I'm unwell.

* ทุกๆ ฉากทุกตอนไม่เคยจางหาย แม้จะผ่านเนิ่นนานเท่าไร
* took-took chaak took dton mai koie jaang haai mae ja paan nern-naan tao-rai
Every scene, every episode, they never fade away even though they had passed by however long ago.

และทุกฉากทุกตอน นั้นคอยตอกย้ำสิ่งที่ฉันเป็น ตั้งแต่เสียเธอไป
lae took chaak took dton nan koi dtok yam sing tee chan bpen dtang dtae sia ter bpai
And every scene, every episode, that kept emphasising the thing that I became since losing you.

** ว่าฉันเป็นคนโง่เหนือใครๆ มีรักแท้อยู่ ดูแลไม่ได้
* * waa chan bpen kon ngoh neua krai-krai mee rak tae yoo doo lae mai daai
That I am a stupid person, more so than anyone else, having had true love but was unable to take care of it.

จะรู้ค่ามันก็สายเกินไป ปวดร้าวคิดอยากย้อนเรื่องราวแค่ไหน ได้แต่ฝัน
ja roo kaa man gor saai gern bpai bpuat raao kit yaak yon reuang raao kae nai daai dtae fan
Got to know it's value but then it's too late, broken-hearted, however much I thought of reverting the story, I'm able but only to dream.

ต่อจนเหมือนเดิม รูปเมื่อก่อนนั้นที่มันขาดไป
dtor jon meuan derm roop meua gon nan tee man kaat bpai
Stick our picture, which was torn apart, back together.

แต่ทางของเรา จะต่อได้อีกไหม หรือว่าฉันต้องทำใจ
dtae taang kong rao ja dtor daai eek mai reu waa chan dtong tam jai
But will our paths meet again? Or that I should accept it?

เพราะทุกฉากทุกตอนไม่เคยจางหาย แม้จะผ่านเนิ่นนานเท่าไร
pror took chaak took dton mai koie jaang haai mae ja paan nern-naan tao-rai
Because every scene, every episode, they never fade away even though they had passed by however long ago.

และทุกฉากทุกตอน นั้นคอยตอกย้ำสิ่งที่ฉันเป็น ตั้งแต่เสียเธอไป
lae took chaak took dton nan koi dtok yam sing tee chan bpen dtang dtae sia ter bpai
And every scene, every episode, that kept emphasising the thing that I became since losing you.

(ซ้ำ **)

บอกหน่อยที่ไหนพอจะมี ประตูให้ฉันย้อนไปคืนวัน
bok noi tee nai por ja mee bpra-dtoo hai chan yon bpai keun wan
Tell me a little, just where there will be a door for me to revert to the nights and days,

ที่ฉันมีเธออยู่ จะขอดูแลอีกครั้ง...
tee chan mee ter yoo ja kor doo lae eek krang . . .
that I had you; I'll take a good care of you, once again...

ฉันมันคนโง่เหนือใครๆ มีรักแท้อยู่ ดูแลไม่ได้
chan man kon ngoh neua krai-krai mee rak tae yoo doo lae mai daai
I am that stupid person, more so than anyone else, having had true love but was unable to take care of it.

จะรู้ค่ามันก็สายเกินไป ปวดร้าวคิดอยากย้อนเรื่องราวแค่ไหน ได้แต่ฝัน
ja roo kaa man gor saai gern bpai bpuat raao kit yaak yon reuang raao kae nai daai dtae fan
Got to know it's value but then it's too late, broken-hearted, however much I thought of reverting the story, I'm able but only to dream.
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby AntiM » Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:59 pm

Er, I'm allergic to potatoes. Well, sensitive. Damn poisonous tubers.
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby ygmir » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:00 pm

AntiM wrote:Er, I'm allergic to potatoes. Well, sensitive. Damn poisonous tubers.


nightshades?
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:01 pm

Yeah, nightshade.

Sorry, AntiM, you just have to take one for the team this year.
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby theCryptofishist » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:02 pm

I never would have guessed!

[url=http://www.idahopotato.com/faqs]What is the Difference Between Idaho® Potatoes and Russets?
Russet potatoes are grown in many states, however, only potatoes grown in Idaho can be called Idaho® potatoes. Idaho’s ideal growing conditions – the rich, volcanic soil, climate and irrigation – are what differentiate Idaho® potatoes from potatoes grown in other states. [/url]
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby AntiM » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:06 pm

Take one for the team? Where?
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby ygmir » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:06 pm

really, so far, it's a food, a beverage, a toy, and a weapon.
we sing about it, and too it.
we play with it.

Sham, may even have "Ben Wa" potatoes, for all we know.........
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby AntiM » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:26 pm

Every now and then, Larry showed up with a bag of potatoes to give away, he had to sweep them out of the trailers. The small ones get left behind when they unloaded. Not so much now he's doing flatbed.
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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby Eric » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:37 pm

God I miss cheesy potatoes. One day I'm just going to damn the consequences and stay home & make this again.

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby ygmir » Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:40 pm

Eric wrote:God I miss cheesy potatoes. One day I'm just going to damn the consequences and stay home & make this again.

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Re: Why 2012 Theme Should Be Potatoes

Postby BoyScoutGirl » Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:40 pm

More evidence at timepoint 3:09



(or click this finely-crafted link to go straight to 3:09:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG7NIhti93o&t=3m9s)

Anyone remember this show? The animatronics aren't half bad!
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