The Ol' Spud CPU Switcheroo

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How angry was the man or how stupid were the store clerks for the initial replacement to take place: Reuters reports that German store employees replaced a computer free of charge when an angry man returned it, claiming "packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts. " They only became suspcious when the man came back, trying to return ANOTHER tatered up computer and wanting money back in cash. The police are investigating him for fraud. Now, do Germans think computer grow in potato fields? Or that manufacturers would have potatoes, of all things, in the computer casing? What a mystery.

The potato clock: Always a crowd pleaser with little kids.

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