Mrs. Potato Bug

2012 April 1

OK, here’s a bug you don’t see in the house every day:

Yes, this is the sort of thing that happens when one has too many Potato Head Family parts available, and somebody notices that some of the potato-bodies have six mounting holes on the sides rather than four.

I can’t say as I know how to classify this – is it a beetle? A true bug? Some kind of cricket? Who knows?

I think it’s kind of reminiscent of these guys, although maybe not quite as creepy:

2 Responses
  1. April 1, 2012

    Terrified me, I’ll tell you. Don’t think Safer or pyrenthium is gonna whack those guys.

  2. April 2, 2012

    I wonder if Hasbro could be persuaded to produce some explicitly insectoid Potato Head parts?

    For that matter, I wonder if Cootie parts are potato-head compatible? Maybe we should get the Cootie game for the girls, and see!

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