Это не про авиацию. Но такого короткого рассказа построенного на игре слов, я давно не видел.

Для понимания текста требуется одно замечание - Tom Brokaw - старейший комментатор на американском ТВ.

Словарь при переводе потребуется толковый, типа http://www.merriamwebster.com/

Рекомендую для тех, кто думает, что он знает английский .

THE POTATO STORY

You know that all potatoes have eyes.
Well, Mr. and Mrs. Potato had eyes for each other, and finally they got
married, and had a little sweet potato, whom they called 'Yam.' Of course,
they wanted the best for Yam. When it was time, they told her
about the facts of life. They warned her about going out and getting
half-baked, so she wouldn't get accidentally mashed and get a bad name for
herself like 'Hot Potato,' and end up with a bunch of Tater Tots. Yam said
not to worry, no Spud would get her into the sack and make a rotten potato out of her!

But on the other hand she wouldn't stay home and become a Couch Potato,
either. She would get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her
Shoestring cousins. When she went off to Europe, Mr. and Mrs. Potato told
Yam to watch out for the Hard Boiled guys from Ireland and also the greasy
guys from France called the French Fries. And when she went out west, she
was to watch out for the Indians so she wouldn't get scalloped. Yam said
she would stay on the straight and narrow and wouldn't associate with those
high class Yukon Gold's, or the ones from the other side of the tracks who
advertise their trade on all the trucks that say, 'Frito Lay.'

Mr. and Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P.U.(that's Potato University)
so that when she graduated she'd really be in the Chips. But in spite
of all they did for her, one day Yam came home a announced she was
going to marry Tom Brokaw.

Tom Brokaw!

Mr. and Mrs. Potato were very upset. They told Yam she couldn't possibly
marry Tom Brokaw because he is just a..

- - -Are you ready for this?- - -

...A Common Tater

[ 21-03-2002, 23:07: Сообщение отредактировано: JT ]