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Q: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato? ( No Answer,   6 Comments )
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Subject: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato?
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: bear383-ga
List Price: $4.00
Posted: 27 Oct 2005 05:47 PDT
Expires: 26 Nov 2005 04:47 PST
Question ID: 585608
I would like to know if anyone has ever been killed by a potato, not
from eating one, but maybe crushed by a sack of them or something?  Or
maybe someone threw one out the window of a building and ended up
killing someone?

I am not expecting a lot of detail.  Just maybe the persons name and how they died.
Thanks in advance.

Clarification of Question by bear383-ga on 27 Oct 2005 06:14 PDT
To Clarify:
I would like to know if anyone was ever killed by a potato meaning
that the potato itself caused the death.  If someone died from being
hit by a potato, which was launched from a potato gun, this answer
would be great.  But I am not looking for any potato-related deaths
like someone dieing from misusing a potato peeler, ect.
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Subject: Re: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato?
From: redhoss-ga on 27 Oct 2005 06:00 PDT
 
I think I have heard about people being killed by potato guns.
Subject: Re: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato?
From: umiat-ga on 27 Oct 2005 06:07 PDT
 
Yes - potato peelers, potato harvesters and potato guns have all caused death. 
Take a look:
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2003-47,GGLD:en&q=%22killed+by+potato%22
Subject: Re: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato?
From: bowler-ga on 27 Oct 2005 09:42 PDT
 
I'm sure if the potato ever killed anyone and got caught and found
guilty he would be fried :)
Subject: Re: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato?
From: hapgood-ga on 27 Oct 2005 11:40 PDT
 
You might be making a mistake ruling out answers involving
consumption.  Raw potatoes are really toxic.  (Cooking denatures the
toxins.)  I think the fatal dose is something on the order of a dozen
or so -- around five pounds.  I might have the numbers wrong, but
whatever, potatoes are without doubt a major exemption to the idea
that all things natural are good.
Subject: Re: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato?
From: tempworker-ga on 27 Oct 2005 22:36 PDT
 
What about that movie Attack of the Killer Potatos?
Subject: Re: Has anyone ever been killed by a potato?
From: lordkhuzdul-ga on 04 Nov 2005 12:04 PST
 
Potatoes that have green buds growing from them are highly toxic -a
toxin which is not neutralized by the heat. It is easy enough to
discern, but fatalities occur due to ignorance from time to time.

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