A SPUD BY ANY OTHER NAME....

   MONDAY, MARCH 1st, 2021

A SPUD BY ANY OTHER NAME....

. I'M AN OLD SCHOOL GUY WHO , ADMITTEDLY.

HAS SOME PROBLEMS DEALING WITH, OR IN SOME

CASES, ACCEPTING THE BLINDING SPEED OF POLITICAL

CORRECTNESS IN OUR  WORLD. IN A FAIRLY SHORT TIME

SPAN WE HAVE CHANGED THE NAME OF PROFESSIONAL 

SPORTS TEAMS, AND TAKEN CLASSIC  IMAGES OF NATIVE

AND AFRICAN AMERICANS OFF OF POPULAR PRODUCTS.

THE LATEST VICTIM SEEMS TO BE MR. POTATO HEAD!

HASBRO, WHICH HAS MANUFACTURED THE CHILD'S

TOY SINCE 1952, HAS DECIDED TO DROP THE "MR, FROM

 THE THE CHARACTER'S TITLE. SEEMS THEY

WANT TO BE GENDER NEUTRAL. NOW, IN A SENSE,

THE MOVE IS LOGICAL.THE TOY IS BASED

ON A POTATO. AND A POTATO HAS NO GENDER...IT'S

SIMPLY...A VEGETABLE. BUT AFTER NEARLY 70 YEARS

I THINK THE POTATO HEAD FAMILY DESERVES TO

RETAIN IT'S CLASSIC TITLE....WHETHER THAT BE MR.

OR MRS POTATO HEAD.   BUT WAIT!  THERE'S AN UPDATE!

AFTER HEARING ALL THE NEGATIVE REACTION, AND

MAYBE MY BLOG, HASBRO HAS "MASHED" ITS PLANS

AND DECIDED TO KEEP MR. AND MRS. POTATO HEAD ON

THE MENU! NOW THAT IS GOOD NEWS!