# My magic 'taters didn't work tonight. . .
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 11, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969 "2002-04-11T03:42:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969/1 "2002-04-11T03:42:08Z")
Crap.
I skated tonight, and relatively poorly. Yeah, I had a few good plays, but I ended up falling a lot, and dinking around with the puck when I should have been shooting. My reasoning: My magic taters didn’t work tonight.
I’ve got this superstition that if I eat a bowl of mashed potatoes topped with sour cream, cheddar cheese, and fresh ground peppercorn, and then take a nap, I’ll have plenty of _gusto_ to go out there and kick some ass. . .
Well, we played the easier team tonight, and we got our asses handed to us, 5 - 0. I had a few SOGs but my plus-minus rating is in the gutter.
Do you guys have any superstitions I could try? Maybe a little lucky practice or two? Playoffs are coming up, and I don’t want to suck. . .
Tripler
Maybe it was the Bac-Os I added tonight. ☹
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### Author:  [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969/2 "2002-04-11T03:55:02Z")
Dude, all I’m saying is that _I_ wouldn’t feel comfortable putting fake bacon on my taters and relying on them to carry me through. I’s have to have the real thing. No doubt.
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### Author:  [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969/3 "2002-04-11T10:32:46Z")
Sorry about the bad game, babe.
The only superstition I can think of is don’t let me watch the games. I’m a jinx.
Then again, I didn’t, so I guess that one is out the window. 😉
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### Author:  [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2002, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969/4 "2002-04-11T11:19:57Z")
Yeah, **Tripler** , that happens to a lot of guys. (Not me of course. My “taters” work juuust fine.) Maybe you were just tired. Or, did you take any cold medicine? I guess you just had to cuddle…
Oh, wait…
Never mind.
-Rue.
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### Author:  [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969/5 "2002-04-11T11:51:14Z")
_Silently taps Tripler’s shin pads with her stick for good luck_
I always listen to **Bruise Violet** by Babes in Toyland to get me pumped up. Try a song. 😃
And good luck. We’re heading for the playoffs too.
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### Author:  [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-magic-taters-didnt-work-tonight/102969/6 "2002-04-11T13:33:03Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ogre \*
> \*\*No doubt. \*\*
Yeah… no doubt Boo… no doubt. It be the fake-o’s you be usin’ my homey. Word.
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Sorry… don’t know what came over me.