# Potato found growing inside woman after being used as a contraceptive. WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524 "2014-10-06T06:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/1 "2014-10-06T06:20:12Z")
[Well, this is different.](http://wgntv.com/2014/10/04/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-a-contraceptive/) How about it Doper Girls? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/2 "2014-10-06T06:35:21Z")
Well, she didn’t get pregnant, right? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/3 "2014-10-06T06:39:01Z")
If Mrs. Potato Head decides she wants a divorce over this, sorting out who gets which half of the accessories will be a drawn out affair. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/4 "2014-10-06T07:13:24Z")
About ten years ago I heard about a woman who went to the emergency room complaining of “green vines” growing “down there.” At first the staff was confused. Did she mean “green veins?” Nope. Turned out the woman stuck a potato in there to keep her uterus from sagging and then forgot it was there until it sprouted and made its presence known. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/5 "2014-10-06T07:27:45Z")
Whad’ya think? Russet? Sweet? Fingerling? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/6 "2014-10-06T08:42:54Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Well, she didn’t get pregnant, right? Well, not with a human child, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/7 "2014-10-06T08:44:02Z")
Ladies in the know insist on Yukon Gold. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/8 "2014-10-06T09:33:41Z")
[Nope](http://www.snopes.com/info/news/potato.asp). ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/9 "2014-10-06T12:25:48Z")
My favorite lines on this so far: “At least she knows she’s fertile.” “Her mom heard that her daughter was getting plowed and misunderstood.” “We need better sex ed programs. This is what happens when ignorance takes root.” “Good thing they removed it when they did, or she would have eventually given birth to a creature which is half human and half potato.” “She’s having Tater Tots.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/10 "2014-10-06T12:42:24Z")
I’m surprised the doctors aren’t being sued for contradicting the mother on birth control. Oh yeah, it’s not America. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/11 "2014-10-06T12:58:34Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Ladies in the know insist on Yukon Gold. :smack: Please, don’t give the 6th Ave Marketing folks ideas. We’re so close to Halloween that I could almost hear it: [TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld] “I don’t always drink flavored vodka, but when I do…” [/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld] :smack: :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/12 "2014-10-06T13:25:59Z")
I’ve put eyes on a few, but this is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/13 "2014-10-06T14:45:15Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > [Nope](http://www.snopes.com/info/news/potato.asp). Maybe I’m missing something, but it doesn’t look like Snopes has investigated it, they’re just reporting it in their weird news portion. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/14 "2014-10-06T15:03:14Z")
> [@](#): > > “I don’t always drink flavored vodka, but when I do…” I shudder to think what flavor you have in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/15 "2014-10-06T15:03:41Z")
That’s what happens when you get your contraceptives from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/16 "2014-10-06T15:14:48Z")
So in a pinch, could you just place an extra order French fries if you’re at MacDonald’s and it looks like you’re going to get lucky? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/17 "2014-10-06T17:59:47Z")
One of the nurses I worked with years ago had a similar story from her days working in a public health clinic. Only it was a sweet potato. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/18 "2014-10-06T19:25:11Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Only it was a sweet potato. At least it started out that way. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/19 "2014-10-06T19:32:31Z")
I call BS because whenever I leave a potato in a humid, dark place\* for a while it rots. \*I am talking about in a pantRy and I know they are not supposed to be humid but this is Florida and everything is humid all the time. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/20 "2014-10-06T19:49:05Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > At least it started out that way. Dear G-d. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524.md?page=2)