# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/21 "2014-10-06T23:08:20Z")
Best consecutive thread titles EVER: Potato found growing inside woman after being used as a contraceptive. WTF? Little\_Pig I just biked 145 miles and literally everything hurts but I feel great Stealth Potato ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/22 "2014-10-06T23:13:20Z")
“Your own private Idaho” will never sound quite the same again. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/23 "2014-10-07T00:11:51Z")
There’s a fish & chips joke here somewhere ---
**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 7, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/24 "2014-10-07T00:37:35Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I shudder to think what flavor you have in mind. Easy, Susan. I didn’t invent the “The mostinterestingmanintheworld” silly macho theme. Vodka comes from potatoes and that potato is a vintage hither to unknown to man \> rule 34 \> Someone is going to sell alcohol to its meme. Sure, its foul, but those idiots think whats shuddering is your ankles. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/25 "2014-10-07T04:26:53Z")
Beats the hell out of a green quince used as a pessary. They don’t sprout, but they do rot. Nice lady very impressed with her new rubber donut shaped support. Over the course of a career removal of foreign objects from vaginas has left me unsurprised by much. Puzzled, yes. Especially the broken off top of a very large glass stopper. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/26 "2014-10-07T08:20:34Z")
It’s supposed to be an aspirin between your knees. Eh, close enough. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/27 "2014-10-07T12:52:34Z")
Probably works better than 2 five gallons buckets. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/28 "2014-10-07T14:07:16Z")
Am I the only person that’s stunned that a potato can fit? I know babies come out but there’s a bit of discomfort as I understand it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/29 "2014-10-07T14:33:36Z")
Making mashed potatoes was never so much fun! ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/30 "2014-10-07T15:09:05Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Am I the only person that’s stunned that a potato can fit? I know babies come out but there’s a bit of discomfort as I understand it. I don’t believe we are talking Idaho bakers here. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/31 "2014-10-07T15:23:30Z")
I believe they were young. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/32 "2014-10-07T16:16:31Z")
What, she couldn’t spring for a tuber ligation? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/33 "2014-10-07T16:51:28Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Am I the only person that’s stunned that a potato can fit? I know babies come out but there’s a bit of discomfort as I understand it. You’ve never seen a diaphragm for a woman who’s had a baby, have you? ---
**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 7, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/34 "2014-10-07T20:42:56Z")
[Free birth control for everyone!](http://consumerist.com/2014/10/07/potato-truck-overturns-on-oregon-highway-creates-massive-hash-brown/) ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/35 "2014-10-07T20:48:43Z")
> [@simster](#): > > What, she couldn’t spring for a tuber ligation? Actually, she had an unwanted baby spud due to medical malpractice and decided to engage in some tuber litigation. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/36 "2014-10-07T21:08:49Z")
Please tell me her name is JulieAnne! ---
**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 7, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/37 "2014-10-07T21:14:43Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > You’ve never seen a diaphragm for a woman who’s had a baby, have you? Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) tells me that they roll up or fold for insertion. A folded potato doesn’t retain it’s shape. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/38 "2014-10-07T21:20:17Z")
I think you’re all failing to see what really matters here: The potato did its job. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/39 "2014-10-07T21:22:33Z")
From now on, any family pregnancy will be denoted by me as “slipping one past the russet” ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524/40 "2014-10-07T21:40:39Z")
I read in another article the potato had sprouted eyes. Human eyes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-found-growing-inside-woman-after-being-used-as-a-contraceptive-wtf/700524.md?page=3)