Something Weird Is Going On

Last week we had the guy executed in Arizona whose last words were "Potato, Potato, Potato."

Now we've got a guy showing up at PGA events screaming, "Mashed Potatoes!!!"

And I just learned that this is the 20 year anniversary of the Dan Quail[*] misspelling of the word "Potato." Edit: I didn't mean today. I meant this year.
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*Edit. Based upon the context, I think that's my biggest misspelling error ever. And that's saying something.