Mr Potato Head is back in Robbo

Last time this character (***) visited Robertson, it was a very short visit.

So when I heard this morning that he was back, I went straight away to record the happy event.

Mr Potato Head (AKA Spud Face) has returned to Robertson.

Mr Potato Head (AKA Spud Face) has returned to Robertson.

Mr Potato Head (AKA Spud Face) seen through the Archway at Robertson.

Mr Potato Head (AKA Spud Face) in his Spiritual Home in Robertson.

You may read about his original visit to his "Spiritual Home" of Robertson, and how brief that visit turned out to be.

*** For legal reasons I am obliged to stress that this is not and cannot be mistakenly thought to be the original Mr Potato Head, but rather is a set of disembodied eyes, nose and mouth which might or might not have been spawned by a visit of the original model to a Potato farm near Robertson. 

In our rich red basalt soil, he has grown magnificently to a super-sized model.

But for even more pressing legal reasons, I suggest that there is no inspiration from Ronald McDonald for that comment). There are no Golden Arches within 30 kilometres of Robertson, and long may it remain that way.

Big Spud has "lost Face"

Unfortunately, the locals of Robertson never fail to disappoint me, when it comes to lacking imagination.

Someone (persons unknown) has taken it upon themselves to remove the Mr Potato Head face, which was adorning the Big Spud yesterday.

One could say that the "Big Spud" has "lost face", and Robertson is all the poorer for it.Are we back to the Big Turd?

I am afraid that is what seems to fit the level of appreciation of some of the Robertson locals, who find it appropriate to "trash" the hard work of some of the other locals who wished to brighten up the village, just a little bit.

The face was a harmless joke and it did not "damage or deface" the property of the Mauger family, who own the land, and whose family members built the "Big Spud" in the first place. The face was topical and relevant, and inoffensive.

Lets hope that whoever removed the face puts it back again.

In just 24 hours it did much to brighten the image of Robertson.