

At one point he said something like "Enough is enough. When I would not admit to knowing what a potato was, the father especially began to get annoyed. Well let me tell you I had to commit 100% at this point. This went on for a bit and my girlfriend was acting very confused and embarrassed by my "fucked up antics", and then the more insistent I was about not knowing what a potato is was when them parents starting thinking I DID know what a potato was. Not only had I never eaten a potato I had never heard the word potato. I went with it and told them, yes, I did not ever even hear of a potato. They asked me, VERY incredulous, did I really not know what a potato is? That I never heard of a potato. So I knew I would be very shamed, humiliated, depressed, and disgusted if I admitted to making a bad joke, so what I did was to act as if it was not a joke but I committed to the act of pretending I didn't know what a potato is. Never heard of a potato, looks pretty good."Īnd then they didn't see I was clowning, but thought I really did not know what is a potato. They stared at me and the mother said "It's a baked potato." And I was saying "Oh, interesting, a baked.what is it again?"Īnd I was like "A 'potato', oh interesting. They did notice, and seemed confused, but did not remark. I showed an expression on my face so as to seem that I was confused, astounded but in a restrained way, curious, and interested. So first when the potato became on my plate, I acted very interesting. Well let me tell you: backfired on my face. When I saw that baked potatoes were served I got the idea that it would be very good if I pretended I did not know what potatoes was. The idea slapped my mind that I should do a comic bit, to make a good impression and become known to them as a person who is amusing. I met them nicely, I should tell you, and it started off in a good way. I was very aghast, nervous, and bashful to be invited to such a situation. My girlfriend (who let me tell you is only my 2nd girlfriend of all time) said I am "invited to dinner" with her and her parents. Let me tell you that I have made a bad mistake this evening.
