Funny, but Not Funny, But Funny. Exaggerating Steve, The Skin Tag, Simply For a Good Laugh.

What do you get when peeling potatoes and thinking about aging? A Really good practical joke that cracks me up. I still laugh because (a) it reminds me of the Christmas cactus that grew out of my mom's forehead one year and (b) the possibility of it is so disgusting that all one can do is laugh.

Part of aging is skin tags and I have two: Steve and Stanley. Steve is a little larger than Stanley, and both are tolerable, but annoying - evidence that you can't control biology when you get older.

Well, Steve and Stanley have become infamous during conversations with friends about the craziness of aging: aching bones, nose and ear hairs, sleeplessness, and fragility. When a friend asked how Steve was doing, I thought it would be hilarious to take an "eye" from one of the potatoes I was peeling and place it on my thigh as if it was really Steve.

They bought it hook, line, and sinker and said immediately, "You need to take Steve to a doctor right away. That's not right."

No, it isn't right because it is an outgrowth of a potato. Still, I started laughing at how hilarious and awful and sick and scary it would be to have Steve really looking like the monstrosity I created above. I let the joke stay for 24 hours and then had to confess that it was really a potato part. I mean...eeks...can you imagine?

Lord help anyone who actually had such a growth on their body, although I'm sure such a thing is more common that any of us want to guess.

I laughed for hours every time I looked at the photo. It is a my thigh. They are my fingers. But, that is an eye of a potato sliced off before I boiled my dinner. I imagine you're really grossed out right now or you are fading this as funny as I did. Either way, I couldn't help but sharing because, well, it's just too good to make up.