May 23, 2023 • 15 mins
Fin is run over by the giant potato.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hello and welcome to Bedtime Stories with me, RA Sprt
.
Well, I hope you're well.
I've had a busy week, uh, welllast week I was up in Sydney
recording the audiobook for mynext book.
Hamlet is Not Okay.
Uh, that was a lot of fun cuz, I had to, I had to
basically do all the differentcharacters from Hamlet.
So that was a bit of achallenge.
(00:28):
Luckily, doing this podcast hadprepared me well.
Uh, so that's coming out, uh,July, July 1st, uh, here in
Australia.
And it'll be available for allof'em, all those online book
sellers.
So if you're overseas, you'llstill be able to get ahold of
it.
Uh, what else is going on?
Oh, I was just, just thismorning looking at the covers
for the book based on thispodcast, which will be called
(00:50):
Bedtime Stories with Ra Sprt.
Um, so that's coming out soonand we're just, um, finalizing
the cover.
Uh, the, the text is all writtenand ready to go.
Um, so that's coming out inSeptember and uh, there's a
bunch of live shows if you wantto come along to the launch for
Hamlet is not Okay.
There's still plenty of ticketsand they're available from, uh,
(01:10):
Eventbrite.
So look it up there, or you can,uh, go to my website and look at
the live show menu and you'llsee that there's tickets there.
All right, I think that'scovered all the housekeeping.
Uh, let's get into it.
I'll keep you updated on thingsthat are going on as they come
up in the weeks to come.
But let's get into this week'sstory.
So we're doing the Pesky Kidsfive, the final mission, and now
(01:33):
we're up to chapter seven.
Back at home The followingmorning, there actually was food
in the house.
So the pesky kids were sittingaround eating breakfast.
Normally they would bebickering, but today they were
silent except for the sounds ofmunching and spoons clanging
against cereal bowls.
(01:54):
The silence was eventuallybroken when dad entered.
He was very agitated.
Oh, said Dad.
Ah, is there a reason why thegiant potato from the outskirts
of town is now squashing mydaily bed?
Dad pulled up the blind on thewindow over the sink so they
could see what he was talkingabout.
The battered giant spud wasright there crushing his
(02:16):
flowers.
Pumpkin barked with delight.
He loved it when there were newthings in the yard he could pee
on.
Oh, I promise the C W A I'd fixit for them.
Set.
Finn, I'm surprised it's comealready.
I didn't expect a group of oldladies to be able to get
something so big moved soquickly.
It arrived at 4:00 AM thismorning.
Said Mom, without looking upfrom her Mosley, that's very
(02:39):
exact, said Loretta.
No one enters the perimeter ofmy home without me knowing
everything about who they areand what they want.
Said.
Mom, you choked them.
Didn't you said April, maybe alittle said mum with a shrug and
you let them dump the potato.
Anyway, ask Dad.
He was very rarely angry, butthe thought that his former wife
had knowingly allowed such grossvandalism of his flower beds was
(03:02):
making him emotional.
Mum shrugged again.
It seemed reasonable enough.
Finn gave his word, he'd fix it.
It's important to be true toyour word.
You weren't true to your wordwhen you married Dad.
April pointed out I was true tosome of them.
Said Mum giving April a sidelongglare.
You started lying from thesecond word you said, accused.
April, I've heard the weddingvows.
(03:24):
The bride says, I Bertha AnneBanfield.
There you go.
You were using a false name.
So you started lying at Wordtwo.
Bertha is my real name, said mum.
What about Anne Banfield askedApril Mom did not respond.
I stand corrected.
Said April.
You started lying from Wordthree.
(03:44):
Oh said Dad, to get back to thepoint when you were discussing
with these delivery peoplewhether or not they could leave
a giant potato in our yard, itdidn't occur to you to suggest
that they leave it somewhereother.
Then on top of one of my prizeflower beds, it was dark and I
had a six foot tall, 120kilogram man in a headlock said,
(04:05):
mom, I didn't stop to identifythat the species of vegetation
underneath the potato.
Hmm said dad.
This was about as close as hegot to being in a towering rage.
But the kids knew he was upsetbecause he was quivering like a
dog in a thunderstorm who woulddearly like to hide under the
bed, but can't fit under there.
I'll move it.
Dad said, Finn getting up fromthe table.
(04:27):
How are you gonna do that?
Said, April.
It must weigh half a ton.
The same way the Egyptians builtthe pyramid said Finn, I'll roll
it.
The Egyptians didn't build thepyramid set.
April.
Oh, what are you gonna tell me?
It was aliens.
Ask Finn.
No, slaves built the pyramid set.
April the Egyptians just said,put it over there.
(04:50):
Finn Rankled like all people wholoved correcting others, he
hated being corrected himself,especially when it was his
sister and extra, especiallywhen she was right.
While the potato is round, I canroll it over to the shed and put
it next to dad's homemadehelicopter Mudded Finn, as he
trumped out the French doors.
Should one of us go and help usLoretta, but without making any
(05:12):
move to do anything herself?
Na said April.
That would ruin the fun ofwatching him do it.
Even Joe who normally helpedeveryone, even he kept on butter
in his toast and shoving it inhis mouth as he watched out the
window.
Finn corrected him a lot too.
And as ever Joe was reallyhungry.
He was in no rush to get up fromthe table.
(05:32):
They watched.
Finn tried to cross the yard ashe approached the potato.
He appeared to shrink.
It was just a trick ofperspective the size of the huge
potato dwarfed him.
Finn paused to take in thesituation for a moment, then
picked a side, have evidentlymade some calculation about
which way would be easier tomove.
Dad's garden was relatively flatand the lawn was well maintained
(05:54):
once it was down from the flowerbed.
There would be no obstaclesbetween there and the shed to
negotiate the trick was gettingit off the flower bed.
Dad liked to add a lot oforganic matter to the soil and
by organic matter, I meanmanure.
So the bed was a good foothigher than the lawn.
Finn just needed to get thegiant potato moving an inch or
so.
Then it would roll down off thebed and he should be able to use
(06:16):
the momentum to keep it rollingthe 30 meters to the shed.
Logically it seemed easy enough,but logic never goes as well in
real life as it does insomebody's head.
Fin stood on the far side of thepotato, placed his hands on the
giant sculpture, braced his feetagainst the grass and pushed as
hard as he could.
This might have worked if Finnhad been wearing golf spikes or
(06:38):
some sort of studded footwear,but he was not dad for all his
faults as a human being.
Cowardice, bad dress sense,constant weeping was really good
at looking after his garden.
He irrigated it like clockwork.
Literally there were timers setto go off at specific times
throughout the day and it hadbeen the lawn's turn to get
watered just half an hourearlier.
(07:01):
So when Finn put his handsagainst the potato and pushed
with all his might his worn outschool shoes slipped on the wet
grass and he fell face down inthe flower bed, which as I've
already mentioned, had a veryhigh manure content.
Not a pleasant experience.
(07:21):
Finn could hear his family'slaughter from inside the house.
He didn't look across better topretend he didn't know they were
watching.
He would move this potato.
Joe might have brute strength,but if you had an extensive
understanding of physics as Finndid, then you didn't need
strength.
Admittedly, Finn had initiallyforgotten to allow for the lack
of traction in his shoes.
But now that he was aware ofthis issue, he could overcome
(07:44):
it.
There had to be a way Finnthought about this for a moment.
As he scraped the larger chunksof manure off his face, he
stepped up onto the mulch.
His feet sank into the organicmixture.
This was good.
It would give him more traction,a firmer hold to push from.
Plus the activity of themicroorganisms decomposing the
mulch when making his feet feelpleasantly warm.
(08:06):
Finn placed both hands againstthe potato again.
He leaned forward and pushedwith every muscle fiber in his
body and miracle of miracles.
He actually felt it started tomove just a millimeter at first,
but then a little more, acentimeter and a little more
speed.
Finn pushed harder to increasethe momentum.
The potato lurched hit anirrigation post on the other
(08:27):
side of the flower bed androcked back.
Now all the momentum of the halftongue potato was rolling the
other way towards Finn.
It took a millisecond for hisbrain to realize what was going
on.
Unfortunately, it would takemuch more than a millisecond to
extract his feet.
They were now entirely sunken inthe bed.
(08:47):
The huge potato rolled back,knocked fin flat and rolled
right over the top of him.
The entire family exploded outtathe house.
Pumpkin barked.
Wildly tears were alreadystreaming down dad's face.
April was first to get to thepotato, but Joe and mum weren't
far behind.
They ran up onto the flowerbedand pushed the giant spud.
They were all stronger and moreathletic than Finn.
(09:09):
Once Loretta and dad joined themand added their strength to the
effort, they soon had the potatooff him.
Finn had only been pinnedunderneath for three seconds,
but the pesky were horrified toimagine what state he would be
in under the huge half ton fakespud.
The answer Finn was fine.
Dad's lawn was so lush andthick, the potato had simply
(09:29):
pressed him into the turf.
The grass had acted like bubblewrap, supporting the weight of
the potato and protecting finbeneath.
Finn was physically intact.
Although from the look ofabsolute frozen fear on his
face, there may have beenextensive emotional and mental
damage.
Are you ok?
Chaos.
Joe Finn's mouth opened andclosed but no sound came out.
(09:51):
Of course he's not.
Okay, said April.
He's Finn.
He never has been.
Okay.
He's always been touched in thehead.
You should be asking, are youstill as annoying and weird as
you were five minutes ago beforeyou were run over by a giant
potato?
Joe looked down at Finn.
Are you Finn still could notspeak.
He was just lying flat on hisback trembling.
(10:12):
He had an overwhelmed look inhis eyes like he couldn't
comprehend what had justhappened to him.
Loretta linked in to get acloser look at his face.
Would you like me to kiss youbetter?
If Finn was already in shock?
He now went in to double shock.
It was a miracle as organs inshut down entirely.
He must have been dead.
There was no way Loretta wouldbe offering to kiss him in
(10:32):
reality.
But she did.
She bent over and kissed Finn onthe forehead.
He distinctly felt lips.
That was it.
Poor Finn couldn't take anymore.
He passed out.
Okay, that was the end ofchapter seven.
Let's push on and read chaptereight.
Prognosis.
(10:54):
Dr.
Singh Kang's, incredibly elderlyand deeply unimpressive.
Doctor was standing over Finn ashe lay on a bed in the emergency
room.
Dad, Joe, April and Loretta wereall there too.
Mom had stayed at home.
She didn't like being inhospitals.
There were too many weapons yourenemy could use to attack you.
And you say he was run over by atruck.
(11:16):
Asked Dr.
Sin, it's a miracle he's alive.
No sad dad.
I said he was run over by apotato that was the size of a
truck.
Doctor Sing, leaned in andwatched Dad's mouth carefully as
he said this.
Apart from showing early signsof dementia.
Doctor Sing was also very deaf.
A potato the size of a truckrepeated.
(11:39):
The doctor Dad nodded.
Doctor Sing appeared Dad moreclosely.
Would you like to lie down onone of these other beds?
He asked kindly.
We can have someone from themental health team come over
from Bil Gong to have a chatwith you.
Oh no.
Doctor Singh Seretta taken theelderly doctor by the hand.
It is entirely true.
(12:00):
Poor dear Fin did have a potatoroll over him.
We don't want any mental healthchecks today.
We just need you to confirm thatfin hasn't broken any bones and
that there's no internalbleeding.
Oh no said Doctor Singh.
Nothing like that.
If there was internal bleeding,he would look much sicker and
(12:20):
his B bones asked Joe.
Well, I couldn't see anysticking through the skin, said
Doctor Singh, but if you thinkI've missed something, you can
always bring him back.
What about brain damage demandedApril?
Obviously he's always hadextensive brain damage, but is
it any worse?
Oh, we'd have to get a C A Tscan to be sure of that.
(12:44):
So Dr.
Singh, oh, you'd have to go tothe city.
Uh, he's got brain damage.
It's already done so there's nopoint fussing about it said
April.
Does that mean we can take himhome?
If you want to said Dr.
Singh, but it's baked potatoesfor lunch today plus a Dixie Cup
on the side.
We have patients who pretend tobe ill on Tuesdays just to get
(13:04):
that.
No fin, no more potatoes.
Take me home.
Alright, we will dad assure him.
Fin grabbed dad's wrist.
Dr.
Singh appeared to haveoverlooked what were clearly the
signs of concussion or shock.
Most likely both.
There has to be a safer way tomove a potato safer than rolling
(13:25):
it over yourself.
Asad, I'm sure there is.
I will find a way, said Finn.
So no one else ever has to gothrough this ordeal.
I'm pretty sure in the entire100,000 year history of the
evolution of humankind that noone else has ever run themselves
over with a giant potato before,said April.
(13:46):
It's not a problem that comes upa lot.
It will be worth, et cetera.
Loretta, you're gonna be a herofor fixing the potato.
It's a tribute to Dame Bronwyn.
It's got to look good for hervisit.
Did you say Dame Bronwyn?
Ask dad the Dame Bronwyn motherof the Bronwyn Brown.
Yes.
(14:07):
Settle.
Loretta, she's coming here.
Ask Dad.
Yes.
Settle.
Loretta.
Oh my goodness.
Exclaim dad.
Come on Finn.
No time to lie about.
We've gotta get home.
Dad rushed out of the ward.
What's got into him?
Loretta potatoes on the brainsaid April.
(14:27):
And that is the end of thechapter.
So we'll leave it there.
And until next time, goodbye.
Hello and welcome to Bedtime Stories with me, RA Sprt
.
Well, I hope you're well.
I've had a busy week, uh, welllast week I was up in Sydney
recording the audiobook for mynext book.
Hamlet is Not Okay.
Uh, that was a lot of fun cuz
basically do all the differentcharacters from Hamlet.
So that was a bit of achallenge.
(00:28):
Luckily, doing this podcast hadprepared me well.
Uh, so that's coming out, uh,July, July 1st, uh, here in
Australia.
And it'll be available for allof'em, all those online book
sellers.
So if you're overseas, you'llstill be able to get ahold of
it.
Uh, what else is going on?
Oh, I was just, just thismorning looking at the covers
for the book based on thispodcast, which will be called
(00:50):
Bedtime Stories with Ra Sprt.
Um, so that's coming out soonand we're just, um, finalizing
the cover.
Uh, the, the text is all writtenand ready to go.
Um, so that's coming out inSeptember and uh, there's a
bunch of live shows if you wantto come along to the launch for
Hamlet is not Okay.
There's still plenty of ticketsand they're available from, uh,
(01:10):
Eventbrite.
So look it up there, or you can,uh, go to my website and look at
the live show menu and you'llsee that there's tickets there.
All right, I think that'scovered all the housekeeping.
Uh, let's get into it.
I'll keep you updated on thingsthat are going on as they come
up in the weeks to come.
But let's get into this week'sstory.
So we're doing the Pesky Kidsfive, the final mission, and now
(01:33):
we're up to chapter seven.
Back at home The followingmorning, there actually was food
in the house.
So the pesky kids were sittingaround eating breakfast.
Normally they would bebickering, but today they were
silent except for the sounds ofmunching and spoons clanging
against cereal bowls.
(01:54):
The silence was eventuallybroken when dad entered.
He was very agitated.
Oh, said Dad.
Ah, is there a reason why thegiant potato from the outskirts
of town is now squashing mydaily bed?
Dad pulled up the blind on thewindow over the sink so they
could see what he was talkingabout.
The battered giant spud wasright there crushing his
(02:16):
flowers.
Pumpkin barked with delight.
He loved it when there were newthings in the yard he could pee
on.
Oh, I promise the C W A I'd fixit for them.
Set.
Finn, I'm surprised it's comealready.
I didn't expect a group of oldladies to be able to get
something so big moved soquickly.
It arrived at 4:00 AM thismorning.
Said Mom, without looking upfrom her Mosley, that's very
(02:39):
exact, said Loretta.
No one enters the perimeter ofmy home without me knowing
everything about who they areand what they want.
Said.
Mom, you choked them.
Didn't you said April, maybe alittle said mum with a shrug and
you let them dump the potato.
Anyway, ask Dad.
He was very rarely angry, butthe thought that his former wife
had knowingly allowed such grossvandalism of his flower beds was
(03:02):
making him emotional.
Mum shrugged again.
It seemed reasonable enough.
Finn gave his word, he'd fix it.
It's important to be true toyour word.
You weren't true to your wordwhen you married Dad.
April pointed out I was true tosome of them.
Said Mum giving April a sidelongglare.
You started lying from thesecond word you said, accused.
April, I've heard the weddingvows.
(03:24):
The bride says, I Bertha AnneBanfield.
There you go.
You were using a false name.
So you started lying at Wordtwo.
Bertha is my real name, said mum.
What about Anne Banfield askedApril Mom did not respond.
I stand corrected.
Said April.
You started lying from Wordthree.
(03:44):
Oh said Dad, to get back to thepoint when you were discussing
with these delivery peoplewhether or not they could leave
a giant potato in our yard, itdidn't occur to you to suggest
that they leave it somewhereother.
Then on top of one of my prizeflower beds, it was dark and I
had a six foot tall, 120kilogram man in a headlock said,
(04:05):
mom, I didn't stop to identifythat the species of vegetation
underneath the potato.
Hmm said dad.
This was about as close as hegot to being in a towering rage.
But the kids knew he was upsetbecause he was quivering like a
dog in a thunderstorm who woulddearly like to hide under the
bed, but can't fit under there.
I'll move it.
Dad said, Finn getting up fromthe table.
(04:27):
How are you gonna do that?
Said, April.
It must weigh half a ton.
The same way the Egyptians builtthe pyramid said Finn, I'll roll
it.
The Egyptians didn't build thepyramid set.
April.
Oh, what are you gonna tell me?
It was aliens.
Ask Finn.
No, slaves built the pyramid set.
April the Egyptians just said,put it over there.
(04:50):
Finn Rankled like all people wholoved correcting others, he
hated being corrected himself,especially when it was his
sister and extra, especiallywhen she was right.
While the potato is round, I canroll it over to the shed and put
it next to dad's homemadehelicopter Mudded Finn, as he
trumped out the French doors.
Should one of us go and help usLoretta, but without making any
(05:12):
move to do anything herself?
Na said April.
That would ruin the fun ofwatching him do it.
Even Joe who normally helpedeveryone, even he kept on butter
in his toast and shoving it inhis mouth as he watched out the
window.
Finn corrected him a lot too.
And as ever Joe was reallyhungry.
He was in no rush to get up fromthe table.
(05:32):
They watched.
Finn tried to cross the yard ashe approached the potato.
He appeared to shrink.
It was just a trick ofperspective the size of the huge
potato dwarfed him.
Finn paused to take in thesituation for a moment, then
picked a side, have evidentlymade some calculation about
which way would be easier tomove.
Dad's garden was relatively flatand the lawn was well maintained
(05:54):
once it was down from the flowerbed.
There would be no obstaclesbetween there and the shed to
negotiate the trick was gettingit off the flower bed.
Dad liked to add a lot oforganic matter to the soil and
by organic matter, I meanmanure.
So the bed was a good foothigher than the lawn.
Finn just needed to get thegiant potato moving an inch or
so.
Then it would roll down off thebed and he should be able to use
(06:16):
the momentum to keep it rollingthe 30 meters to the shed.
Logically it seemed easy enough,but logic never goes as well in
real life as it does insomebody's head.
Fin stood on the far side of thepotato, placed his hands on the
giant sculpture, braced his feetagainst the grass and pushed as
hard as he could.
This might have worked if Finnhad been wearing golf spikes or
(06:38):
some sort of studded footwear,but he was not dad for all his
faults as a human being.
Cowardice, bad dress sense,constant weeping was really good
at looking after his garden.
He irrigated it like clockwork.
Literally there were timers setto go off at specific times
throughout the day and it hadbeen the lawn's turn to get
watered just half an hourearlier.
(07:01):
So when Finn put his handsagainst the potato and pushed
with all his might his worn outschool shoes slipped on the wet
grass and he fell face down inthe flower bed, which as I've
already mentioned, had a veryhigh manure content.
Not a pleasant experience.
(07:21):
Finn could hear his family'slaughter from inside the house.
He didn't look across better topretend he didn't know they were
watching.
He would move this potato.
Joe might have brute strength,but if you had an extensive
understanding of physics as Finndid, then you didn't need
strength.
Admittedly, Finn had initiallyforgotten to allow for the lack
of traction in his shoes.
But now that he was aware ofthis issue, he could overcome
(07:44):
it.
There had to be a way Finnthought about this for a moment.
As he scraped the larger chunksof manure off his face, he
stepped up onto the mulch.
His feet sank into the organicmixture.
This was good.
It would give him more traction,a firmer hold to push from.
Plus the activity of themicroorganisms decomposing the
mulch when making his feet feelpleasantly warm.
(08:06):
Finn placed both hands againstthe potato again.
He leaned forward and pushedwith every muscle fiber in his
body and miracle of miracles.
He actually felt it started tomove just a millimeter at first,
but then a little more, acentimeter and a little more
speed.
Finn pushed harder to increasethe momentum.
The potato lurched hit anirrigation post on the other
(08:27):
side of the flower bed androcked back.
Now all the momentum of the halftongue potato was rolling the
other way towards Finn.
It took a millisecond for hisbrain to realize what was going
on.
Unfortunately, it would takemuch more than a millisecond to
extract his feet.
They were now entirely sunken inthe bed.
(08:47):
The huge potato rolled back,knocked fin flat and rolled
right over the top of him.
The entire family exploded outtathe house.
Pumpkin barked.
Wildly tears were alreadystreaming down dad's face.
April was first to get to thepotato, but Joe and mum weren't
far behind.
They ran up onto the flowerbedand pushed the giant spud.
They were all stronger and moreathletic than Finn.
(09:09):
Once Loretta and dad joined themand added their strength to the
effort, they soon had the potatooff him.
Finn had only been pinnedunderneath for three seconds,
but the pesky were horrified toimagine what state he would be
in under the huge half ton fakespud.
The answer Finn was fine.
Dad's lawn was so lush andthick, the potato had simply
(09:29):
pressed him into the turf.
The grass had acted like bubblewrap, supporting the weight of
the potato and protecting finbeneath.
Finn was physically intact.
Although from the look ofabsolute frozen fear on his
face, there may have beenextensive emotional and mental
damage.
Are you ok?
Chaos.
Joe Finn's mouth opened andclosed but no sound came out.
(09:51):
Of course he's not.
Okay, said April.
He's Finn.
He never has been.
Okay.
He's always been touched in thehead.
You should be asking, are youstill as annoying and weird as
you were five minutes ago beforeyou were run over by a giant
potato?
Joe looked down at Finn.
Are you Finn still could notspeak.
He was just lying flat on hisback trembling.
(10:12):
He had an overwhelmed look inhis eyes like he couldn't
comprehend what had justhappened to him.
Loretta linked in to get acloser look at his face.
Would you like me to kiss youbetter?
If Finn was already in shock?
He now went in to double shock.
It was a miracle as organs inshut down entirely.
He must have been dead.
There was no way Loretta wouldbe offering to kiss him in
(10:32):
reality.
But she did.
She bent over and kissed Finn onthe forehead.
He distinctly felt lips.
That was it.
Poor Finn couldn't take anymore.
He passed out.
Okay, that was the end ofchapter seven.
Let's push on and read chaptereight.
Prognosis.
(10:54):
Dr.
Singh Kang's, incredibly elderlyand deeply unimpressive.
Doctor was standing over Finn ashe lay on a bed in the emergency
room.
Dad, Joe, April and Loretta wereall there too.
Mom had stayed at home.
She didn't like being inhospitals.
There were too many weapons yourenemy could use to attack you.
And you say he was run over by atruck.
(11:16):
Asked Dr.
Sin, it's a miracle he's alive.
No sad dad.
I said he was run over by apotato that was the size of a
truck.
Doctor Sing, leaned in andwatched Dad's mouth carefully as
he said this.
Apart from showing early signsof dementia.
Doctor Sing was also very deaf.
A potato the size of a truckrepeated.
(11:39):
The doctor Dad nodded.
Doctor Sing appeared Dad moreclosely.
Would you like to lie down onone of these other beds?
He asked kindly.
We can have someone from themental health team come over
from Bil Gong to have a chatwith you.
Oh no.
Doctor Singh Seretta taken theelderly doctor by the hand.
It is entirely true.
(12:00):
Poor dear Fin did have a potatoroll over him.
We don't want any mental healthchecks today.
We just need you to confirm thatfin hasn't broken any bones and
that there's no internalbleeding.
Oh no said Doctor Singh.
Nothing like that.
If there was internal bleeding,he would look much sicker and
(12:20):
his B bones asked Joe.
Well, I couldn't see anysticking through the skin, said
Doctor Singh, but if you thinkI've missed something, you can
always bring him back.
What about brain damage demandedApril?
Obviously he's always hadextensive brain damage, but is
it any worse?
Oh, we'd have to get a C A Tscan to be sure of that.
(12:44):
So Dr.
Singh, oh, you'd have to go tothe city.
Uh, he's got brain damage.
It's already done so there's nopoint fussing about it said
April.
Does that mean we can take himhome?
If you want to said Dr.
Singh, but it's baked potatoesfor lunch today plus a Dixie Cup
on the side.
We have patients who pretend tobe ill on Tuesdays just to get
(13:04):
that.
No fin, no more potatoes.
Take me home.
Alright, we will dad assure him.
Fin grabbed dad's wrist.
Dr.
Singh appeared to haveoverlooked what were clearly the
signs of concussion or shock.
Most likely both.
There has to be a safer way tomove a potato safer than rolling
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it over yourself.
Asad, I'm sure there is.
I will find a way, said Finn.
So no one else ever has to gothrough this ordeal.
I'm pretty sure in the entire100,000 year history of the
evolution of humankind that noone else has ever run themselves
over with a giant potato before,said April.
(13:46):
It's not a problem that comes upa lot.
It will be worth, et cetera.
Loretta, you're gonna be a herofor fixing the potato.
It's a tribute to Dame Bronwyn.
It's got to look good for hervisit.
Did you say Dame Bronwyn?
Ask dad the Dame Bronwyn motherof the Bronwyn Brown.
Yes.
(14:07):
Settle.
Loretta, she's coming here.
Ask Dad.
Yes.
Settle.
Loretta.
Oh my goodness.
Exclaim dad.
Come on Finn.
No time to lie about.
We've gotta get home.
Dad rushed out of the ward.
What's got into him?
Loretta potatoes on the brainsaid April.
(14:27):
And that is the end of thechapter.
So we'll leave it there.
And until next time, goodbye.
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