What the hell is the connection between Dan Quayle and a potato????
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During his term as VP, Quayle was at a spelling bee where a child correctly spelled the word potato P-O-T-A-T-O. Quayle proceeded to "correct" the child, claiming that the word was spelled P-O-T-A-T-O-E.
Other answers:
He misspelled the word potato while visiting an elementary school classroom. Maybe a student or teacher corrected him. Something like that.
He misspelled the word potato while visiting an elementary school classroom. Maybe a student or teacher corrected him. Something like that.
he spells it potatoe
In a famous incident, Vice President Quayle, while lecturing students at a photo-op, mispelled potato.
The idiot didn't spell it correctly.
when he was the Veep,(under GWB Sr 1989-2001) he was asked to spell potato and he spelled it with an e " potatoe"
that mistake was the only thing most people remember about him
In an infamous appearance while vice-president, Quayle was attending a school spelling bee and 'corrected' a student's spelling of potato claiming the correct spelling was p-o-t-a-t-o-E
You mean potatoe.
Prayers to you and yours. <><
Actually, it was a little better than that. As I recall, he CORRECTED a student who spelled it correctly by adding an "e" to the end on a blackboard.
He made a fool of himself and spelled it incorrectly infront of kids and teachers who were all smarter than him.
very stupid mistake.