In breaking tuber news, a class action lawsuit alleges the restaurant chain and food company TGI Fridays has deceived a snack-hungry public by selling a product advertised as “Potato Skins” that contains no actual potato skins, but a delicious blend of oil, potato starch, flakes, corn and salt.
Lawsuit alleges potato skins have no ‘skins’
Scott Hollifield is editor/GM of The McDowell News in Marion, N.C and a humor columnist. Contact him at rhollifield@mcdowellnews.com.
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Author’s note: Along with leftover turkey sandwiches, please enjoy this column originally published a few years back.
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Congratulations slackers, underachievers and goof-offs – you win.
