When growing veg people tend to aim for the perfect size, shape and flavour, and most of the time, you get what you expect to when you dig them up.
But Joanne Gudger got a bit of a shock when she unearthed a homegrown potato that looked uncannily like her dog, Dave.
The 47-year-old shared a photo of the bizarre looking spud alongside an image of her distinguished 13-year-old American bulldog online – and the two could have been separated at birth.
Joanne, who’s from Atherstone, Warwickshire, said her family couldn’t bring themselves to eat the potato, because it was a ‘masterpiece’.
‘We now call him “potato head Dave”,’ says Joanne.
‘I still keep laughing about it because I’ll probably never grow a potato that looks like my own dog again.’
‘As soon as I pulled it out of the soil I knew straight away that it looked like Dave and I took a picture to send to my other half, Mark – even he said it’s the spitting image of him.’
Dave the dog is unwell at the moment with Cushing’s disease which is incurable – so discovering the potato was exactly what the family needed to put a smile on their faces.
‘He’s getting older now and is going a bit grey so he probably looks more like the potato than ever,’ adds the mum of three.
‘It was just perfect how the potato had Dave’s jowls and everything.’
Joanne posted the hilarious comparison picture to different allotment groups on Facebook, where it gained hundreds of likes. Who doesn’t love a comedy potato?
‘Everyone was joking in the comments and saying that they’re going to be careful digging their potatoes up in the future in case they dig up a puppy,’ she said.
‘It has also been a breath of fresh air due to my job working for a care company and dealing with Covid – my colleagues all think it’s hilarious!
‘Our carers visit our vulnerable customers in their own homes providing crucial support. It’s obviously been a very trying time but this has cheered us all up massively.’
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