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Finding a year-old sprouted potato in your pantry

This meme uses a vintage black-and-white fantasy line illustration to make a relatable joke about forgotten food in home storage. The top text sets the scene: 'WHEN YOU FIND A YEAR OLD POTATO IN THE FARTHEST CORNER OF YOUR PANTRY'. A monstrous, screaming, root-covered creature on the left, representing the over-sprouted forgotten potato, is captioned 'WHERE IS THE SOIL'. An elderly bearded man holding a small weapon stands shocked in a doorway on the right, captioned 'HOLY SHIT', representing the person who discovered the overgrown potato. The humor comes from exaggerating how alarming and overgrown long-forgotten sprouted potatoes appear when found.
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WHEN YOU FIND A YEAR OLD POTATO IN THE FARTHEST CORNER OF YOUR PANTRY
WHERE IS THE SOIL
HOLY SHIT

Overview

This meme uses a vintage black-and-white fantasy line illustration to make a relatable joke about forgotten food in home storage. The top text sets the scene: 'WHEN YOU FIND A YEAR OLD POTATO IN THE FARTHEST CORNER OF YOUR PANTRY'. A monstrous, screaming, root-covered creature on the left, representing the over-sprouted forgotten potato, is captioned 'WHERE IS THE SOIL'. An elderly bearded man holding a small weapon stands shocked in a doorway on the right, captioned 'HOLY SHIT', representing the person who discovered the overgrown potato. The humor comes from exaggerating how alarming and overgrown long-forgotten sprouted potatoes appear when found.

Origin notes

This is an edited remix of an unknown vintage fantasy illustration, shared as a meme on the Reddit r/Meme subreddit per the provided source information. It repurposes the dramatic original illustration with relatable text about household food storage mishaps, a common type of relatable everyday humor meme shared on social media platforms.

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