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The big giveaway on the Late Late last night was a bag of spuds for everyone in the audience
BACK IN 2004, Oprah Winfrey famously gave every single member of her studio audience a brand new car.
And last night in Ireland, The Late Late Show had a similarly generous and iconic giveaway:
A big bag of potatoes for all
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People sat in stunned silence at home
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While the studio audience seemed delighted
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They were getting free potatoes, after all.
We might finally have hit a pinnacle of stereotype
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“What a country”
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In fairness, it was National Potato Day yesterday – and the stereotype is proven to be true on a regular basis
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But the horror was not lost on the audience
There were hampers of crisps, too
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At least some were looking at the positives in all this
While others could only think of the poor unfortunates lugging them out of Montrose
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“Is there space in the boot?”
There was something called Improper Butter in the hamper too
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Dublin, last night
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big giveaway everyone in the audience it happened keoghs not oprah screens spud