The pre-peeled potato has arrived at our local supermarket

The pre-peeled potato has arrived at our local supermarket The pre-peeled potato has arrived at our local supermarket, the perfect product for those people just too busy to spend the 40 seconds it takes to peel a couple of spuds.

I wonder what they do with the 40 seconds they save? Read Proust? Train for the Olympic squad? Knock out a few pelvic floor exercises?

The potato, you might notice, comes equipped with its own packaging but, since this has been removed, a substitute plastic packaging must be added, the potatoes sitting nude and glistening in their Crimped presentation tub, another sheet of plastic draped over the top like a see-through Doona.