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I can not decide if the sale of the original potato photo, or Rosie Kerr's take on it ( http://365project.org/rosiekerr/365/2016-01-29 ) is the more hilarious!!
http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/27141/the-million-dollar-challenge has the full discussion.

"Yes Mr Grocer, this is a large potato. Don't all your customers take ten minutes selecting a single potato to buy? Viewing it from every possible angle and carefully considering the light reflecting qualities of the attached dirt for each one?
Poor man, ...in the past I have asked to swap pears after he 'helpfully' pulled the stalks off the fruit for me, bought the 'broken' loaf of rustic bread he was throwing out, and even asked permission to take a photo of the row of tomato sauce bottles on the shelves. I wonder what he would make of this...

This is a scarf draped around the potato placed in front of a red pillowcase. The tiny bit of hair poking in is a little bit cloned in from Steve McCurry's iconic image http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/afghan-girl-cover.html

Thanks @rosiekerr for giving me such a huge laugh this afternoon!!

[Lyn Todd]

@rosiekerr :)

[hueymilunz]

very creative!

[Vera]

You nailed it!!!! Great idea.

[Marta]

Awesome!!

[☠northy]

Tres elegant!

[allejandrine]

Cool!

[Taffy]

You've made the potato look quite elegant!

[Rosie Kerr]

Oh, this is great... hair, too! Your's is a much more elegant take on the challenge and I love the scarf. Very creative and fun result.

[Islandgirl]

Very creative, and love the scarf!

[Nancy]

Too funny...awesome!

[Caroline]

Oh this is amazing - I just love this Lyn! You gave the potato such personality and I can see the nod from the Afghan Girl image... I never thought I'd fav a potato image but you nailed it, this is great!

[Lyn Todd]

@kerosene I did spend some time studying the positioning, lighting & colours in McCurrys shot. Anyone watching me 'pose' 'her , and then sculpt the light using an led torch, would have thought me crazy! :)

[Mel]

Absolutely brilliant :)

[katy]

Lol!! A superb image! Definitely deserving of the million dollar price!!

[Debbie]

Very very classy. I'd love to see the look on the green grocers face if he saw this photo.
Thanks for the giggle

[Jane Pittenger]

Well you sure made me laugh

[Elizabeth]

So Clever!

[Kate Goring]

This is so brilliant! Most elegant potato ever.

[Carla]

I love this!! I love how your brain tries really hard to see a face in the potato

[Lyn Todd]

@carla42 :) yes know what you mean! I was initially going to edit in some human features, but it just did not look as good. thanks for the follow. :)

[Andreas]

Brilliant, ROFLMAO!

[Marco P]

shows the anonymity, or facelessness of the humble potato and made me laugh. i like it.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This is so realistic it's surreal!

[Jocasta]

Absolutely brilliant and FAV

[Darinka]

Yes!brilliant!!!

[katy]

Congratulations on the win! I knew it was a winner when I saw it!