A Potato Run is a special route used by cab drivers to take a potato to his or her destination. It is an alternative to the most direct route and includes a number side streets, at least one traffic jam and the occasional long run on a highway.
The Potato Run becomes evident about15 minutes into the journey, when the passenger realises that it is unlikely all these side streets and turns are a shortcut.
Usages include:
"Where the fuck are we going?"
-- "I think we're on a potato run."
"U turn! U turn! This isn't a potato run, driver!"
Is also used to refer to those times when a potato asks for directions and is sent on a long journey to nowhere. Again, it will usually take 15 minutes to become apparent.
Usages include:
[Old lady thinks to herself]
"Should I tell him the way to the temple or send him on a potato run?"
[Two potatoes walking along the road with bum bags and dirty faces.]
"We're not even on the map any more. Where are we going"
-- "I think we're on a potato run."
