Here in Boise, Idaho, the big news is that the "Spud King," J.R. Simplot died yesterday at the age of 99. Perhaps most famous for inventing the frozen french fry and supplying McDonalds with several gazillion tons of the fuckers, you could claim he single handedly encouraged Americans, and increasingly, the rest of the world to pack on the pounds by "super-Sizing" the shit out of those deep fried lard sticks. He also provided the seed money which started Micron, the memory chip maker, which when you think about it is as much a commodity as spuds. In fact, at the moment, spuds are worth more than memory chips. Anyway, the old fucker cleaned up and died a multi billionaire. He used to drive his Lincoln Continental around Boise (He owned most of the city) 'til a couple of years ago. The license plate read "MR SPUD." He also flew the largest American flag west of the Mississippi over his house. Which is funny, 'cos after being convicted by the Feds for evading taxes several years ago... He couldn't fucking vote. Still, if you've got billions in the bank, who cares?
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Not to be missed on your next Idaho trip!