Tater Tot Thieves

Before I begin I'd just like to say that due to the subject matter of this blog I have become quite hungry.

A little over a month ago I was blessed enough to be in the great state of Illinois and in the great city of Chicago. I spent one night at a friend's apartment and the following morning there was a consensus to make breakfast. But this wouldn't be just any breakfast, oh no! This was going to be a breakfast of mass proportions.

It had already been a wonderful start to my small vacation and to cook breakfast with friends would be even better. However, a huge crime would be committed in the kitchen.

As the scrambled eggs umm scrambled and the turkey and pork sausage sizzled (oh the sights and sounds of food; I love it), some little greedy fingers decided they would hold some crispy brown tater tots hostage. When the fingers and the owners of those fingers were called out on their theft, the fingers quickly did away with the evidence. Poor tots, they didn't even know it was coming. Those small, warm, crispy pieces of potato goodness just gone (I know it's a fragmentdeal with it). Just gone down the digestive tracts of those thieves...oh the humanity. L.O. remind me to spank your fingers when I see you next. S.L.Y. did you take some too? I can't recall...

If those greedy little hungry fingers and mouths left the tater tots alone we most likely wouldn't have had to empty the rest of the bag to cook their cousins, uncles, brothers and sisters. Oh, the many tears I've shed since that morning

Ahhhnow the memories are flooding back to me!! Mornings in SAGA. Eating those beautifully little nuggets. I used to take my extras and dip half of them in ketchup and the other half in mustard and act as if the Lakers were playing the Bulls. Ummm okay maybe I didn't do that, but it would've been funny.

Why this fixation with tater tots? Because I read this story yesterday.

"Teen Shot in Fight Over Tater Tots

A teenager was shot Monday afternoon after he was arguing over tater tots with another teen, San Antonio Police said.

The shooting happened close to 5 p.m. at the Spring Hill Apartments off Raybon on the northeast side.

Neighbors told police the uncle of one of the boys told the teens to stop fighting. They were ready to stop, but investigators said a 20-year-old man would not let them.

"Another person out here in this apartment complex, I think wanted to see the young boys continue fighting," Sgt. Rudy Cran with SAPD said.

The man then walked into a nearby apartment complex, grabbed a gun and started shooting, authorities said. He fired several shots into the living room where the boys were watching television, police said.

"One of those rounds hit the young man in the back," Cran said.

The boy was rushed to University Hospital, officials said. His condition was unavailable Monday night.

The suspect remained on the loose Monday. Police were looking for him."

Here's my first set of questions. Who shoots someone because of a fight relating to tater tots? I mean where the two kids fighting over the taste difference between Ore-Ida and organic tater tots (by the way does anyone know if organic tater tots exist)? Did someone want extra crispy tots as opposed to softer tots?

Here's my second set of questions. What did the shooter have to gain from the fight? Is he a fight promoter and the kids who were fighting were part of his title bout? Was he siding with the one kid he didn't shoot over the kid he did shoot? Is there some kind of tater tot shortage in San Antonio and so he felt if he shot one of the kids he might get more for himself? Hmmm. Perhaps there is something wrong with Texas in general? I think the oil down there has gone to everyone's head