Potato and Rice = Corporate Shills

So, recently, Potato and Rice have noticed that their type of relationship is getting trendier and trendier.

There are now four (count them FOUR) commercials playing on television showing couples that are Potato and Rice-like.

#1 Volkswagon - Oh, you know the one. There's a Potato showing off the new car he wants to buy and 'lo and behold, his Rice is all impressed. But then, some guy keeps beeping the alarm making our poor couple back off. A real Potato wouldn't drive a Volkswagon, nor try to impress his Rice with it.

#2 Volvo - There are people circling a new Volvo, pretty much representing a cross section of society. There's of course, a Potato and Rice, looking like they're just married and in the market for "their first" car. Hah...Potato and Rice don't buy a car together, they drive their own.

#3 eHarmony - The Rice is interviewed, and she goes on and on about how great a website it is, and how grateful she is to have found her "soulmate". What!? She went out and sought a Potato? It doesn't work that way...A Potato chooses his Rice, not the other way around.

#4 McDonald's - The new "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles on a sesame seed bun" relaunch, but with a HipHop attitude. There are several people enjoying a Big Mac, including a Potato while the Rice looks on, sipping happily on her drink. This particular commercial seals the trendiness of Potato and Rice. We've successfully infiltrated all aspects of popular culture, including HipHop. Woo Hoo!