Potato and Rice go to the Airport

Every now and then, Potato and Rice go on vacation. Yes yes, even hard working Potatoes and Rices need to take time away from it all.

As fate would have it, Potato and Rice decided to take a few days in Las Vegas, again.

So, dutifully, they found the line for security and after some guffawing over people who were confused/never boarded an airplane after 9/11, made it through with no major mishaps.

As Potato and Rice got closer to their gate, they saw the flight was pretty crowded. They did arrive at the gate, after all, 45 minutes before scheduled boarding time. There were no seats in the gate area open. So, naturally, Potato and Rice found a nice quiet area near the end of some pay telephones. (no, really, they were actual pay telephone booths - you youngin's do not know they joy of having spare change on hand, "just in case")

Potato and Rice waited for the boarding to begin. As we watched others scurrying past our gate, they noticed another Potato and Rice couple coming their way. Potato and Rice both gave each other the "there's another us" look. Mind you, this is usually closely followed by Potato pointing out the fact that before the coming of Rice, his facial hair used to be brown and not gray. Potato usually has to suppress the natural instinct of saving his fellow Potatoes - rushing over to the other Potato and explaining how much he will age if Rice gets a hold of him.

Anyway, Potato and Rice noticed the other couple was checking their boarding passes against the gate number, and sure enough, they were going to Las Vegas as well. The other couple too noticed that there were no places to sit. They looked around, and even though there were plenty of other places to stand, they noticed Potato and Rice and stood right next to them.

Potato and Rice could not help but notice that they had started some sort of "Potato and Rice" waiting area.