> > Koala "the food I'd choose if stranded on a desert island and could only eat one
> > thing-uh,er,no, that would actually be chocolate, wouldn't it, never mind" mom
>
> I read a story once where there was this guy, stuck on a desert island, who'd decided that the thing he missed most from civilisation was potatoes; so much so, that when a boatload of beautiful women from an island where all the menfolk had died showed up and promised him delights beyond his wildest dreams, he asked if he could have them mashed...

Ah, another Terry Pratchett fan. That would be Rincewind, from the beginning of "Interesting Times."