Turnip Chips® (n)
The food item that inspired Charles Sturt University throughout 2005. Invented by Vincent Price in 1965, the Turnip Chip® is now celebrating its 40th year of causing nausea among the elderly. In the 1970s, hippies worldwide began to turn to smoking Turnip Chips® as a legal alternative to marijuana. Police responded to this action by offering uncooperative hippies free un-smokeable vegetable pasties, which sparked the great Turnip Chip® riot of 1978. In the 80s the Turnip Chip® became the greatest fashion accessory since sliced bread to add to one’s mullet and leather pants. However, after all these good times, it was in the 1990s that the dark side of Turnip Chips® began to emerge. The biggest epidemic since polio began to sweep America – Turnip Disease. Cities, dumps, and associated species of rabbit were wiped out and all turnips were in turn eradicated worldwide. The resurgence of Turnip Chips® as part of McDonald’s New Taste menu in 2001 made Australians queasy with excitement at the infamous food’s return. In recent months rumours have spread stating that the vaccination to Birdflu is in fact Turnip Chips® - however sceptics believe it to be methylated spirit biscuits. Last week Sam bought the rights to Turnip Chips® and this week has declared Turnip Chips® as the greatest running gag of 2005.
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