"The United Nations declared that 2008 is the International Year of the Potato."

Oh.

My.

God.

The article and the idea behind this whole thing is actually not bad, but man, is that an eye catcher or what? The guy who wrote this article should win some kind of journalist excellence award for catching the readers the quickest. Like you wouldn't click on a story entitled How to Celebrate the International Year of the Potato. Which, btw, can be found here.

And, of course, leave it to the good old UN, right?