Potoooooooo was an 18th-century British racehorse whose name was pronounced like “Potatoes” (Pot-eight-Os). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo
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It’s always reassuring to hear that people in distant times, places, and cultures also make terrible puns.