One day two potatos, who were best friends, were walking together down the street. They stepped off the curb and a speeding car came around the corner and ran one of them over.
The uninjured potato called 999 and helped his injured friend as best he was able.
The injured potato was taken to emergency at the hospital and rushed into surgery (God help him if it was at Treliske and the gastrics in control - or likely not in control).
After a long and agonizing wait, the doctor finally appeared. He told the uninjured potato, "I have good news, and I have bad news. The good news is that your friend is going to pull through."
"The bad news is that he's going to be a vegetable for the rest of his life".