The time-honoured practice of deliberately leaving something for a senior officer to find and criticise during his tour of inspection, which gives him a warm smug feeling and (hopefully) deflects his attention from corners that are better left unexamined. The senior officer, who of course was once a junior officer, knows the rules and plays along.
More generally, anything deliberately placed to deflect unwelcome interest.
More generally, anything deliberately placed to deflect unwelcome interest.
"Chief, it's the Captain's inspection at eleven hundred hours. Is there anything he shouldn't see? Well, it's too late now, let's hope for the best. Make sure you leave an admiral's potato for him to find, and tip off whoever will get the bollocking for it."
by Beermat December 31, 2020
Get the admiral's potatomug. by TrankMeme82x (Chase) June 7, 2018
Get the Potato Hourmug. Combination of cotching and being a couch potato. So ultimate slob mode. A little like the notorious 'Netflix and chill'.
by datstudentlife April 18, 2016
Get the cotch potatomug. 
We celebrated National Potato Day by buying PotatoMerch.
by PotatoMerchMan August 6, 2022
Get the National Potato Daymug. Person 1: Did tumour see the Wellington Larry proof?
Person 2: Yes, but it was filmed on a potato!
Person 1: I agree
Person 2: Yes, but it was filmed on a potato!
Person 1: I agree
by Louis&Harry282828 November 22, 2021
Get the Potatomug. by Zooppey November 6, 2017
Get the Cute little potatomug.