Person who watches television while working out at home on an elliptical trainer, on the base of a rating system in which tv shows get labeled as "worth watching from the couch" or "can totally be seen during exercise".
The tv shows belonging to this last category are watched just to keep track of the story while waiting for the occasional good episode that justifies remaining attached to a series that outrunned it's original concept, or for that one-per-episode cool computer graphic effect. They can be followed just fine by listening and looking at the screen every 5 seconds or so. In the case of movies, they usually are cheap B movies often downloaded from the internet or rented by mistake.
The key concept of this activity is multitasking, originating from the fact that:
a) one has not enough couch-time to watch tv from sitting positions
b) one lacks the determination to stay put and watch a now boring show just to see how it ends
c) one wants something to distract him from the pains of fat-burning.
See also: treadmill potato, stationary bike potato.
The tv shows belonging to this last category are watched just to keep track of the story while waiting for the occasional good episode that justifies remaining attached to a series that outrunned it's original concept, or for that one-per-episode cool computer graphic effect. They can be followed just fine by listening and looking at the screen every 5 seconds or so. In the case of movies, they usually are cheap B movies often downloaded from the internet or rented by mistake.
The key concept of this activity is multitasking, originating from the fact that:
a) one has not enough couch-time to watch tv from sitting positions
b) one lacks the determination to stay put and watch a now boring show just to see how it ends
c) one wants something to distract him from the pains of fat-burning.
See also: treadmill potato, stationary bike potato.
Tim: John, long time no see! Did you lose weight?
John: I really needed to free some space on my TiVo, so i elliptical potato'ed my way through the last season of Prison break and Heroes.
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Michael: Well, time to go, i need to burn some fat.
Ryan: The office is on tonight, are you gonna watch it while you exercise?
Michael: Hey, i might be an elliptical potato, but The office will *always* get some couch time from me.
John: I really needed to free some space on my TiVo, so i elliptical potato'ed my way through the last season of Prison break and Heroes.
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Michael: Well, time to go, i need to burn some fat.
Ryan: The office is on tonight, are you gonna watch it while you exercise?
Michael: Hey, i might be an elliptical potato, but The office will *always* get some couch time from me.
by keichix November 1, 2009
Get the Elliptical potatomug. by SgtPainkillers July 30, 2018
Get the Potato Squadmug. I could tell my mom was dropping potatoes when she called me on the phone to find out when I needed to be picked up.
by Eaton Holgoode March 15, 2018
Get the Dropping Potatoesmug. When your watching the same tv show all day and it was 11:00 am now its 5:00 o'clock and you realize your stuck on the couch
by You know what I mean January 5, 2021
Get the Couch potatomug. by nobody else here October 16, 2017
Get the ass potatomug. "damn, she sleept with Joe yesterday and now she's leaving with his best friend?! She a hoe potato!"
by Miss_einna April 28, 2019
Get the Hoe potatomug. by weedluvr421 August 12, 2016
Get the perfect potatomug.