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Last week, we were up in the Gold Coast.

First time we've ever been up there since we moved to Australia.

And first morning there, we're having breakfast and ordered a just sort of breakfast.

And the lady comes up to about two minutes later going, sorry, sir, we won't be to have.

You're able to have a hash brown.

I went, all right, okay, she goes,

there is a nationwide shortage of hash browns.

And I went, what?

She said, I'm not making this.

I went, no way, there's none in Australia?

She was, yeah, it's a major problem.

Yeah, I'm seeing you can't even get fries at some places now.

It's potatoes.

You kidding. Potatoes.

Why?

I think because of the floods and stuff because of the weather conditions.

Right. So do you think people have stopped behind them in freezers or something?

I'm trying to go and look around and get something and give them way to listen to my hash browns.

These are obviously like golden hash browns.

This is also just a rumor, but somebody told me that McDonald's is starting to do potato cakes and they bought all the potatoes.

You're kidding.

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