morning, noon
Stanley and Max were at the same table and also a long-haired youth named Will Jackson , although his friends called him `` Spud . '' `` I do n't know why they call me Spud , '' he said to Dick , `` excepting because I like potatoes so . I 'd rather eat them than any other vegetable . Why , when I was out in Jersey one summer , on a farm , I ate potatoes morning , noon and night and sometimes between times . The farmer said I had better look out or I 'd sprout . I guess I ate about ` steen bushels in three weeks . '' `` Phew ! ''