Spuds and butts...

Whom and what is the connection between 'taters and tobachy?

 

both in the same family the solanaceae and both have cultivars developed by luther burbank

both are new world origin crops

both highyly toxic in some form or another

 

Couch potatoes smoke while watching TV.

 

I prefer Ron's interpretation!

 

All correct observations. What I was looking for was the fact (rumor?) that Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the potato and tobacco to the Old World from the New.