Dads sent each other potatoes by drone, just because

A group of neighbors in a Houston suburb spent part of a recent week sending each other potatoes by drone, at a cost of roughly 82 cents a spud. It started when one dad added seven or eight others to a group chat with a tip: Walmart's drone partner, Wing, would drop items in your backyard in about 25 minutes, no delivery fee. Nathan Edwards, an editor at The Verge who lives in the neighborhood, wondered aloud whether a drone had to land in your own yard. One neighbor, Will, answered fast. "Nathan, I'm just letting you know there's a potato headed your way," he wrote. By coincidence, another dad had already sent a potato to Will. The list of eligible items is long. Both men looked at it and reached the same conclusion independently. "It's obviously potato," Edwards said. Wing allows deliveries to friends with permission, and asks users not to harass anyone. Edwards gave his kids one instruction. Stay out of the yard.