That was entirely accidental. The owner of the horse asked a stable boy to label the feed bin with the horse’s name and there was a miscommunication, the stable boy writing the name as Pot followed by eight O’s when it was supposed to be Potatoes. He thought it was hilarious, so he kept it.
It’s a double entendre.
What’s the second meaning then?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoo
That was entirely accidental. The owner of the horse asked a stable boy to label the feed bin with the horse’s name and there was a miscommunication, the stable boy writing the name as Pot followed by eight O’s when it was supposed to be Potatoes. He thought it was hilarious, so he kept it.
Even better. :)