NPPF--commentary--619--tuber's eye

[Paul Mackin]

Line 502 we recall explained "the grand potato" pun. (le grand
peut-etre) The possibility of survival after death. (the big perhaps) 

Potatoes are tubers with eyes that sprout. Probably everyone knows this
but to grow potatoes you cut one that's ready to sprout into pieces,
each piece with an eye,  and bury them a little below the ground. 

In other words, as a possible alternative to "le grand neant" (the big
nothingness) following death, there could be some kind of regeneration
and afterlife. 

Is there more here?