The line that gets me is this: "I left crying, everybody's staring at me. I was so embarrassed," she said. "Then I went home and called the newspaper." Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :
Smart move though. I'll have to remember that one.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Some of that made no sense until I looked up what the hell a "Timbit" is.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
"Much a-dough about nothing"...but...it's not pronounced in a way that rhymes with dough...is it? Oh god, have I been saying it wrong?!? Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
It is not.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
quote:Originally posted by B.J.: Some of that made no sense until I looked up what the hell a "Timbit" is.
Have you never been near a T-Ho's?
Doesn't Dunkin Doughnuts have something similar?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
It must be a strictly non-American thing... I've never heard of them either. I take it from what they said that they're small doughnuts.
By the way... Krispy Kremes are the food of the gods. The fat gods, sure. But nevertheless...
Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
What are they?
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
They sell Timbits at the Tim Hortens near me. Also called doughnut holes?
THey are the dough that was punched out of the centre of the doughnut when they make it. they cook it, and roll it in powdered sugar, or peanuts, or glaze, or chocolate, and other things.
Y'all've seriously never heard of Timbits? Maybe they're only called that around here because of our proximity to Canada.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Dunkin' calls them Munchkins.
I can honestly say I abhor the name "Timbits" because it forces me to think of Nix in a manner wholly unintended by nature.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Well, at least I'm not the only one who knows what they are.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Yes, they are donut holes and yes, that's the generic name for them in the US, but while they used to be holes from the making of donuts, they are now made separately from the donuts and are not their remaining holes anymore. I apologize for the run-on sentence.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Oh ok... I know what donut holes are. So a woman got fired for giving away a donut hole... That manager had way too much time on his hands.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I don't really see that time was a factor. Just greed and zealousness and maliciousness and all-around jerkitude.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
point of interest: up until recently Krispy Kreme was known for giving away a free, fresh-off-the-line glazed donut when their red neon sign was lit up. It meant they were making a new batch and you could get a free donut just for walking in. For from being a fireable offence it was a marketing strategy. And it worked.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I've never even seen a Krispy Kreme...where are they centered?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I think it's more of a mid-west thing. I know they're not everywhere. We just got one in South Bend a few years ago.
Oddly... O'Niell mentions that there's one in Colorado Springs (or at least, he seems to think he can get the donuts on base) but I didn't think they had them out there.
A quick Wiki search reveals they are hq'd in north carolina but have stores throughout the u.s., in canada and in brittain, and in several eastern countries. also... they're partly owned by a kuwaiti-based company.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
There are at least 15 in my county alone. And I saw 4 within 2 blocks of eachother in NYC.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Well I live in the Midwest and I've never seen one Off to the store locator...
Edit: All over the US and Canada nothing, they're all over the world. There appear to be a couple within a few hours' distance...and they have them in Colorado too.
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
Not many here in Toronto. What I have heard is that Krispy Kreme basically bombed on the Canadian market (due to the average Canadian's desire for more "healthier" fare) and virtually shut down all of their locations.
Only one I know of is left, and that one is the first Krispy Kreme store they opened in Mississauga during their failed venture here. That one reopened recently and is mostly used as a distribution point for Canadian gas stations and Walmarts selling packaged versions of this product.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Mmmm Krispy-Kremes... they opened in Sydney a few years ago. The only way to get them in Brisbane was from the airport in Sydney. You'd often see heaps of people flying back to Brisbane with big boxes of them. Then in the last two weeks they opened their first store in Brisbane. Lines go down the street all day until midnight!
Supposedly the first person in the door when they first opened got free doughnuts for a year. Supposedly the man who was first in was a father of 7!
Let's just hope he doesn't raise them on doughnuts.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Krispy Kreme is okay, but I prefer the pastries made in local bakeries. Just like I like small pizzarias compared to Dominos. I don't like the whole assembly line fashion of making food. Although, I have to admit that a K&K glazed dozen sounds good right about now.
My dad and his shift partner get two dozen free donuts each when they go into the Krispy Kreme store in their paramedic uniforms. If they pull up in the Ambulance, They get 'em delivered for free by an employee.
Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
And if they continue to pig out like that, they'll certainly need to use some of the equipment they have on themselves.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Donuts are good. Not *that* good though.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Most of the time they take them back to the dispatch centre, or to a hospital if they get a call. Sometimes, They take them home. There are actually a lot of places where they can eat for free. My dad has actually gotten out of many speeding tickets just by hanging his uniform in the back of the back window. Granted, he doesn't speed regularly, or eat donuts on a regular basis.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: point of interest: up until recently Krispy Kreme was known for giving away a free, fresh-off-the-line glazed donut when their red neon sign was lit up. It meant they were making a new batch and you could get a free donut just for walking in. For from being a fireable offence it was a marketing strategy. And it worked.
What do you mean "up until recently"? They still do that!
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: I think it's more of a mid-west thing. I know they're not everywhere. We just got one in South Bend a few years ago.
I take offense to that! Krispy Kreme was for the longest time a Southern thing. They only fairly recently started spreading out. When I moved to St. Louis in 1997, my coworkers told me they only got Krispy Kreme a couple of years before, whereas I had practically grown up on the stuff in Georgia. BTW, I proposed to my wife over a box of them.
Unlike regular donuts, these things go down *way* too easily! You can eat a half dozen very quickly before you even realize that you've done it!
Also, many schools, school groups (teams, bands, etc.), churches, and even the soldiers at the arsenal here in Huntsville use Krispy Kremes as a big fund-raising item. I think that's one of the major reasons for their initial spread in popularity in the South.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Krispy Kreme is fucking AWFUL. Dunkin. FOREVER. Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Go Wal-mart bakery!
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Wait, your Wal-Marts have bakeries?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I said "I think" it's a mid-western thing. Obviously I was uninformed.
And not all of the KK's are doing the free donut thing anymore. I think the franchises (like the one in South Bend) stopped doing it. The ones directly run by hq may still be doing it though.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
My Wally world used to have a McDonalds. I know the super center an the sam's club near me have bakeries.
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fabrux: Wait, your Wal-Marts have bakeries?
Obviously there are no Walmart Supercentres where you are at.
Only one at present is in Toronto, and it is HUGE. You almost need a GPS navigation system to navigate through that mess.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Ours has a bakery, Subway, hair salon, pharmacy, mechanic, grocery store, video arcade, portrait studio, optometrist, and bank.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Does it float and carry 80 fighter jets too?
Around here, we call that a shopping mall.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
No supercentres around here. The biggest Wal-Mart in NB is the one they just built in Fredericton. It has a TLE, hair salon, pharmacy, grocery store (minus produce and fresh meat), portrait studio, optometrist and a McDonald's.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Fresh meat - right, that reminds me, there's a deli too. And a huge produce section which I frequently frequent. And the gardening department of course. And did I mention the tax prep area? That's only open during tax season, though.
Edit: And fresh seafood including live lobster.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
No deli. Garden centre open in the summer. And no seafood, either. Its like a centre, without the super-.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Our WMSS isn't quite that big. We've got the pharmacy, hair salon, bank, deli, bakery, so-so produce section (I prefer our local Shelton's Farmer's Market for that stuff). No fresh sea food though.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
See, where I live, there isn'tmuch need for a Super Centre. THe supermarkets that are near us ( Tops and Wegmans) have better quality products most of the time, carry seafood and produce, and the plazas they are built in have pretty much everything else. And there is a Toys R Us, a Wal mart, a Mall, and other stores within a mile of each of them. There is a Super Centre in Springville, a smaller town slightly further south, which makes sense, as they don't have all these other shops near by.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Well, Walmart is where everyone goes out here. It's the sticks to you urbany types. People from an hour in all directions drive in "to town" meaning this town with 15,000 residents (more 9 months out of the year when the uni is going). The Walmart is the closest thing to a shopping mall you can get without driving an additional couple of hours. Actually I think it's the only place you can even get fresh seafood here. Could be wrong.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Although, it does only take a 20 minute drive to reach the places I mentioned before.
Here in Boston, we have 2 pizza parlors, an italian restaraunt, 6 Bars, 2 gas stations, a little quickie mart, and a school. So, if you really want to get any shopping done, you have to take the 15-20 minute drive into Hamburg, or the same amount of time in the other direction to Springville, and the Wallie World super Centre.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Well, I just moved here. I grew up in a town of 1200 with soybeans and corn in all directions for about 45 miles. Took about an hour to get any shopping done - here, incidentally. I considered it "moving to the city." Nice to see another small-town kid, anyway. Tired of people calling this places with 15,000 people "tiny."
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I LOVE Wegman's. I'd go there all the time if we had one close to us.
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