Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill-this-Thread III:The Thread That Would Not Die

Never been to Tim H.'s, because I'm not anywhere near Canada. However, I remember reading in some business rag that they trounced the snot out of Krispy Kreme when it tried to expand up there. For that, they have my eternal gratitude. Because Krispy Kreme is foul.

We have a pastry in the South called Apple Uglys. And they are.

I've never heard of an Apple Ugly. I do know Krispy Kreme and I was very sad when they withdrew from my city, although not having them around is better for my waistline.

Krispy Kremes flopped in this area too. They were sold for a while in my supermarket, but I think the appeal was getting them hot right from the oven.

Dunkin Donuts still dominates here.

Shipley's is the dominant doughnut shop here, followed by Southern Maid. Dunkin Donuts is creeping in, but mostly on the strength of its coffee--certainly not on its doughnuts. Krispy Kreme actually did pretty well, but the franchisee had a falling out with the company.

What I miss from when I lived up Quis's way is the independent doughnut shops. I wonder how many of them even still exist.

Love Tim Horton's.

We have the very first on-campus Tim Horton's in the USA.

Timmy Ho has long been in Buffalo, and is now growing in other parts of NYS.

A couple years ago took over the old Bess Eaton's donut chain in SE New England, too (although it's not as good as the Canadian branch), I was surprised to see when hanging out with Abin a year and a half ago. I hear they're expanding in the Great Lakes area of the US too (along the Interstates, at least).

All Dunkin Donuts has left is its coffee - it gave up on its donuts gradually over the years, but espeically in the past decade or so when they moved to centralized production instead of store-fresh.

Not too many of the old indy donut shops seem to be around anymore, but there is one near my hometown (right across the street from DD, ironically).

If anyone ever wonders how Americans got so batshit insane about food and health: When I go to the Red Cross to donate, they pass out Krispy Kremes. This is after the list of pointers they give pre-donation that you should AVOID fatty foods before donating. Yeesh.

When that damn chain opened here, the news stations and papers carried on like the Messiah had finally come. I was so longing to do a fake KK website with the motto,

"Krappy Krum: Oh, Get A Goddamn Grip. It's Just A Freakin' Donut!!"

We actually have a number of pretty decent local stores and chains here. The hipsters love Voodoo Donuts best, because you can buy donuts shaped like... uh, well. See for yourself *

*Not worksafe if your boss has sharp eyes.

KK made a big splash when it arrived in Albany sev. years ago. It was okay, but I was underwhelmed. They left, even before I migrated north. No loss.

Speaking of donuts, there's a painter who makes a living and gets written up in high-class papers for doing basically nothing but painting huge pictures of jelly donuts .

Ladies and Gentlemen, the art biz is truly like the joke about waking up one morning and finding the Castro brothers going through your 'fridge. One simply doesn't know what to say.

Here's one for you cleome, given your job situation:

John Smith started the day early having set his

alarm clock

MADE IN JAPAN ) for 6am ..

While his coffeepot

(MADE IN CHINA )

was perking, he shaved with his electric razor

(MADE IN HONG KONG ).

He put on a dress shirt

(MADE IN SRI LANKA ),

designer jeans

(MADE IN SINGAPORE )

And tennis shoes

(MADE IN KOREA )

After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet

(MADE IN INDIA )

he sat down with his calculator

(MADE IN MEXICO )

to see how much he could spend today.

After setting his watch

(MADE IN TAIWAN )

to the radio

(MADE IN INDIA )

he got in his car

(MADE IN GERMANY )

filled it with GAS

from Saudi Arabia )

and continued his search

for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.

At the end of yet another discouraging

and fruitless day checking his computer

(Made In Malaysia ),

John decided to relax for a while.

He put on his sandals

(MADE IN BRAZIL )

poured himself a glass of wine

(MADE IN FRANCE )

and turned on his TV

(MADE IN INDONESIA ),

and then wondered why he can't find

a good paying job

in AMERICA .

I'd rather talk about donuts.

At least the donuts are all US-made. For now.

(AFOB, Dude, I buy all my imports the honest way-- via Goodwill !!)

Even the ones in foreign countries?

When I was in Poland, my relaives took me to Warsaw Old Town, which was full of chain restaurants, including a Dunkin Donuts.

Dunkin Donuts apparently lasted only briefly in Northern Ireland, and were later replaced by Tim Horton's.

We had a Winchell's here that was supplanted by an indy donut shop almost right away. I was surprised at that;In my former property-related career, I learned that fast food chains frequently don't let leased/contracted property go to a new business, unless the succeeding tenant agrees not to let a competing business move in there for a stipulated period of time.

(Now, if amateur real estate law doesn't kill this thread, face facts:The thread is unkillable.)

I was surprised to learn that Jack-in-the-Box used to operate not far from where I grew up; I always associated them as a West Coast chain.

The old New Paltz JitB was a sporting goods store last I knew. It had changed enough not to be immediately evident - but once you realized, you could see some architectural elements of its original use.

There was another one with an equally non-restautant look somewhere else in the area.

In one of the old Kill this thread threads, posts about ERISA failed to kill they thread. And real estate law is fascinating compared to ERISA

I remember that. I tried library cataloguing classification and that didn't work either.

When I chose "Lard Lad" as my MB name, I had totally forgotten about the character from the Simpson's donut shop, who in turn was a takeoff on Shoney's Big Boy.

The only reason I am Quislet, Esq. is because Quislet was taken. I was Quislet on the DC boards.

But I am glad now that my name here is not just the character's name.

Shoney's was only one of the Big Boy franchise names. In Florida it was Frisch's Big Boy and in Michigan it was Elias Brothers Big Boy. That one might still be around. I don't know any others off the top of my head.

Anyway, I use variations on "rockhopper" for a lot of things, because I like penguins. When I joined up here, I added the "Lad" in homage to the Legion, as many others have done. I now use "rockhopperlad" for a user name more often than not.

Super-powered Team-Up of the Century: Sheepdogs & Fairy Penguins

Still can't beat beagles and rockhoppers.

PETA would be after us if we did.