The Hole Thread

[Rutabaga]

Since Drewnation and others frequently advise us to "read the hole thread", it seemed to me we better get one started.

The Hole Thread can go a lot of different directions. I hope it evolves. But just to get things kicked off, I'll take Holes for 100 Alex.

A: This previously useless piece of dough became a multi-million dollar product idea called the Munchkin.




























Q: What is a donut hole?

[Unitik908]

well my goodness that was nifty



POW

[James_Potter]

Munchkin? Who calls doughnut holes 'munchkins'?

[Magic 8 Ball]

Originally posted by James_Potter
Munchkin? Who calls doughnut holes 'munchkins'?
Dunkin Donuts

https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus/nutrition/Product.aspx?Category=Donuts&id=DD-610

[James_Potter]

Originally posted by Magic 8 Ball
Dunkin Donuts
https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus/nutrition/Product.aspx?Category=Donuts&id=DD-610

Yeah, well, Dunkin Donuts is nothing compared to Krispy Kreme. nothing.

PS Mr Magic 8 Ball, are you even a unicyclist? Or just an insane person who thinks he's a magic 8 ball?

[drewation]

Originally posted by Rutabaga
Since Drewnation and others frequently advise us to "read the hole thread", it seemed to me we better get one started.

The Hole Thread can go a lot of different directions. I hope it evolves. But just to get things kicked off, I'll take Holes for 100 Alex.

A: This previously useless piece of dough became a multi-million dollar product idea called the Munchkin.




























Q: What is a donut hole?

um, my name is drewation not drewnation :rolleyes:

[PopeSamXVI]

Krispy Kreme is horrible. Johnny's, Doughboy, or other local shops owned by the same vietnamese family is where it's at!

[Dave Lowell]

Originally posted by James_Potter
Munchkin? Who calls doughnut holes 'munchkins'? Dorothy.

[Rutabaga]

Originally posted by James_Potter
PS Mr Magic 8 Ball, are you even a unicyclist? Or just an insane person who thinks he's a magic 8 ball?
Does he LOOK like he can pedal a unicycle???

[Magic 8 Ball]

Originally posted by James_Potter
PS Mr Magic 8 Ball, are you even a unicyclist? Or just an insane person who thinks he's a magic 8 ball?
YES

[Homerbot]

Originally posted by Magic 8 Ball
YES whoa... i don't even know you and you answered in the way i expected you to... creepy as all hell

[James_Potter]

Originally posted by Magic 8 Ball
YES

How do I know that's not just a randomized response that you have written on your interior pentadecahedron (or whatever it's called)?

[Murde Mental]

speaking oh holes..... I took this picture...guess what it is

[lleberg]

I've got a hole in my head, and no one to fix it.

What does that mean?

[Murde Mental]

oops..here's the pic.

[Murde Mental]

I think I win the best hole award.

[James_Potter]

holy hole, that's a deep hole!!

[Klaas Bil]

Originally posted by Magic 8 Ball
YES It's James Potter's fault. Now I have to ask: did you answer Mr. Potter's first question, or his second one?

Klaas Bil

[Catboy]

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/images/cole-hole-close.jpg

A very cool, and yet deadly hole.

[Murde Mental]

yeah..but you didn't take the picture yourself...

[Homerbot]

Originally posted by Klaas Bil
It's James Potter's fault. Now I have to ask: did you answer Mr. Potter's first question, or his second one?

Klaas Bil well... i feel bad for answering for him... but my guess would be another yes

[Magic 8 Ball]

Originally posted by Klaas Bil
Now I have to ask: did you answer Mr. Potter's first question, or his second one?
It is certain

[Magic 8 Ball]

Originally posted by James_Potter
How do I know that's not just a randomized response that you have written on your interior pentadecahedron (or whatever it's called)?
Better not tell you now

[hell-on-wheel]

Did anyone else notice the dunkin donuts ad at the top of page one? Google is kinda creepy.

[Magic 8 Ball]

Originally posted by hell-on-wheel
Did anyone else notice the dunkin donuts ad at the top of page one?
Yes - definitely

[s7ev0]

Serious legal stuff about holes here. (http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2004/07/27/cnpolo27.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2004/07/27/ixcity.html)

[johnfoss]

Originally posted by hell-on-wheel
Did anyone else notice the dunkin donuts ad at the top of page one? Google is kinda creepy. Google are geniuses. This page is full of donut words, including "munchkin" and "dunkin." Simple as that. Those guys at Google may not be unicyclists, but they have at least one unicyclist working for them (Seth Golub, last I heard). Jack Halpern gave the two lead guys a unicycle on a visit there a few years ago.

Krispy Kremes, if you don't like them or are not familiar, must be eaten fresh. They lose much of their appeal if they get cold or old. Dunkin Donuts has been around a lot longer, and is probably still a bigger company at this point. More choices, but also still only good if they're fresh. They're everywhere in New York, but there are none here in Sacramento.

Hate to burst anyone's bubble, but Dunkin Munchkins are not made from donut holes. That's no doubt where the idea came from, but when you make donuts you not only have circular scraps, you also have much bigger scraps from between all the donuts. This dough is re-kneaded, flattned, and cut out again into more donuts. After a few cycles of this the dough is no longer worthy of donuts, and is used to make some other tasty stuff. Like what they call bear claws here. I don't know what the big dough blobs were called in MI or NY, but that's what they did with them. Munchkins are made separately using a similar method.

DISCLAIMER: The above Dunkin research is based upon watching donuts being made at the local Dunkin Donuts (locally called "Kin Uts" for their burnt-out neon) in Livonia, Michigan in 1981 or so. Methods may have changed since then.

My guess on Merde Metal's photo:
The stairwell at my elementary school.

[Murde Mental]

Merde

that's not nice...

[drewation]

Originally posted by Rutabaga
Since Drewnation and others frequently advise us to "read the hole thread", it seemed to me we better get one started.

The Hole Thread can go a lot of different directions. I hope it evolves. But just to get things kicked off, I'll take Holes for 100 Alex.

A: This previously useless piece of dough became a multi-million dollar product idea called the Munchkin.




























Q: What is a donut hole?

cool i just noticed this thread was kinda about me :D

[Krashin'Kenny]

Here's another "hole" of a different kind:

I really had to "dig deep" to find this one:D :rolleyes: