Here’s one for the historians: The jelly donuts are from Berlin.
For those who did not get that, President Kennedy made a speech in which he tried to say the German for, “I am a Berliner,” but the literal translation for what he said was, “I am a jelly donut.”
and the doughnut holes are the great unwashed rabble who are subjugated by the ruling class whole doughnuts….
until the day that the discouraged, downtrodden , disgruntled doughnut holes rise up against the unjust rulers of doughnutland….
and in righteous anger the unruly mobs of doughnut holes storm the krispykreme bastille and free their unjustly imprisoned brethren from within…
I would have though the jelly-filled ones are politicians with their weak constitutions–you never know which way they’re leaning, and like the jelly, they easily flow from one side to the other.
The powdered ones are the unemployed–they’ve taken a powder and the glazed ones have become that way from spending too much time in front of a monitor.
It’s a shame that the doughnut planet is such a caste system, with one’s lot in life so connected to one’s garnish. Someday I trust they will live up to the words of Martin Luther King-Biscuit-Flour, who yearned for a day when “doughnuts would be judged not by the decoration of their crust, but the quality of their ingredients.
margueritem over 14 years ago
Most fitting.
Pacejv over 14 years ago
Are the cream-filled the ones who play golf?
rayannina over 14 years ago
My daughter likes the military ones. I prefer the conservatives.
(You know … old-fashioneds?)
ejcapulet over 14 years ago
How about glazed? What about the frosted ones?
Edcole1961 over 14 years ago
Here’s one for the historians: The jelly donuts are from Berlin.
For those who did not get that, President Kennedy made a speech in which he tried to say the German for, “I am a Berliner,” but the literal translation for what he said was, “I am a jelly donut.”
watcha over 14 years ago
Dark chocolate ones are the sewerage workers.
HeckleMeElmo over 14 years ago
The apple fritters just sit around wasting time.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
The bagels are the construction workers. Real problems arise when they get lox - er, lax! :))
pearlandpeach over 14 years ago
Yes, the cream-filled ones play golf - they are so full it it!
Charles Brobst Premium Member over 14 years ago
So it’s just like here. Do the cream filled work in the porn industry?
Ray_C over 14 years ago
The light chocolate ones can become president if they don’t have a cocoa dialect.
zero over 14 years ago
That’s just Yeast Coast bias…
Nicholas Theodorakis over 14 years ago
My German-born TA for German class in college said the Kennedy quote was perfectly acceptable German.
Digital Frog over 14 years ago
the fritters are environmentalists and are trying to make everyone afraid of rewarming…
Varnes over 14 years ago
ejcapulet, the glazed ones are the stoners. The frosted ones? eskimos…and I bet they’ re eaten by the stoners…
Varnes over 14 years ago
jack75287, yeah, the sprinkles do seem a little efeminate for the military. Doughnut ask, doughnut tell….
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
and the doughnut holes are the great unwashed rabble who are subjugated by the ruling class whole doughnuts…. until the day that the discouraged, downtrodden , disgruntled doughnut holes rise up against the unjust rulers of doughnutland…. and in righteous anger the unruly mobs of doughnut holes storm the krispykreme bastille and free their unjustly imprisoned brethren from within…
VIVE LA DDDD*!!
*discouraged, downtrodden, disgruntled donut holes
dr.mel Premium Member over 14 years ago
That’s it! I’m hiring everyone of you as writers! Tim Rickard
puddleglum1066 over 14 years ago
The “I am a jelly donut” story appears to be a legend. See:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm
alan.gurka over 14 years ago
I would have though the jelly-filled ones are politicians with their weak constitutions–you never know which way they’re leaning, and like the jelly, they easily flow from one side to the other. The powdered ones are the unemployed–they’ve taken a powder and the glazed ones have become that way from spending too much time in front of a monitor.
Varnes over 14 years ago
What do the police doughnuts eat?
Possum Pete over 14 years ago
I figured the cruellers would be in the porn industry. Wouldn’t the police doughnuts eat people?
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
I’m not sure Brewster has those groups right; there have been times when “politician” and “powder” have gone together.
cwreenactor over 14 years ago
No comment.
Trebor39 over 14 years ago
Woodennchanoit.
slhansen07 over 14 years ago
This theme is wearing on me…donut have an end?
Vbartilucci over 14 years ago
It’s a shame that the doughnut planet is such a caste system, with one’s lot in life so connected to one’s garnish. Someday I trust they will live up to the words of Martin Luther King-Biscuit-Flour, who yearned for a day when “doughnuts would be judged not by the decoration of their crust, but the quality of their ingredients.
David Hamilton over 14 years ago
Thank you ntheodorakis for your confirmation. I believe Pres. Kennedy even had the Berlin accent down correctly.
gordrogb Premium Member over 14 years ago
Edcole1961: I’m sure the BISMARCKS would be proud.