Massholes: Boston really does run on Dunkin!

[bicentennial_baby]

:o



http://www.bostonist.com/archives/2007/04/26/boston_runs_on_dunkin.php

[zanne]

1. Whenever I wander outside of New England....

I always wonder where all the Dunkin Donuts' are!

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Hehe, I wondered that when I moved to Pittsburgh!

Directions in MA:

Ok, take a left at the DD, go about 1.5 miles, take a right at the DD, pass two more DDs.... :P

[taterguy]

3. Was the Big Dig built by people high on Dunkin?

There's a better way. Nothing's ever gone wrong in the land where this is king:

[bicentennial_baby]

4. I've never had Krispy Kreme

x(

[taterguy]

5. It's a taste as divine as lobster fresh from the bay

Actually they're kind of over rated but you should pick try them.

[meegbear]

25. It's GAH-BEDJ!

It's like an undercooked Dunkin Donut, all doughy.

[Frank Cannon]

40. They're great when fresh and hot

But they're pretty nasty when they been sittin'.

[bullwinkle428]

6. Computer says "noooooooooo"!

I think their struggles proved they couldn't live up to the hype. Unfortunate, as they're pretty much the only game in town in the Midwest. Dunkin and Tim Horton's kicked their ass right out of town when they tried to move in on the Buffalo, N.Y. market!

[taterguy]

10. Buffalo's not a big doughnut town

The Kreme has nothing to worry about

[bullwinkle428]

28. Horton's has around 50 locations, and Dunkin has 22

in the Buffalo/Niagara Frontier area - I'm sure KK would have loved to make dent in that market share, but didn't measure up. I even recall when they opened their first store in the area - my Mom, who still lives there, was saying they were hiring off-duty cops just to direct traffic in and out of the lot...5 years, they were gone (just one remaining location in the area).

[taterguy]

31. I knew my graphic was too esoteric

That's Sir Eaton-Hogg, manager of Spinal Tap. I was trying to paraphrase him when he told the band that their gig in Boston was cancelled due to poor ticket sales: Boston's not a big college town.

[bullwinkle428]

37. DAMMIT!!!! I should have recognized that immediately, considering

that I own the DVD, being one of my all-time favorite movies! (Delivering huge smack to my forehead as we speak!) If it was Monday morning, I would have had some kind of excuse, but it's fricking Friday! D'oh! :dunce:

One of my favorite lines from the movie, and one I've occasionally even used in other contexts as well! :toast:

[fudge stripe cookays]

36. Yay! There's Timmy's in Buffalo!

I can get a double-double and Timbits while I'm up! :9

[bullwinkle428]

38. You literally can't go 2 blocks without seeing a Tim Horton's in Buffalo!

[fudge stripe cookays]

41. So...

almost like Calgary...but not! :D

[bullwinkle428]

42. Wow...they really are taking over North America one

city at a time!! :hi:

"All of your doughnuts are belong to us!"

[usaftmo]

44. Is that pic from Richmond Highway in Alexandria?

If so, then I'm scaring myself!

[CBHagman]

45. Er, nothing's ever gone wrong?

Hey, it's people who ate Krispy Kreme who elected Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) and Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC)! Fortunately the good people of North Carolina also gave us John Edwards, but the rest of the crowd (Lauch Faircloth, Liddy Dole et al) doesn't inspire much hope.

I see your Floyd Spence (R-SC) and raise you a Barney Frank (D-MA).

On edit: After a return visit to Boston some years back, I decided that perhaps the stupidest question a visitor could utter would be, "Is there somewhere around here where I could buy some coffee and doughnuts?" Even the motel I stayed in served Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast.

[graywarrior]

7. Dunkie's are few a far inbetween down here in creackerville.

They put them in gas stations. I miss Dunkie's.

[Gormy Cuss]

8. I miss Dunkin'

In Boston I lived within a few blocks of one and worked a block away from another one. Long before th Starbucks phenom they were the best place to get a decent cup of coffee. Their donuts were better when they baked them on site. Chocolate honey dipped.....mmmm,donut.

They were HQ'ed in Randolph as I recall.

[Beer Snob-50]

9. the dunkin donuts in my neighborhood was recently closed

for renovations. when they reopened, they now serve sandwiches and pizza. i refuse to eat them as all i ever do there is buy medium ice coffee, light with skim milk and ONE sweet and low.

[JackBeck]

11. I hear you're a big fan of their new spokesperson.

I think of you every time I see the commercial.

[bicentennial_baby]

12. OMG

:spank:

[graywarrior]

13. You gonna take that?

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Fuck no, I'm a Masshole! Grrrrrr!

[graywarrior]

26. I may be back to being one, too.

May as well do something I'm good at. We can join forces.

[bicentennial_baby]

27. Oooh, for reals?

:bounce: We'll be badder than bad...Whoa. Do you think the state can handle us? :o

[graywarrior]

29. No. We'll be run out of the state to NH.

[bicentennial_baby]

30. Better than Connecticut

[graywarrior]

32. LIEberman. Ick.

At least in NH you can dress like a granola and still be hip.

[bicentennial_baby]

34. Or like a redneck!

It's the best of both worlds! And, no sales tax! :woohoo:

[graywarrior]

35. And there's the Seabrook nuke plant, not to mention the Brookies!

Pammy Smart!!!!!

[JackBeck]

19. You're only encouraging me. n/t

[bicentennial_baby]

22. You bettah watch it, boyo

I'm a gonna put a hurtin' on YOU! :mad:

[Shell Beau]

15. That sure is a lot! My word!! And they ain't all that!

[bicentennial_baby]

16. Oh, I agree!

I'm a Starbucks grrl :)

Hi Shell! :hi:

How are your furbabies doing today?

:hug:

[Shell Beau]

17. My poor little Hank is limping, but I think that is a battle wound from

my Hutch! Thanks for asking!!

And I am a Starbucks fiend!!

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

18. Hug them tight for me!

I miss my dog...

What's your favorite drink there? :bounce:

[Shell Beau]

20. All of the really fattening ones! I love the white chocolate mocha and

the mocha frap with no whip!! :9 I may have to make a trip over there!

[bicentennial_baby]

23. I'm a Mocha girl, but I do love a Frap in the summer!

:9

[KG]

21. whoa! that's a lot of bad doughnut-ry.

:(

[bicentennial_baby]

24. The only DD donut I eat is

the Blueberry Cake one...Oh yum! :9

[One_Life_To_Give]

33. Nah, Rosies Roving Restaurant

Now that was a cup of Coffee!

[Marrah_G]

39. Dunkies is WICKED GOOD!

Southshore and Rhode Island are even worse.

I am always within a couple minute drive of a DD and when I lived in RI I literally had 5 within a 2 mile radius.

I am Dunkies Addict...no donuts...just coffee. Hazlenut, Extra Extra.... yummmmmmm

I consider anywhere in the US that does not have one (and to be a REAL dunkies they can't hand you those stupid little cream and sugar packets instead of making it to order)is simply uncivilized !!!!!

[Pacifist Patriot]

43. I learned something very important when I lived in Boston.

You can't throw a stone without hitting a florist, a book shop or a Dunkin Donuts. Cheers!