# Disgusting IRRESPONSIBLE Dunkin Donut commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127 "2007-06-23T15:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/42 "2007-06-24T01:24:11Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] šŸ˜• Google is not my friend re. this quote. [/QUOTE] Youā€™ve never seen the first Poltergeist movie? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/43 "2007-06-24T01:54:12Z")
Well, this whole gravestones/mattresses thing shines an entirely new light on the venerable Biblical comment about ā€œnot dead but sleepingā€!! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/44 "2007-06-24T04:06:21Z")
Wow, there really IS a Bible quote for every situation. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/45 "2007-06-24T04:52:27Z")
Well, I am glad this boycott thing turned out to be unnecessary because I just canā€™t get behind any boycott that deprives me of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/46 "2007-06-24T05:27:05Z")
While those are clearly not tombstones, I can see where somebody might get confused. Even still, I cant believe nobody has picked up on something even more outrageous. The ad begins with the kids ripping up Bibles! Motherfucking Bibles people! I dont care what religion you are or arenā€™t, but thatā€™s seriously offensive. I doubt the ad is really going to encourage any youth to go out and rip up peopleā€™s holy texts, but do we really want to belong to a culture where such a destructive act of vandalism and disrespect is considered cool? I dont. Iā€™m too apathetic to boycott DD, but I dont know if I will feel as comfortable buying from then now. Look, maybe Iā€™m biased because Iā€™m Christian, but ripple up Bibles is not cool. If it was a Koran, this ad would be on the national news, but since itā€™s a Bible I guess nobody gives a shit. Grrrrr, that ad makes me angry. So angry I want to rip things in half. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/47 "2007-06-24T05:36:07Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] While those are clearly not tombstones, I can see where somebody might get confused. Even still, I cant believe nobody has picked up on something even more outrageous. The ad begins with the kids ripping up Bibles! Motherfucking Bibles people! I dont care what religion you are or arenā€™t, but thatā€™s seriously offensive. I doubt the ad is really going to encourage any youth to go out and rip up peopleā€™s holy texts, but do we really want to belong to a culture where such a destructive act of vandalism and disrespect is considered cool? I dont. Iā€™m too apathetic to boycott DD, but I dont know if I will feel as comfortable buying from then now. Look, maybe Iā€™m biased because Iā€™m Christian, but ripple up Bibles is not cool. If it was a Koran, this ad would be on the national news, but since itā€™s a Bible I guess nobody gives a shit. Grrrrr, that ad makes me angry. So angry I want to rip things in half. [/QUOTE] Huh? šŸ˜• Do you consider the phonebook a Bible or are you just purposely being obtuse? ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/48 "2007-06-24T05:37:23Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Huh? šŸ˜• Do you consider the phonebook a Bible or are you just purposely being obtuse? [/QUOTE] I think heā€™s purposely mocking the OP. In other words, WHOOSH. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/49 "2007-06-24T05:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Huh? šŸ˜• Do you consider the phonebook a Bible or are you just purposely being obtuse? [/QUOTE] Aaaaaaaand Whoosh! Gotcha ya! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/50 "2007-06-24T05:43:26Z")
I empathize with you, **Rigamarole**. With **Autolycus** , you never know. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/51 "2007-06-24T05:49:32Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] I empathize with you, **Rigamarole**. With **Autolycus** , you never know. [/QUOTE] Hey! šŸ˜›šŸ™‚ šŸ˜•ā˜¹šŸ˜•šŸ™‚ šŸ˜› (how should I take that remark? lol) ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/52 "2007-06-24T06:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Well, I am glad this boycott thing turned out to be unnecessary because I just canā€™t get behind any boycott that deprives me of coffee. [/QUOTE] Amen to that. I can imagine having to wear disguise and go through the D&D drive thru in someone elseā€™s car at 3am just so **StarvingButStrong** didnā€™t catch me. šŸ˜‰ \*\*points and laughs at **Rigamarole**. You got whooshed. šŸ˜› (but H&R is right, you \*can \*never tell with **Autolycus** , so Iā€™m not laughing that hard) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/53 "2007-06-24T13:26:04Z")
When I die Oh when I diiiiiiie Bury me six feet deep Yes six feet deeeeeep With a big ol soft mattress over my grave So all my friends can come by And drink a toast to meee And then zork. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/54 "2007-06-24T14:04:02Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Huh? šŸ˜• Do you consider the phonebook a Bible or are you just purposely being obtuse? [/QUOTE] Actually, I suspect that the ad agency expects and even WANTS people to see it that way ā€“ makes the commercial look edgy or something. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/55 "2007-06-24T14:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] I am measurably stupider for having sat through that. Thanks a lot, yā€™all. šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] Why? They were cute. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/56 "2007-06-24T14:53:45Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] But it was delicious. [/QUOTE] Who knew ripped Seal meat went well with coffee? Ignorance fought. _And when I Die. And when Iā€™m deadā€¦dead and gone, Thereā€™ll be one child bornā€¦in the world To rip mattresses in half, drink decaf, and carry on, carry onā€¦!_ Dux and runsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/57 "2007-06-24T17:44:34Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] šŸ˜• Google is not my friend re. this quote. [/QUOTE] Replace: sleeping people with bodies; bedroom with cemetery; & mattresses with headstonesā€¦ ā€¦and you get the climactic scene near the end of _Poltergeist_ when Craig Nelson confronts the greedy developer who failed to move the bodies before he built a subdivision over a cemetery. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/58 "2007-06-24T20:16:22Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Huh? šŸ˜• Do you consider the phonebook a Bible or are you just purposely being obtuse? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Autolycus] Aaaaaaaand Whoosh! Gotcha ya! šŸ˜ƒ [/QUOTE] Not really. I had a feeling you might be doing it on purpose, hence you confirmed that it was the latter. I just didnā€™t think it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/59 "2007-06-24T20:22:09Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Not really. I had a feeling you might be doing it on purpose, hence you confirmed that it was the latter. I just didnā€™t think it was funny. [/QUOTE] Nobody likes a sore loser. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/60 "2007-06-24T20:44:59Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Nobody likes a sore loser. [/QUOTE] **Auto** , you are not helping your reputation any, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127/61 "2007-06-24T20:57:11Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] **Auto** , you are not helping your reputation any, you know. [/QUOTE] What started as a perhaps in-poor-taste joke is now turning this thread into a commentary on me. Iā€™m bowing out on this thread before I lose my temper. If anyone wishes to talk to me about my reputation here and how I affected it with my actions in this thread, then you can PM me. I need some coffee and a donutā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disgusting-irresponsible-dunkin-donut-commercial/409127.md?page=4)