# False advertising at Dunkin Donuts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 8, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823 "2016-06-08T13:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/41 "2016-06-15T14:01:37Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Once I drank so much that i blew chunks. And by “blow chunks” I mean I vomited. Hey, wait a minute. Weren’t you telling us that you lived next door to an old lady… who had a dog named Chunks? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/42 "2016-06-15T15:34:31Z")
Heh. Reminds me of my old job driving that circus truck. One day, I blew a seal. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/43 "2016-06-15T15:38:14Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Heh. Reminds me of my old job driving that circus truck. One day, I blew a seal. I thought you were driving a rented Stingray through downtown Atlantis. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/44 "2016-06-15T21:40:29Z")
Because your Barracuda was in the shop? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/45 "2016-06-16T00:46:06Z")
I thought it was a GT Turbot. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/46 "2016-06-16T03:08:19Z")
Did I ever tell you about the Wauwatosa [Marlin](http://www.marlinautoclub.com/Member_Area/MAC-66Cars1.html) Club? One kid did a beautiful job restoring a weird-looking fastback car, and another decided he had to, too. Soon a dozen or more became a highlight of parades, and the occasional “Let’s get some stares cruisin’ down Main Street for the Friday night fish fry”. Btw, ever have one of those threads where you have to scroll back up to the top at least once a day, just to see what the topic (once) was? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/47 "2016-06-16T03:10:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Btw, ever have one of those threads where you have to scroll back up to the top at least once a day, just to see what the topic (once) was? I’m not sure. Could you give us an example? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/48 "2016-06-16T04:17:51Z")
Dude, you’re already INSIDE, man. It’s like the Matrix, dude, and you can’t even tell… ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/49 "2016-06-16T13:03:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’m not sure. Could you give us an example? Thread drift? In this plaice? never. The maintenance guy just came through my office. I can’t believe it’s 2016 and he still has a mullet. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/50 "2016-06-16T23:02:06Z")
But IS it still 2016 in here? I mean, I don’t see anyone in the real timeline using Cool _Wh_ip, or going to donut shops and… hey, wait, was someone seriously discussing Grateful Dead lyrics…? uh, oh… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/51 "2016-06-16T23:02:37Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > I’m more pissed that the donuts at DD are trucked in from somewhere else and of questionable freshness. Seriously. It’s surprising how many people aren’t aware of this. Hell, they don’t even have a picture of a donut on their main page, and their site’s description on Google calls it an “all-day stop for coffee and baked goods”. They’re also selling sandwiches now. Since when does a chicken bacon sandwich go with coffee? There’s a Krispy Kreme about 8 minutes from my house. You can see the fresh doughnuts moving on the little conveyor belt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/52 "2016-06-19T16:23:25Z")
I’m also looking to sue Home Depot. One of their store brand tables broke on me yesterday when I put a sheet of plywood on it. The sheet only weighed 50 pounds and the table was advertised as being able to hold 200. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/53 "2016-06-19T16:28:25Z")
Yes, but was it _real_ plywood, or artificial? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/54 "2016-06-19T16:48:39Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > I’m also looking to sue Home Depot. One of their store brand tables broke on me yesterday when I put a sheet of plywood on it. The sheet only weighed 50 pounds and the table was advertised as being able to hold 200. Did you ask for a refund? Did the table have anything else on it? When you put the table together, did you use the provided fasteners? ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/55 "2016-06-19T16:50:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Did you ask for a refund? > Did the table have anything else on it? > When you put the table together, did you use the provided fasteners? It’s out of the return period. No. There wen’t any provided fasteners. It was a plastic folding table. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/56 "2016-06-19T17:04:56Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Since when does a chicken bacon sandwich go with coffee? Since _always_. There is no human food that does not go with coffee. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/57 "2016-06-20T02:09:04Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > There’s a Krispy Kreme about 8 minutes from my house. You can see the fresh doughnuts moving on the little conveyor belt. 🙂 Good opening for a lawsuit there, too. Not crispy, not creamy. And misspelling the words doesn’t get them out of it any more than I can get away with selling “No Sugar Added” ice cream by putting the sugar in first. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/58 "2016-06-20T18:10:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > …misspelling the words doesn’t get them out of it… Unfortunately, it does. There are legal definitions in the US Code of Federal Regulations known as “standards of identity” for certain things such as cream. Crème, Kreme, and Kream are not cream. [Here’s a list of the standards for dairy products.](http://milkfacts.info/Milk%20Processing/Standards%20of%20Identity.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/59 "2016-06-20T21:39:23Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Unfortunately, it does. > > There are legal definitions in the US Code of Federal Regulations known as “standards of identity” for certain things such as cream. Crème, Kreme, and Kream are not cream. There goes my class action suit against Kum’n’Go. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823/60 "2016-06-20T22:36:46Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Since _always_. There is no human food that does not go with coffee. How about the tuna salad bagel? > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Good opening for a lawsuit there, too. > > Not crispy, not creamy. > > And misspelling the words doesn’t get them out of it any more than I can get away with selling “No Sugar Added” ice cream by putting the sugar in first. Is this a good place to discuss “krab”? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-advertising-at-dunkin-donuts/756823.md?page=4)