# strange things are afoot at the Circle K **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2000, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594 "2000-09-09T12:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/1 "2000-09-09T12:01:45Z")
Cecil mentioned this in a column: \*\*The K, circled K, and the circled U are all meant to indicate the product is kosher. \*\* Is the Circle K chain, brought to national prominence by the excellent adventure of one Bill S. Preston, Esq. and one Ted “Theodore” Logan", kosher or kosher-related? Only other thing I can hink of is a weird monogram of OK. Anybody? jelly beans ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/2 "2000-09-09T14:26:59Z")
I don’t know, but on a trip to LA a few years ago, my friend and I drove out to San Dimas and went looking for the Circle K. It took a while to find it, but it was [worth it](http://www.falstaff.net/mweintr/pictures/mw17.jpg). There’s no phone booth there, though. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/3 "2000-09-09T14:39:55Z")
did you try the phone next to O.J.'s white Bronco? ---
**Author:** ![muppetsoup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@muppetsoup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muppetsoup)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/4 "2000-09-09T15:23:49Z")
are you referring to the lonely mojave phone booth? [http://www.deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave.htm](http://www.deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave.htm) ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/5 "2000-09-09T15:48:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jb\_farley \* > \*\*did you try the phone next to O.J.'s white Bronco? \*\* > [@](#): > > \*\*are you referring to the lonely mojave phone booth?[[//B] I think he’s referring to the phone in the background of the picture, next to the white truck… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/6 "2000-09-09T16:53:19Z")
Well, since they definitely serve microwave cheeseburgers and chili cheese dogs at Circle K, I’d have to say no. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/7 "2000-09-09T18:08:47Z")
Ohboy. This is pure memory here. But here goes: When the late Fred Hervey purchased 5 El Paso convienance stores run by the Misenhimer family around 1952 they were named after one of the most popular members of the family: Kaye. They were identified as “Kay’s” or “Kaye’s” surrounded by an oval. Hervey changed the logo to the simple K surrounded by a circle. He would go on to expand the chain to 12 states when he sold it to investors around 1982. Circle K # 1 & 2 are long gone. Circle K #3 still lives at 1201 North Stanton Street in El Paso. So nope, nuthin Kosher there. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-things-are-afoot-at-the-circle-k/32594/8 "2000-09-09T21:15:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Circle K # 1 & 2 are long gone. Circle K #3 still lives at 1201 North Stanton **Street** in **El** Paso Is that some kind of ultra-clever slur against Cecil? Not in _ **my** _ thread, you boob! juicy boobies