# Take The Whole F-ing Donut!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 17, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477 "2009-04-17T21:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/21 "2009-04-18T00:13:04Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > I thought my mom was the only person who called them that! I first heard them called that just a few months ago. And now I’m hearing it all the time. There must be a name for that phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/22 "2009-04-18T00:40:18Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I hate when they break open the Hostess Cupcakes and take all the creamy filling. Lets not even get into the siphoned out Twinkies. what the hell?! I’ve never encountered such things. What the hell kind of savages do you work with?! Look, you want half a donut, that’s cool (but I agree with **MsWhatSit** that there really should never be more than one or two halves remaining in the box, even if there are various types of donuts) but syphoning out a twinkee or cupcake? I mean, I can logically see someone saying “you know I want a donut, but not a whole one, just a half” cause my family does this (especially with bagels) all the time when I’m with them. But who the hell would ever think “I want a twinkee, but only the outside yellow cake-like-substance part, not the delicious goo in the center.” That’s just crazy talk ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/23 "2009-04-18T01:05:23Z")
Pizza bones are totally different. You chewed that last bit off, why would I want it? Donuts - you either broke it off with your hand, or even better, cut it? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/24 "2009-04-18T01:29:05Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > “Who, **me?** ” 🙂 > That kitty is too cute, **Guin**! > > Q Don’t let her looks fool you-she’s evil. EVIL, I tell you!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/25 "2009-04-18T03:13:41Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > If I take a part of a doughnut, I leave the plastic knife I used by the box, to indicate it was cut, not torn away. > > That’s SOP in our office. Not only do we get doughnuts, but folks bring in such humongous baked goods that everyone assumes the items will be broken into smaller bits for consumption. That way everyone gets a piece. I do that too, just in case somebody is watching, so they don’t think I put my teeth all up on them. Only for family-sized danishes and such, of course - I eat the hell out of individual donuts. My personal ire is reserved for people who leave muffin stumps. And how nobody will eat the last donut. I’ll do it, if nobody’s looking. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/26 "2009-04-18T03:20:55Z")
Wait, **wait** , HOLD IT, please? Okay **Zsofia** 1. What are “muffin stumps” and why? 2. What’s the problem with the last donut? Bad luck? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/27 "2009-04-18T04:00:49Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Wait, **wait** , HOLD IT, please? > > Okay **Zsofia** > > 1. What are “muffin stumps” and why? > 2. What’s the problem with the last donut? Bad luck? > > Thanks > > Q I’ll take a stab at this one until **Zsofia** gets back. Muffin stump: Instead of taking the left or right half of the muffin, they’ll take the top or cap, leaving the part in the cup. Last donut: Just being percieved as greedy or inconsiderate. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/28 "2009-04-18T04:19:08Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > At least it was a fellow human being who took a half of a donut by tearing it in half. Try coming downstairs and finding the donut bag chewed through, and chunks bitten out of the donut by a [certain someone](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Guinastasia/Kitties/maggiexmas.jpg). My cats do that **all the time**. Not only do they nibble, but they nibble on both halves so I can’t even salvage a half-donut, and then dump the “leavings” (98% of the donut) on the floor. Upside down. I now seal my donuts in airtight plastic food tubs. Little bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/29 "2009-04-18T05:13:08Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Last donut: Just being percieved as greedy or inconsiderate. Well, somebody’s gotta take the last donut, and if I haven’t had one yet - might as well be me. But I’m brave. It was I who discovered that the dinner rolls a visitor brought in last week actually were dinner rolls with bacon, egg, and cheese baked in the middle. You would not believe how fast those went away once the word started to spread. No cutting in half either. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/30 "2009-04-18T11:30:38Z")
> [@Kaio](#): > > My cats do that \*\*all the time[/BI now seal my donuts in airtight plastic food tubs. Little bastards. Yep, nothing worse than donuts with questionable parentage 🙂 And don’t get started on donuts with gay parents… ---
**Author:** ![texasoysterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58956e/32.png) [@texasoysterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/texasoysterman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/31 "2009-04-18T13:50:30Z")
> [@Algorithm](#): > > [We don’t](http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.asp), but I’m sure we regularly ingest all kinds of more disgusting stuff. Yes, we certainly **DO** ingest lots more disgusting stuff! [http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html](http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/32 "2009-04-18T14:20:18Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Wait, **wait** , HOLD IT, please? > > Okay **Zsofia** > > 1. What are “muffin stumps” and why? > 2. What’s the problem with the last donut? Bad luck? > > Thanks > > Q Muffin stump = They cut off the top and eat it leaving the rest that was in the baking pan and didn’t rise above it. I’d eat the whole last donut. We had a dumb ass that would play with the cake in the break room. He’d peel off most of the frosting eating it and chop the cake into little pieces, destroying about 3/4 of a whole cake. The solution we resorted to was to bring the cake into the break room and leave with it after break to guard it. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/33 "2009-04-18T14:38:06Z")
Pizza “bones”? PETA is going to throw a shit fit about that. But I love them. And bread heels. ---
**Author:** ![Mann\_Slaughter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Mann\_Slaughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mann_Slaughter)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/34 "2009-04-18T15:28:55Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Well, somebody’s gotta take the last donut, and if I haven’t had one yet - might as well be me. It’s not the “last donut” that bothers me. I mean, SOMEONE has to take it, right? It’s after they take the last donut… …AND LEAVE THE EMPTY BOX SITTING ON THE F-ING TABLE, FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DISCARD!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/35 "2009-04-18T15:38:00Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Wait, **wait** , HOLD IT, please? > > Okay **Zsofia** > > 1. What are “muffin stumps” and why? > 2. What’s the problem with the last donut? Bad luck? > > Thanks > > Q The top of the muffin is of course the best part, but dude, throw away the lesser half! And people don’t want to seem greedy, so they don’t take the last of something. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/36 "2009-04-18T15:39:12Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Pizza “bones”? PETA is going to throw a shit fit about that. But I love them. And bread heels. Making PETA throw a fit is one of my little hobbies. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/37 "2009-04-18T15:46:05Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Making PETA throw a fit is one of my little hobbies. Wouldn’t you like a more difficult hobby, like taking candy from babies? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/38 "2009-04-18T15:51:41Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Wouldn’t you like a more difficult hobby, like taking candy from babies? No. I like babies. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/39 "2009-04-18T16:00:11Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Pizza “bones”? PETA is going to throw a shit fit about that. But I love them. And bread heels. I have a feeling a disabilities group is going to have big problems with muffin stumps. ---
**Author:** ![Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fake\_Tales\_of\_San\_Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fake_Tales_of_San_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477/40 "2009-04-18T16:07:21Z")
I’d just take two of the left over halves and make a whole one. That way I’d have the benefit of two different flavours. If you’re not willing to do this then you are a hypocrite. Alternatively I’d eat them all. I have this magical ability called ‘exercise’ that makes eating things like this not troublesome at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-the-whole-f-ing-donut/493477.md?page=3)