# Thanks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684 "2011-08-22T18:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/21 "2011-08-23T01:28:45Z")
Just so you know, it was laced with laxatives. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/22 "2011-08-23T02:06:28Z")
Clearly some people jere don’t understand the meaning of thief. Unless you’re some kind of Robin Hood Doughnut Thief? ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/23 "2011-08-23T02:10:08Z")
I _thought_ I sensed someone gripping my cruller. mmm ---
**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:** [August 23, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/24 "2011-08-23T02:15:48Z")
Donut Thieves: Its why I’ll buy way more chocolate frosted than I’d ever actually eat. That & a little boy named Sean. “Mmmmm! Donuts! \* pause as he looks at me\* Uhhh. Thanks, Dad.” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/25 "2011-08-23T03:00:48Z")
Crap. Daughter works at a gas station/mini market with a Dunkin Donuts and she just called to say she does NOT need to be picked up when her shift ends, so there’s no donuts for me. ☹ Donuts was the topic, right? ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/26 "2011-08-23T03:14:28Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Welcome to the Straight Dope, **Doughnut Thief**! We offer lots of information, entertainment and many other excellent ways to fritter your life away. I see what you did there… You’re not allowed to do that, though, unless you provide said fritters for all. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/27 "2011-08-23T03:19:45Z")
Can’t we just have a plain old fashioned welcome for our newest members? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Doughnut_Thief)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/28 "2011-08-23T03:30:49Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Crap. Daughter works at a gas station/mini market with a Dunkin Donuts and she just called to say she does NOT need to be picked up when her shift ends, so there’s no donuts for me. ☹ > > Donuts was the topic, right? If doughnuts are an option then doughnuts are the option ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/29 "2011-08-23T04:47:20Z")
She’ll work there tomorrow. If I bring home one covered with coconut and a Bismark for Thing Two, Wife may not notice the powdered sugar on my shirt. If I’m fast. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/30 "2011-08-23T05:19:22Z")
Welcome, welcome! Would you like some ice cream? The wasabi mint is especially frisky today. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/31 "2011-08-23T05:29:40Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Just so you know, it was laced with laxatives. I licked mine. (“I’ll take sentences that sound vaguely dirty for $100, Alex.”) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/32 "2011-08-23T14:05:06Z")
> [@goldmund](#): > > I see what you did there… You’re not allowed to do that, though, unless you provide said fritters for all. :::crams fritter in **goldmund** ’s piehole::: Mmmm. Pie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/33 "2011-08-23T14:19:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I licked mine. > > (“I’ll take sentences that sound vaguely dirty for $100, Alex.”) Hee hee! Greetings Doughnut Thief. I’ll have a glazed raised, please and thank you. I’m fairly new here also and will most likely do more reading than posting. ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/34 "2011-08-23T20:48:38Z")
Is **The Donut Thief** related to The Zinger Zapper from the 1980s? 😃 Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/35 "2011-08-24T01:23:45Z")
Welcome welcome, but can I finally have my donut back? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/36 "2011-08-24T01:55:12Z")
Welcome. And, yes, the main attraction of this board is intelligent discussion, minimal flaming, and a sense of fun. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/37 "2011-08-25T18:14:01Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Can’t we just have a plain old fashioned welcome for our newest members? Where’s the fun in that? Wait…I see what you did thar. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684/38 "2011-08-25T18:21:47Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Can’t we just have a plain old fashioned welcome for our newest members? The squid will require ten doughnuts, and doesn’t like filled ones (no holes). We ought to be able to work something out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks/593684.md?page=1)