# The Nun Bun Theft **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563 "2005-12-29T11:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/1 "2005-12-29T11:57:56Z")
Has anyone heard about the Nun Bun theft in Chicago? It got me wondering if it was created by ID or was it by chance? Personally I would think Mother theresa would be offended because to me it looks like a witch’s face,and see little resemblance to Mother Theresa. Monavis ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/2 "2005-12-29T13:06:24Z")
Yes, I have heard of the [Nun Bun theft](http://www.tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/643197). It’s just another case of folk seeing coincidental similarities relating to religious belief, in everyday objects. ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/3 "2005-12-29T15:27:15Z")
Well, it was here in Nashville, at Bongo Java. From the stories, it was created by chance, someone just noticed it. Having seen it in person, it was at least a vague resemblance. Too bad someone had to steal it, it was a neat little display. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/4 "2005-12-29T15:37:42Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > Has anyone heard about the Nun Bun theft in Chicago? It got me wondering if it was created by ID or was it by chance? Personally I would think Mother theresa would be offended because to me it looks like a witch’s face,and see little resemblance to Mother Theresa. > > Monavis They were talking about this on Today yesterday, and said when it first came to light in 1996 (I think that was the year) , Mother Teresa called them directly and said she did not want her name associated with it , and this is why it became known as the Nun Bun. ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/5 "2005-12-29T16:02:39Z")
Well, the letter that they had displayed with it stated that she didn’t mind the bun so much, but they were selling Nun Bun T-shirts, profiting off her name. She asked them to stop that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/6 "2006-05-26T14:48:54Z")
The Nun Bun-nappers have sent a photo! [http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060525/NEWS01/605250387/1006](http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060525/NEWS01/605250387/1006) > [@](#): > > As far as clues, there weren’t many. The letter, which said only “Guess where,” is postmarked from Philadelphia. It has an Atlanta return address, with the pseudonym “Hu Dunet.” ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/7 "2006-05-26T15:13:51Z")
Obviously a misguided member of the Church hierarchy is trying to suppress an ancient baking secret. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/8 "2006-05-26T15:56:34Z")
Call in Tom Hanks! He’ll track it down! ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/9 "2006-05-26T20:06:36Z")
This one strikes me as better suited to MPSIMS, so let’s move it there. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/10 "2006-05-27T16:35:57Z")
I thought the thread title was ‘Nun Bum Theft’. That sounded much more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/11 "2006-05-27T16:52:20Z")
[url=http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=%22nun+bun%22&btnG=SearchIt doesn’t even really look that much like Mother Teresa. It looks more like Karl Malden in a wimple. Oh wait, that IS Mother Teresa. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/12 "2006-05-28T14:37:00Z")
[QUOTE=monavis] … it looks like a witch’s face…little resemblance to Mother Theresa. Monavis [/QUOTE] um-uhhhh… hh ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nun-bun-theft/337563/13 "2006-05-28T14:46:26Z")
Philadelphia huh, hmmmmm…Twickster, have you been in Chicago lately??