# Tim Hortons stolen cash recovered, doughnuts still missing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886 "2013-01-31T05:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/1 "2013-01-31T05:04:27Z")
Story here: [Tim Hortons stolen cash recovered, doughnuts still missing](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2013/01/28/20532276.html) > [@](#): > > RCMP said two suspects burst into the coffee shop at 11:37 p.m., wearing masks and demanding money. > > They fled with cash from the till and a selection of doughnuts, cops said. > > Early Sunday morning, police arrested the pair as they were allegedly trying to steal a car in nearby Bedford. Police recovered the cash but offered no update on the whereabouts of the doughnuts. Will no-one think of the doughnuts?!? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/2 "2013-01-31T05:58:23Z")
Undoubtedly, clues were sprinkled around the crime scene. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/3 "2013-01-31T06:12:12Z")
but fortunately, no mention of glitter. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/4 "2013-01-31T06:14:09Z")
I’m just thinking of a darker possibility - perhaps it’s not that the crooks did a good job of concealing the doughnuts, but the cops have found them! cops - doughnuts - it doesn’t take much to see a possible explanation… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/5 "2013-01-31T06:23:19Z")
I doughn’t think the thieves will turnover the evidence, but maybe one of them will prove to be a patstry. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/6 "2013-01-31T06:28:17Z")
As long as the police weren’t frittering away their time trying to find the perps. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/7 "2013-01-31T13:24:15Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I’m just thinking of a darker possibility - perhaps it’s not that the crooks did a good job of concealing the doughnuts, but the cops have found them! cops - doughnuts - it doesn’t take much to see a possible explanation… That was my first thought, too. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/8 "2013-01-31T13:49:51Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Undoubtedly, clues were sprinkled around the crime scene. They also powdered for fingerprints. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/9 "2013-01-31T15:29:01Z")
There is no cruller fate for the poor victims on this heinous crime. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/10 "2013-01-31T15:36:16Z")
The story the police told must have a dozen holes in it! ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/11 "2013-01-31T15:41:23Z")
Ah, now they are in trouble. Double-Double trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/12 "2013-01-31T16:08:09Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > The story the police told must have a dozen holes in it! It’s a bit suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/13 "2013-01-31T16:36:11Z")
This just proves that you’ll never escape the long john of the law. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/14 "2013-01-31T16:38:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I doughn’t think the thieves will turnover the evidence, but maybe one of them will prove to be a patstry. You tried WAY to hard for that. Here, have a donut. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/15 "2013-01-31T18:19:45Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I’m just thinking of a darker possibility - perhaps it’s not that the crooks did a good job of concealing the doughnuts, but the cops have found them! cops - doughnuts - it doesn’t take much to see a possible explanation… You know how to detect if a cop has been eating donuts? His eyes are glazed. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/16 "2013-01-31T18:56:14Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > The story the police told must have a dozen holes in it! What are you talking about? There was no mention of Timbits. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-stolen-cash-recovered-doughnuts-still-missing/648886/17 "2013-01-31T20:32:30Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > You tried WAY to hard for that. Here, have a donut. [mmmmmm donuts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-4P1WPE-Qg)