doughnuts = 'money' (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Eric Nielsen]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:



> I'd imagine that the CNN weather guy was at least partially influenced
> by a Dunkin Donuts commercial in which the cook has to show up early
> (3-4 am).  In it, he arrives at the shop, bleary-eyed, in various forms
> of bad weather, always saying "Have to make the donuts".  I think it was
> a series of several commercials over a span of time, maybe the early
> 1990s?
>
>
As in the old joke: The baker went to work because he kneaded the dough.

Eric

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