Seen on Twitter: "Tim Whoretons"

[Laurence Horn]

And since my reference seems to have missed, I should proceed to fill in.  The pun involves the ubiquitous donut franchise--ubiquitous in Canada, that is, where Tim Horton's (yes, founded by the former hockey player) are the equivalent of our Dunkins.

LH



On Mar 27, 2012, at 1:11 AM, Herb Stahlke wrote:

> The hockey player.
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> Herb
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> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>>> Named for the donuts' holes
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>> Eh?
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