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Doughnut-lovers denied their fix because of junkie's death
A Dunkin' Donuts was closed for several hours after a guy was found dead in the bathroom. Someone writes in the comments below the story: "What *I* heard was that he was found with a jelly-filled syringe in his arm; apparently he'd been mainlining donuts for several months and it finally caught up with him. It's always tragic when a drug addict croaks...especially when they tie up the john at Dunks for hours." (Gloucester Times)
August 7, 2008 | Permalink
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Our Dunkin' Donuts closed a few years ago, I miss it. Krispy Kreme just isn't the same.
Posted by: Kody | Aug 7, 2008 7:06:22 AM
Yeah, I was like that for a while....stopping at roadside trucks selling dozen boxes of krispy kremes for fundraisers, making late night runs to get a fix at the drivethru at Dunkins, harrassing the donutmakers at the local grocery store for not keeping the boston creme bin full.....then one morning I woke up with a half eaten bear claw sticking out of my mouth and a paramedic holding paddles to me and I knew it was enough.........I joined a 12 step program that helped ween me off by forcing me to buy and eat donuts at Starbucks, but they called them La Forza grande pastries and they were $6 each.....two weeks, $450, and about 100 conversations with pompous lemmings about the depth of flavor in various world coffees while listening to piped-in James Taylor music cured me...I have been donut free for 2 years.
Posted by: jj | Aug 7, 2008 7:15:26 AM
I like Krispy Kreme better. Years ago, I was a total junkie for awhile. I'd go after my rock climbing class that I took at UAH. After I gained 20 lbs., I knew I needed to quit, so I did. Now people bring donuts to the hospital all the time. I'll eat one every now and then....it's been a couple of months since my last donut.
Posted by: twerp | Aug 7, 2008 7:32:19 AM
Mmmmmm donuts..... Great comments on the addictive nature of donuts... We should all be hyper vigilant of the threat these round holey monstrosities pose in developed nations around the world and at home. Stop donut abuse NOW!
Posted by: Matt | Aug 7, 2008 7:35:00 AM
Twerp, do you work at a hospital or are you an inpatient? I hope you're not ill.
Posted by: Sheila | Aug 7, 2008 7:35:37 AM
Krispy Kreme RULES!!!!! (especially when the "hot" sign is flashing)
Posted by: southernguy | Aug 7, 2008 7:38:04 AM
LOL @ jj!!
Posted by: bellywacker | Aug 7, 2008 7:53:48 AM
SOME DOUGHNUTS HAVE A HOLE IN THEM YOU COULD HAVE SEX WITH, WARM STICKY DOUGHNUT SEX!!! SEX RULES!!!
Man, I've been spending way too much time in here, I've caught BANGERitis. At least I didn't go the down the "cream filled" route.
Posted by: SFL | Aug 7, 2008 8:12:58 AM
I must prefer Dunkin Donuts to Krispy Kreme.
I wonder if this guy had a white powdery substance under his nose as well.
Mainlining filler jelly and sniffing powdered sugar....it will be the end of many an obese person.
Posted by: cherie | Aug 7, 2008 8:25:35 AM
I'LL GO DOWN THE CREMA-FILLED ROUTE FOR YOU, SFL. I HAVE A CREAM-FILLED DONUT RIGHT HERE FOR THE LADIES. SEX RULES!!
Posted by: BANGER | Aug 7, 2008 8:27:33 AM
SOMEDAY I'M GOING TO HAVE SEX WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN A DONUT. SEX RULES!
Posted by: BANGER | Aug 7, 2008 8:35:31 AM
BANGER, WHAT ? YOU DON'T HAVE HANDS? SEX RULES
Posted by: | Aug 7, 2008 8:43:05 AM
jj: thanks for the laugh this am!!!
ps: starbucks sux!
Posted by: thetruth | Aug 7, 2008 8:48:13 AM
I live in albuquerque and one morning i woke up and all the Krispy Kremes were closed...never to open again it was sad and tragic cuz now all we have are dunkin donuts. struck me as odd cuz when the krispy kremes opened out here there were cars for block with cops directing traffic...hahaha cops directing traffic for donuts funny
Posted by: elizabeth | Aug 7, 2008 8:49:29 AM
All things DD throw me into a sugar free spiral of depression and despair since 14 of Heavens 17 snubbed my honey dipped advances and promises of ring toss at Diamond Head to run off with the station wagon and some foreign born athlete in a turban.
Rue, despair, and agony on me!
jj; where can I sign up for the 13 step program?
Posted by: thomas | Aug 7, 2008 8:51:56 AM
Elizabeth, I'll trade you a Krispy Kreme for a Dunkin' Donuts! :)
Posted by: dffkody | Aug 7, 2008 9:06:26 AM
The local pigs are going through withdrawals.
Posted by: A.V. | Aug 7, 2008 9:44:06 AM
BANGER, having a cream-filled donut is not exactly enticing to ladies. Gay men perhaps, but not ladies. If you get my drift...
The circumstances of this man's death and discovery lead me to believe that Dunks' is an easy place to rob by simply hiding in the bathroom until they close, leaving you behind to bag up all that remains.
Posted by: Reno | Aug 7, 2008 9:51:11 AM
They should be more time worrying about all of the knocked up high school girls in that city, and a little less time on some guy who kicks it in a DD loo.
Posted by: troschne | Aug 7, 2008 10:05:57 AM
Make that *spending* more time...
Posted by: troschne | Aug 7, 2008 10:06:36 AM
Will the real BANGER please stand up?
Posted by: Mikey | Aug 7, 2008 10:19:39 AM
Dunkin's coffee makes up for the fact that their donuts are unhealthy.
Posted by: moose | Aug 7, 2008 10:20:09 AM
Doughnuts are good, but beignets are even better.
Elizabeth: Same thing happened up here with the Krispy Kreme stores. One day they are there, and the next day they are gone.
Posted by: lawdog | Aug 7, 2008 11:45:53 AM
When Krispy Kreme came to town, those stores ran out all of the Dunkin' Donuts stores. Then, much like with Elizabeth and lawdog, all of the Krispy Kremes vanished. Now, DD is back, with a vengeance--they're everywhere. It's weird.
Posted by: troschne | Aug 7, 2008 11:49:36 AM
junkies, alchoholics, the obese
too much of a good thing can kill you, people.
Posted by: boynamedsue | Aug 7, 2008 11:51:15 AM
