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uctofeej
Master of Random Thought
Silly crooks. The Doughnuts/cop thing is a stereotype.
Taught a class to cops and brought doughnuts and other goodies for the mid-morning, sugar-charged snack to keep 'em going. They ate everything in sight, but didn't touch a single doughnut.
Taught a class to cops and brought doughnuts and other goodies for the mid-morning, sugar-charged snack to keep 'em going. They ate everything in sight, but didn't touch a single doughnut.
odot
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They probably thought you were profiling them and elected to not eat them.....I'm sure they were jonesin', though.
FJR_pig
Bud Light Real Man of Genius
True dat. Stereotype or no stereotype, you pass a maple bar in front of me, it's goin' down...
Yes, but sometimes it's a self-perpetuated stereotype.
There's a municipal cop who covers morning traffic and such in front of the local high school my sons attend. Some time ago, I happened to be on an errand by there just as he was driving off. He was going in the same direction I was, so I was behind him for several blocks when he turned into the local doughnut shop. I didn't, but did think about stopping to inform him, "You do realize that you're just perpetuating a stereotype, don't you?"
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uctofeej
Master of Random Thought
Yeah, but what's the diff between donuts and pastries? About 3 calories, but otherwise...
Maybe I just had the wrong flavors.
I read the original article from the Roseburg The News-Review from yesterday and re-reading it today. The article is by Chelsea Duncan. Not only did the two idiots (21 and 19)offer donuts to the cops at the Douglas County Sherriff's Office in Roseburg, they were transients and dressed like cowboys with backpacks. Jonathan Whitley went up to the deputies with a big wad of chew in his pocket, and mentioned he had a court date in Baker City, and they were going to take the Greyhound there; he offered them donuts while they chatted. When the deputies went to the Lookingglass (a nearby small town) store there were muddy cowboy boot prints; items stolen included cigs, chewing gum and donuts.... The cops put 2 and 2 together, went to the bus station and talked to the idiots. There was the loot in their backpacks and they are in county lockup for second-degree burglary, first-degree theft and second-degree criminal mischief.
Guess he missed his Baker City court date, huh?
Who said nothing exciting ever happens here?
Guess he missed his Baker City court date, huh?
Who said nothing exciting ever happens here?
Pjturbo
Well-known member
I did. And it still dosn't sound very exciting. :huh:
Phil
Phil
You're right, but I'll never admit it
At least we have rte 101, Crater Lake, waterfalls, The North Umpqua River, Umpqua National Forest and a host of stuff to do when nothing else happens..........
MIST
Member
Anybody know how that stereotype got started?
v65
ouch
There's a lot of people that go to donut shops every day.
I tend to frequent the Dunkin Donuts' chain almost every time I'm going to drive more than an hour.
Where else around can you get a decent cup o' joe for the road. But I never buy the donuts...
It's just that you can't identify the other people's professions quite so easily from the parking lot...
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Once upon a time many many years ago there was a cop car with a port fuel injected engine. One of the first to use such a system. The fuel rail on this system was plastic...nice for corrosion and resistence to alcohols and such and very cost effective. Trouble is, the cop cars started to catch fire. They always caught fire at do-nut shops. Seriously. They were referred to as do-nut shop fires. After much investigation the problem was determined to be real and was root cause identified. When the engine was idling almost all the fuel supplied to the fuel rail circulated past the injectors and returned to the tank. Recirculation rates at idle are almost 100% as very little fuel is used at idle. This high recirculation rate caused a static charge to build up in the fuel which eventually became high enough to arc thru the plastic fuel line to a grounding point on the engine. The arc would put a pinhole in the plastic fuel rail allowing fuel to leak and the arc provided the ignition source. In testing this could be duplicated but only by idling the engine for hours and hours non-stop. That fuel system was used on millions of other vehicles without a hitch. Only the cop cars caught fire and almost always at do-nut shops. Proof that cops leave their cars idling at do-nut shops for hours on end apparently.......
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madmike2
Shtirrenuppenmeister
I think policemen stop where they have easy entrance and exit, are visible, can see their cruisers and someplace central to overlapping assigned territories.
Donut shops probably fit the parameters. Besides, a maple bar is hard to pass up when you're enjoying a good cup of coffee (or hot chocolate).
Donut shops probably fit the parameters. Besides, a maple bar is hard to pass up when you're enjoying a good cup of coffee (or hot chocolate).
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FJR_pig
Bud Light Real Man of Genius
madmike2
Shtirrenuppenmeister
I did, that's why I said that! :yahoo:
You didn't expect the "shtirrenuppenmeister" to let that slide by quietly, did you?
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FJR_pig
Bud Light Real Man of Genius
The best part is that I've been out of patrol for almost five years, so my unmarked and my suit allow me to infiltrate any donut shop unnoticed and abduct maple bars. Sort of a pastry serial killer, you might say.
madmike2
Shtirrenuppenmeister
There, I fixed it for you. B) And some of us look at the license plates of plain colored govt. vehicles. Most of them around here are recognizable if you are aware and alert. And they patrol the freeways, too.
