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   From: kweeg@nospam.shaw.ca   
      
   "Al Smith"  wrote in message   
   news:RTJmf.137455$Ph4.4190275@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...   
   > >>>A Burlington Bun *is* a name used by colonial guttersnipes for... a jam   
   > >>>> > doughnut.   
   > >>>> >   
   > >>>> > Don't even get me started on "jelly". I may become so furious as to   
   > >>>> > spontaneously implode.   
   > >>>> >   
   > >>   
   > >>>   
   > >>> A doughnut without a hole is like a lifesaver without a hole. For   
   > >>> some reason it doesn't taste as good. And that reason is ...   
   > >>> surface area. Having a hole in the center exposes more surface   
   > >>> area, hence enhanced taste. A Burlington Bun is a very nice   
   > >>> confection, but it isn't a doughnut.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > If this were a Bermaga script, we'd be talking about doughnuton   
   particles by   
   > > now, and we'd have to reconfigure the main deflector to emit a   
   doughnuton   
   > > pulse to make a hole in the Burlington Bun.   
   > >   
   > > And then at the end, time would reset and the hole would have *never   
   been   
   > > there at all*.   
   >   
   > It all makes sense now, when you explain it in terms of doughnuts.   
   > And the takions would be the sprinkles!   
      
   Of course in Canada we don't cal them Danishes anymore, they're Freedom   
   Pastries....   
   http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/25/hansisland050725.html   
      
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