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As you lick the frosting off your fingers, don’t blame a lack of self-control.
Mmmm… freedom from guilt.
TheBigOldDog on March 8, 2008 at 11:58 AM
In both sessions, people were shown pictures of donuts and screwdrivers
Mmmm… Donuts washed down with vodka & OJ
TheBigOldDog on March 8, 2008 at 11:59 AM
What makes you suddenly dart into away from the bakery when you spy chocolate- (or any other) frosted (or unfrosted) donuts (of any kind) in the window?
Entelechy on March 8, 2008 at 12:06 PM
I had to stop reading the article once my eyes veered towards the picture on the right. The ensuing waterfall of drool destroyed my keyboard.
Forget my brain on donuts. What about my mid-section?
robblefarian on March 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Wonder how much money was spent on this research. Is there anyone here who did not already know this from their own experience? Sounds like another Porker deal to me.
Why do these “study” people have to be such absolutists?
Yes, brain chemistry is a powerful thing. Yes, genetic drives are hard to resist. Yes, we should have sympathy for people who have great difficulty controlling (relatively harmless) urges, especially if those people have underlying physical conditions that make it nearly impossible to control their weight (or even urges) without understanding and/or treating the condition.
But that doesn’t mean that self-control doesn’t exist, or that people should just let go and binge-eat themselves to death.
Just thinking about that attitude combined with all the sacrifices and discipline it usually takes to get a PhD or MD like most researchers in this area boggles the mind.
Merovign on March 8, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Krispy Kremes are way too sweet. The only one I ever tried to eat made me nauseous.
Mommynator on March 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Krispy Kreme is way overrated. Duncan Doughnuts are better.
But, if you want some really super-yummy deep-fried dough, you’ve got sugar-powdered Dutch Oliebollen (”oil-balls“), plain or with apple, and Greek λουκουμάδες with honey and cinnamon.
Wonder how much money was spent on this research. Is there anyone here who did not already know this from their own experience? Sounds like another Porker deal to me.
Wade on March 8, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Agreed, and amazing isn’t it?
After spending millions, they found out why people are attracted to food when then don’t eat: Their brain says they’re hungry.
This is right up there with the millions spent by the government on trying to figure out why dogs bark.
Is the middle right one in the picture the lemon cream one or the caramel cream one? I used to have one of each every weekend until the Krispy Kreme near me closed down.
…people were shown pictures of donuts and screwdrivers, while researchers examined their brains in MRI’s…..
Yeah, well screwdrivers aren’t much to get excited about.
Now, if they had shown photos of a nice Crescent wrench, or Vise Grips, the results would have been much different.
KKs or DDs, I can take ‘em or leave ‘em. But when I was a little kid, there were guys in my townthat rode around on bicycles selling something called “Spudnuts”… I guess they had potato flour in them or something…. I’d sell my soul for a dozen of them.
LegendHasIt on March 8, 2008 at 5:11 PM
don’t blame a lack of self-control.
Does this explain my inability to pass a sports bar?
I knew it wasn’t my fault!
Can I have a federal program give me money so that the Nanny State can fully actualize me?
darkpixel on March 8, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Someone gets paid for this?
…and they discover that when you’re hungry, you go after food? And they still get paid?
This has GOT to be a patronage job!!
landlines on March 8, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Know what you get when you mix OJ, vodka, anf milk of magnesia?
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*
*
*
*
Philips screwdriver.
davidk on March 8, 2008 at 6:49 PM
This wasteful crap really steams me…here we had a lady the other night who has had umpteen relatives/aquaintances die of pancreatic cancer, lets channel the money where it freakin needs to go, grrrrrr…
surrounded on March 8, 2008 at 8:20 PM
“Spudnuts”… I guess they had potato flour in them or something…. I’d sell my soul for a dozen of them.
I’ve never deep-fried anything in my life; Not about to start now.
Heck, it takes me two hours to clean the stove when I heat up a little stir-fry in the wok.
I’ll have to sell my soul…
Or travel to one of these places: http://spudnutshop.com
One of them of them is only a day’s drive away!
And another one is not too far from an area that I like to go exploring.
LegendHasIt on March 8, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Krispy Kremes is a matter of taste, and the taste for it fades over time. But, at first, it can become a serious addiction. The first time my son and I went and got one fresh off the line, he thought for a moment and had the following question.
“I wonder how much they’d charge to lay on the track.”
(for the unitiated, the donuts come down the track three across, directly from the fryer and through the ‘glazefall’.)
Blowback
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I want some krispy kreme donuts, now!
lorien1973 on March 8, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Mmmm… Donuts
Mmmm… Chocolate
Mmmm… freedom from guilt.
TheBigOldDog on March 8, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Mmmm… Donuts washed down with vodka & OJ
TheBigOldDog on March 8, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Entelechy on March 8, 2008 at 12:06 PM
I had to stop reading the article once my eyes veered towards the picture on the right. The ensuing waterfall of drool destroyed my keyboard.
madne0 on March 8, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Translation:
“It’s my brain’s fault I’m fat.”
splink on March 8, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Forget my brain on donuts. What about my mid-section?
robblefarian on March 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Wonder how much money was spent on this research. Is there anyone here who did not already know this from their own experience? Sounds like another Porker deal to me.
Wade on March 8, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Why do these “study” people have to be such absolutists?
Yes, brain chemistry is a powerful thing. Yes, genetic drives are hard to resist. Yes, we should have sympathy for people who have great difficulty controlling (relatively harmless) urges, especially if those people have underlying physical conditions that make it nearly impossible to control their weight (or even urges) without understanding and/or treating the condition.
But that doesn’t mean that self-control doesn’t exist, or that people should just let go and binge-eat themselves to death.
Just thinking about that attitude combined with all the sacrifices and discipline it usually takes to get a PhD or MD like most researchers in this area boggles the mind.
Merovign on March 8, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Krispy Kremes are way too sweet. The only one I ever tried to eat made me nauseous.
Mommynator on March 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Krispy Kreme is way overrated. Duncan Doughnuts are better.
But, if you want some really super-yummy deep-fried dough, you’ve got sugar-powdered Dutch Oliebollen (”oil-balls“), plain or with apple, and Greek λουκουμάδες with honey and cinnamon.
Tzetzes on March 8, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Agreed, and amazing isn’t it?
After spending millions, they found out why people are attracted to food when then don’t eat: Their brain says they’re hungry.
This is right up there with the millions spent by the government on trying to figure out why dogs bark.
Rod on March 8, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Is the middle right one in the picture the lemon cream one or the caramel cream one? I used to have one of each every weekend until the Krispy Kreme near me closed down.
Darth Executor on March 8, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Yeah, well screwdrivers aren’t much to get excited about.
Now, if they had shown photos of a nice Crescent wrench, or Vise Grips, the results would have been much different.
KKs or DDs, I can take ‘em or leave ‘em. But when I was a little kid, there were guys in my townthat rode around on bicycles selling something called “Spudnuts”… I guess they had potato flour in them or something…. I’d sell my soul for a dozen of them.
LegendHasIt on March 8, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Does this explain my inability to pass a sports bar?
I knew it wasn’t my fault!
Can I have a federal program give me money so that the Nanny State can fully actualize me?
darkpixel on March 8, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Someone gets paid for this?
…and they discover that when you’re hungry, you go after food? And they still get paid?
This has GOT to be a patronage job!!
landlines on March 8, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Know what you get when you mix OJ, vodka, anf milk of magnesia?
*
*
*
*
*
Philips screwdriver.
davidk on March 8, 2008 at 6:49 PM
This wasteful crap really steams me…here we had a lady the other night who has had umpteen relatives/aquaintances die of pancreatic cancer, lets channel the money where it freakin needs to go, grrrrrr…
surrounded on March 8, 2008 at 8:20 PM
LHI, dont’ sell your soul – make some spudnuts
Entelechy on March 8, 2008 at 9:08 PM
I’ve never deep-fried anything in my life; Not about to start now.
Heck, it takes me two hours to clean the stove when I heat up a little stir-fry in the wok.
I’ll have to sell my soul…
Or travel to one of these places:
http://spudnutshop.com
One of them of them is only a day’s drive away!
And another one is not too far from an area that I like to go exploring.
LegendHasIt on March 8, 2008 at 10:01 PM
Krispy Kremes is a matter of taste, and the taste for it fades over time. But, at first, it can become a serious addiction. The first time my son and I went and got one fresh off the line, he thought for a moment and had the following question.
“I wonder how much they’d charge to lay on the track.”
(for the unitiated, the donuts come down the track three across, directly from the fryer and through the ‘glazefall’.)
michaelo on March 8, 2008 at 10:08 PM