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FXjohn 07-11-05 12:12 PM


Originally Posted by phillybill
Wish we had Tim's in the states


Unless Detroit has went back to the English, French or Spanish, we do have them.

I-Like-To-Bike 07-11-05 12:12 PM


Originally Posted by jamesdenver
also send an e-mail to these names: the format should be correct

No need to identify yourself when complaining about the DD ad in these emails.

It will be obvious to the recipients that the writer is a clueless, oversensitive yokel without a sense of humor who apparantly reviews commercial/advertisement for "insensitivity" to every dang fool on the block.

Either that or a trial lawyer dreaming up a new business scheme.

FXjohn 07-11-05 12:18 PM


Originally Posted by zero_emissions

https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus...ck.aspx?type=5
Dunkin' Donuts Consumer Care
130 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Tel: 800-859-5339

Hmm, Monty Python would laugh at you...or argue.."yes it IS an argument"

and by the way, since when is getting bowled over by pedestrians who have cartoon-like superpowers an overwhelming problem in this crazy world we live in....LOL

You're probably the kind of shrill ninny who doesn't think he is killing off the planet by existing and consuming just because he pedals a bike.

phillybill 07-11-05 12:27 PM


Originally Posted by FXjohn
Unless Detroit has went back to the English, French or Spanish, we do have them.

Yes but none in Philly :( :(

Roody 07-11-05 01:49 PM

In retaliation, I'm going to buy a bag of day old donuts and chuck 'em at every pdestrian I see.

kuan 07-11-05 02:06 PM

Why does the fact that it's a cyclist have anything to do with it? It's plain rude behavior, bordering on assault.

bkrownd 07-11-05 02:07 PM


Originally Posted by kb0tnv
A dunkin donuts customer can't ride a bike very far and needs the bus anyhow.

I've been a Dunkin Donuts customer, and I bike commute. Fuel is good. Seems to work just fine for me. No donut shops in Hawaii, unfortunately. :(

bkrownd 07-11-05 02:09 PM


Originally Posted by kuan
Why does the fact that it's a cyclist have anything to do with it? It's plain rude behavior, bordering on assault.

A funny-bone is a terrible thing to waste...

L2006 07-11-05 02:32 PM

I'm guessing the guy threw something at the guy on the bicycle and he crashed but sense he has his coffee, he's fine. Reminds me of those "Are you gellin?" commercials. Now, if he was in a car, and crashed, and wasn't using a bike, would you still care so much about it?

caloso 07-11-05 02:45 PM

Nah, it's clearly meant as fantasy:

Aside from bkrownd, how many of DD's regular customers could run fast enough to catch a bike?

James H Haury 07-11-05 04:30 PM


Originally Posted by zero_emissions
Just got home from commute from coffee shop (had to close again tonight). Fortunately, no aggressive motorist tonight. However, I was watching TV while changing and noticed a Dunkin' Donuts commercial. Goes like this: guy walks out of store with NEW TURBO COLD "coffee drink" and misses the bus. So instead of waiting, the guy jumps of the curb into the bike lane and proceed to chase down the bus. In his pursuit of public transportation, he DELIBERATELY shoves a bike commuter out of the bike lane towards the curb. The guy then sits down a the next stop, enjoys his "coffee," then boards the bus.

Although Dunkin' Donuts does not show the bike commuter crashing, the ad displays an obvious and deliberate assult on a cyclist, by a PEDESTRIAN.

As Monty Python would say:
Here is the address/e-mail/phone number to complain to:

https://www.dunkindonuts.com/aboutus...ck.aspx?type=5
Dunkin' Donuts Consumer Care
130 Royall Street
Canton, MA 02021
Tel: 800-859-5339

he did shove the cyclist.With all that energy from the turbo coffee,why didn't he just jog to work. :DBut at least it was not as bad as the right gaurd powerstripe commercial.

Robbykills 07-11-05 04:32 PM

what about that commercial of the SUV dodging the wrecked mountain bike and then driving off with the smashed bike in the foreground? That isn't really offensive though, just lame. I think some of you guys are too uptight about it, if anyone is stupid enough and an ******* enough to watch a dunkin donuts commercial and then push a bicyclist over because of it he probably would've done it eventually anyway, commercial or not.

bostontrevor 07-11-05 05:14 PM

I just want to point out, by the way, that Tim Horton's is a DD property for you north-of-the-border types who are scared of US hegemony.

Have a nice day. ;)

manual_overide 07-11-05 06:00 PM

KK uber alles

bkrownd 07-11-05 06:13 PM

KK==Donut*Mart. Support your LDS! (local donut shop)

boog 07-11-05 06:19 PM


Originally Posted by bkrownd
KK==Donut*Mart. Support your LDS! (local donut shop)

:D :D :D :D

YAY! A new abbreviation! I gotta vote for Chuck's Donuts in Renton. Great place, WAY better service then the big, national, mail-order shops, even though they are a little more expensive the nation-wide mail-order doughnut shop prices. ;)

solo54 07-12-05 01:31 AM

I don't care for DD. However if I did. I would buy some tommorow. It's only a commercial. You guys are to sensitive. :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

P_Saint 07-12-05 06:21 AM


Originally Posted by bostontrevor
I just want to point out, by the way, that Tim Horton's is a DD property for you north-of-the-border types who are scared of US hegemony.

Tim Horton's merged with Wendys International in '95 and Dunkin Donuts is a part of U.K.-based Allied Domecq PLC.

Tim Hortons recently came to the MA area when they bought the Bess Eaton chain of donut shops.

To keep on the subject though I found DD's latest ad humorous. Maybe we should go after Dairy Queen for their inhumane treatment of killer bees next.

slvoid 07-12-05 07:22 AM


Originally Posted by webist
The DD in our town secumbed to an assault by KK. They're gone. ;)

Why would the DD be assulted by Klan members in your area? And why is it a good thing they're gone? I don't get it.

KrisPistofferson 07-12-05 07:26 AM


Originally Posted by slvoid
Why would the DD be assulted by Klan members in your area? And why is it a good thing they're gone? I don't get it.

What do you have against the Klan? :eek: (KK means Krispy Kreme, by the way.) :D

bostontrevor 07-12-05 07:48 AM


Originally Posted by P_Saint
Tim Horton's merged with Wendys International in '95 and Dunkin Donuts is a part of U.K.-based Allied Domecq PLC.

I'll be damned, correct you are. I don't know where I got the idea that Horton's was a DD brand.

I like the KK, but midway through the 3rd donut is when all that sugar really just hits me and I start to get a bit sick.

I-Like-To-Bike 07-12-05 11:28 AM


Originally Posted by P_Saint
To keep on the subject though I found DD's latest ad humorous. Maybe we should go after Dairy Queen for their inhumane treatment of killer bees next.

I agree with P_Saint. I think some of our humor-challenged, up-tight cycling comrades have been riding without a saddle on their seatpost. Lighten-up; no one in charge is going to take seriously trivial/absurd complaints of being offended by such harmless ads.

thechrisproject 07-12-05 09:41 PM

OMFG dunkin donuts iz 4 real lamerz OMG

ivan_yulaev 07-12-05 10:21 PM


Originally Posted by bostontrevor
I'll be damned, correct you are. I don't know where I got the idea that Horton's was a DD brand.

I like the KK, but midway through the 3rd donut is when all that sugar really just hits me and I start to get a bit sick.

Thanks to biking, I can clean out a dozen KK donuts with room to spare.

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ort 07-13-05 01:34 AM

Man, I have a craving for donuts now. It's time to go support my LDS.


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