Hotdonutsnow!
An old talk.bizarre compatriot of mine, Derrick Williams, recently purchased this used Belshaw Donut Robot 42 off eBay and explains how it works in his inimitable style. The "D-Day" analogy is priceless:
"The doughnuts climb this ramp relentlessly, pulled along by the doughnut chains. Now, you could be the German defense forces preventing the doughnuts from making a beach head, but no matter how big your belly is, 6.5 donuts per minute are going to eventually overwhelm your defenses."
[Link: Donut Robot of Love 2000]
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Does anyone remember the unstoppable donut-making machine that Uncle Telemachus operated in Homer Price? I'll bet it could do more than 348 donuts per hour.
On another note, my grandfather worked in a giant industrial bakery in Long Island, where, among other duties, he had to frost hundreds of chocolate eclairs by hand every day. Unfortunately, when I say "by hand," I mean literally; he'd just stick his hand into a tub of fondant and lightly smear it over the top of each eclair. I hope he washed his hands occasionally.
Posted by: jkcohen | November 18, 2006 8:12 PM
Homer Price? Yow, I haven't thought of that book since I was, oh, about 8 or so.
Hopefully, the only thing your granfather was smearing on those eclairs was fondant!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 18, 2006 8:50 PM
That's hot!
Posted by: Shawn Honnick | November 19, 2006 6:03 PM
And it's now!
Posted by: MrBaliHai | November 20, 2006 8:03 PM