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Do you know where the cops and doughnuts thing came from??? Any website would be appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

2006-06-27 10:43:41 · 4 answers · asked by jasomsaso 3 in Entertainment & Music Other - Entertainment

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I wonder the same thing...

heres a site:

http://www.boatcop.com/donuts.htm

Doughnuts and popular culture

By analogy, doughnut is a slang term for a circular maneuver made with an automobile or other vehicle from a sharp turn in which the rear of the vehicle swings around, the rear tires constantly spinning, to form a larger circle as the front of the vehicle turns in a tight circular motion. "Doughnut" also refers to the small rigid spare tire that comes as original equipment with many new cars.

In North America, it is not infrequent to see police officers taking their breaks at a doughnut shop, which has led to police being stereotyped as pudgy doughnut eaters. While people in many trades and professions work "on the road" and take coffee breaks at doughnut shops, the stereotype exists largely because police officers and their vehicles are identifiable. Police officers may also prefer to visit doughnut shops because many of them serve free coffee to the police. As well, many police officers work late at night, and often the only place to go to get something to eat or drink is at a doughnut shop.

Homer Simpson of the American animated television show The Simpsons is an avid consumer of doughnuts as is Police Chief Clancy Wiggum of the same series. These two in particular, represent major elements of American life (Homer the average joe, Wiggum your typical "thin blue liner") which is a great example of how deeply rooted the doughnut has become in American culture. While it is without a doubt one of the most distinct and recognizable foods of North American origin, right alongside hamburgers, it also shares a slightly more negative symbolism as doughnuts are very often a representative food for America's overeating problem as well as the general problem of Americans being overweight in far higher numbers. Doughnuts are used to poke fun at this more often than not by Americans and other countries around the world alike, although ironically it is also now one of the world's most popular foods. It is an especially popular food in Asia, where on-the-go foods have been becoming incredibly successful due to the generally fast paced life of the working class of the eastern continent. The American company Mister Donut was acquired by a Japanese company, and the brand no longer exists in the US. Mister Donut has enjoyed mass popularity for years, even before the great invasion of American fast food chains in the mid to late 1990's. The anime character Vash the Stampede is quite famous for his love of the doughnut.

2006-06-27 10:47:02 · answer #1 · answered by makes me wonder 3 · 1 0

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2016-12-08 13:15:05 · answer #2 · answered by tamura 3 · 0 0

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2006-06-27 10:59:09 · answer #3 · answered by altruistic 6 · 0 0

look it up yourself.

2006-06-27 10:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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