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We all know Singaporeans love to shop – afterall, there isn’t much else you are able to do in the place – so have a guess what this as-far-as-the-eye-can-see queue is for?
So … what did you guess?
A sale?
The opening of a UK clothing brand?
A book signing by the countries dictator – I mean, Prime Minister?
No … you’d be wrong, even though I have seen queues of similar lengths for the above mentioned scenarios … no, this queue was for donuts.
Yes … donuts … and not even Krispy Kreme donuts, just some local shop that bungs out the dodgy rubbish you usually find in the bread counter at Woolies/Asda on a Sunday evening at 7pm.
Mental.
But … as they say in all the cheap-night-telly ads … there’s more.So I was walking home from getting the Sunday paper today, when I came across this …
Maybe it’s all some elaborate April Fools Day prank – and if it is, I salute whoever is behind it – but if it’s not [and sadly, I don’t think it is] then I have to ask ‘WHY’????
This country can be weird – and even though I really like weird – it sort-of freaks me out sometimes, but I guess that’s better than being bored crapless. I think …
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[…] also had another poke at Singaporeans, showing a spooky side of them lining up for free donuts. I didn’t find that spooky enough, […]
Pingback by mr bodoni & ms helvetica » Things I read. April 2, 2007 @ 2:29 pmNow mate, how did you know their donuts are rubbish? You were in the line weren’t you? weren’t you?
Comment by Hari April 2, 2007 @ 4:01 pmAmazingly I wasn’t – and not because of this bloody food thing I am on – but because a couple of years ago I had a very ‘bad’ experience with Krispy Kreme [ie: I ate far too many] that saw me in hospital within a week having my gangreenous [is that how you spell it?] gall bladder removed.
Not that I am immune from donuts, but you buggers don’t know what a real donut is – unlike the Thais! [http://robcampbell.wordpress.com/2006/11/24/when-national-cuisines-collide-and-a-big-fat-rant/]
Comment by Robert April 2, 2007 @ 4:16 pmThe UK only really has Krispy Kreme in London, darn it.
That Santa is odd…
Comment by Rob Mortimer April 2, 2007 @ 4:24 pm[…] here’s another queue… and while the last one Rob wrote about was for donuts but take a guess what this could be for… guys in bermudas, kids in prams… guess […]
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