On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:42:08 -0400, "kilikini"
> wrote:

>Ophelia wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:05:57 -0500, Janet Wilder
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you have never had a hot, glazed Krispy Kreme, you haven't
>>>> participated in the mystique.
>>>
>>> Just turned 7 yo GS will go to In N Out burgers with his Pop and
>>> choke down a plain burger, no bun, and a few fries, just because
>>> there's a Krispy Kreme on the other side of the parking lot that he
>>> can talk Pop into going after lunch for "dessert".
>>
>> I have never had one, but the idea of it makes me feel slightly
>> queezy.
>
>I've never had one, either, Ophelia, and I'm not planning to. I have heard
>many are closing down, though. I think they cropped up too quickly. Kind
>of like Starbucks.
>
>kili


I don't think that before the 1940's is too quickly. The low carb fad
and the CEO's jet plane had much more to do with it.