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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie
I forgot that your doughnuts are torus-shaped. I have no doubt that that can be demonstrated to be correct on some technical level, and it would be futile to argue the point. Thanks for not even bringing it up.
Our doughnuts run the gamut of shapes. We even have rectangular-ish ones. Those typically cost extra.
I did learn today (I went on a research mission on your behalf) that it is indeed possible to purchase quantities fewer than a dozen here. I don't entirely understand why that is an option as of yet. My earlier understanding is that the proper number of doughnuts is always 12. I can't really wrap my head around a different number other than, perhaps, 13.
What the heck is the checkout girl going to think if you buy a single doughnut? It can't be anything good. At best it will be, "well he has no one in his life at all. <sigh> Not even a friend. <single tear drops> Well, at least he is looking after his figure, so maybe his future will be better. <lightbulb over head> But he did just purchase a doughnut, so he isn't really doing it right." It is almost like a cry for help, but one guaranteed to put off even the most empathetic of checkout girls.
Similar results are, of course, obtained by thought experiments for 2-11 doughnuts. Eleven is just super creepy.
12 (or 13 in certain jurisdictions) is the only non-pathetic number of doughnuts that should be purchased.
Are you sure this doughnut shop isn't just attempting to cause civil unrest by making it difficult to purchase the only holy number of doughnuts? It looks innocent enough if you aren't paying attention, but I wouldn't put it past the bastards.