Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for September 25, 2023

A donut is whole when it has a hole.

Some, and some are jelly or custard filled.

They’re not full of holes; they just have one. I bet Petey never even saw a donut. He just heard of them.

How about eating a doughnut hole? Those don’t have holes in them.

Hmmm. Only the hole itself is ‘full’ of a hole, but a hole cannot exist without that which surrounds it, which is not a hole. So to be whole a hole must include more than the hole. Sounds kinda gestalt. I can see why Peter avoids them.

Betcha Petey doesn’t eat Swiss cheese, either.

I got my Burger King crown for being in charge of the yard and all I surveil. It also means, “No mocking!”

Used to have a kid in our after-school group who wouldn’t eat anything with holes in it. He picked up and inspected every single Windmill cookie on the plate and dropped it into the bin. Fortunately, it was all recycled paper, not “real” trash, so I just picked them all out, gave him a growl, and put them back on the plate. I cut one into pieces right across the holes, and he ate it. Weird kid.

Donuts, plural noun, gets plural holes.

A kid who doesn’t like donuts? Not even donut holes? Ok, of all the issues Petey has exhibited in the past, this one might be the most egregious by far!

The holes are sold separately.

In your story too Petey.

Boiling bread dough in water or oil presents a problem – the dough that is in close proximity to the liquid cooks quickly, while the inner dough cooks slowly. The solution? A ring torus – put a large hole in the middle in order to increase the surface area. The shape of a doughnut or bagel is one of practicality.

I eat around the hole

How many holes? We need to know; we’re trying to fill the Albert Hall.

Just like Petey to not want “vitamin O”!

One of the joys of living in New England-the other day I had fresh hot cider donuts in Vermont!

That hat is quite attractive. The officious attitude, less so. You may treasure your authority, but it’s tarnished if you abuse it.

They may have taken away imaginary Ernesto’s “Move Along” sign, but he’s still an officious little twit.

Petey is pure of donuts and donut holes….