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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 05:44 PM
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If Earl hits North Carolina will the price of donuts go up?
Whenever a storm hits the Gulf Coast, the price of gas goes way up.

What will happen if Earl strikes our nation's largest producer of donuts?

And what about pork? Lots of pig farms in the storm's path.

I don't drive very much so I'm not too concerned about about the price of gas.

But if the supply of pork and donuts gets interrupted I'll be one anxious MOFO.

Should I be worried?
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 05:46 PM
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1. The price of pork-donuts will approach +oo
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:00 PM
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7. Not in this neighborhood - people would drool and clamor and drool some morefor them.
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 05:46 PM
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2. Seriously - all of a sudden I'm thinking about all those manure lagoons hit by 6 inches of rain
in 2 hours......

and you thought the BP spill was bad!
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:51 PM
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3. Just wait til one hits Idaho
And the price of taters goes up!
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:53 PM
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4. You'd better stock up on cigarettes.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:57 PM
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5. Oh shit, the storm's gonna take out those too
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:28 PM
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10. It certainly makes them soggy and hard to light, if nothing else.
Edited on Tue Aug-31-10 07:29 PM by TheCowsCameHome
:smoke:
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:32 PM
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11. Especially since you can't smoke indoors anywhere anymore
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:33 PM
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12. Troo dat..................
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 06:58 PM
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6. If Earl hits NYC will the price of stocks go up?
:shrug:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:00 PM
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8. Donuts are a stable commodity
And their prices can withstand floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

But oil prices fluctuate when someone sneezes in Nigeria.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:16 PM
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9. Hey have you gone to buy a dozen eggs or more in Walmart
Before the recall they were 1.28 a dozen I almost had a heart attack they went up to 2.28. I looked at the 2 1/1 dozen previous 2.75 went up to 4.70 and the 5 dozen went from 4.25 to 9.70. I think I got the new prices right I was so shocked I moved on quickly. And a lot of other shoppers did also. While the other stores even a couple of small sorta general stores didn't raise their price.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:34 PM
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13. My diet consists of donuts, pork and cigarettes
So no, I haven't purchased eggs lately.
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customerserviceguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-31-10 07:37 PM
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14. No, the donut business
will go in the hole.
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