Mar 3, 2010

Review: "Hertz Donut"

The Hertz Donut joke has been around since late 18th Gregorian Iceland, when the world was narrow-er and fog was a daily chore. It came about after the the discovery that word Donut, when said slower, sounded like don't it. The legacy of the joke has been used by larger school children, brothers, the cool girls in class who were good at dodgeball, and your baseball coaches son since then. The joke makes them feel smarter for using wordplay, but still allows their primal urge to punch. The pattern of usage is so watered down, that for the last 200 year the joke has only been used on children. This is because that children only seem to fall for it. Now this fact can be attributed to either the rising of the Hertz rental car company, or the two factors concerning donuts. The high road donut factor would be the unhealthiness of donuts as donuts are high in fat and caloric content, and health is a key issue for everyone except children. The lower road factor concerns the variety of donuts, and they never heard of a Hertz donut. Does it have sprinkles? Does it have a larger hole? Why is this donut a secret? So, children are the only ones to except all kinds of donuts based on them simply being donuts, while adults stay away from Sugar Donuts. Now, the real key to the Hertz Donut joke after the agreement of yes has been reached is the punch. Historically, this punch has been in the upper arm area, but some bullies are doing really artistic punches these days, so that is open to interpretation. The punch, when landed, has to hurt. This is so the line, "hurts, don't it?" can make sense. If the punch doesn't hurt, the fooled in this case can easily quip, "No it doesn't". Now in most cases of playground etiquette, those are fighting words, and a ruckus would ensue. So, when hit by someone, it is best to answer the way you think they want. Another life lesson brought to us by violence.

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