What do Krispy Kreme and Iraq have in common?
You just never know where that local phenom Krispy Kreme will show up. Great doughnuts and terrible financials get plenty of publicity, and sometimes a punchline or two.
This time it showed up, of all places, in the July 13 Rolling Stone piece about the Iraq war.
Writer Matt Taibbi scores a trip inside the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, mostly empty except for a nearby military base.
He spends time alone in a cell, just to see what it's like.
Late in the evening, I turned on my laptop and discovered, to my absolute amazement, that there was a functioning wireless hub in the building. I got online and promptly spent most of that night filling out sunny customer-service responses for various Stateside corporations. Dear Krispy Kreme Corporation ... Thank you for being YOU...
It's just one more obscure role for Krispy Kreme, which, given its recent assault on Asia, is once again trying to conquer the world.