This week's sign of the impending apocalypse:

[captainsblog]

Timmy Ho's is coming to Manhattan.

Will New Yorkers prefer Timbits over Munchkins? That taste test will begin this weekend when about a dozen Dunkin’ Donuts stores in the city will be transformed into the first local outlets of Tim Hortons, the king of doughnut sellers in Canada.

The Riese Organization, the company that first visited the urban food court upon Manhattan, is ending its affiliation with Dunkin’ Donuts and hoping it can make more money with a chain named after a dead hockey player. Mr. Horton, a six-time all-star in the National Hockey League, opened a doughnut-and-coffee shop in Ontario 45 years ago. He died in a car crash 10 years later, but the chain grew on.

It now has more than 3,400 locations, including more than 500 in the United States, and its signature bite-size treats — Timbits — come in 35 varieties, including lemon-filled and sour cream glazed.

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Now the only question is when stodgy old outlets like The Times will change the spelling of "doughnuts" to the correct, popular and infinitely letter-saving form used in the two principal names of the chains in its home base. Only Kracker Kreme insists on that old spelling, and face it, who wants a donut if it's got an "ugh" in the middle?

Comments

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Did you know they've got Tim Hortons over here? They're in SPAR, which is the local version of 7-11. I've not had the chance (or spare cash) to try them yet, but I keep meaning to.

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

I'd eat doughnuts if you called 'em "Flaming Devil Rectum Honey Dipped".

[ourika.livejournal.com]

How does T.H. spell it?