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woolly mice on rice all nice (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

But why is there a... rock? donut hole? geode? hush puppy? Next to the woolly mouse? I feel like it's a pun I'm missing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Specifically from Tim Hortons, which despite not having been Canadian in ages still gets treated like a Canadian icon.

But as a result yeah, often referred to that way in common culture.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

No idea

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

A delicious potato croquette