Nun Bun on the run...

<center>Nun Bun on the run... </center>
Tue Dec 27, 8:39 AM ET

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Nashville police and residents were searching Monday for clues to the Christmas Day theft of a cinnamon bun that found unlikely fame for its resemblance to the late Mother Teresa's face.

The bun has been a draw for curious tourists since it was preserved and put on display in a glass case at the shop where it was discovered by a customer in 1996.

"What I can't figure out is why anyone would steal it," said the shop's owner, Bob Bernstein. "They can't sell it on eBay, it's not fit to eat, there was no ransom note and the police put its value at only $25 on their report."

Bernstein said the thief broke into the coffee house at 6 a.m. Sunday, and had smashed the glass case containing the bun, ignoring cash lying nearby.

Before her death in 1997, Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa wrote to Bernstein asking that her name not be used commercially. The pastry became known simply as the "Nun Bun."

Anybody seen Biscuit lately? I wonder if he has an alibi. Never mind, I confess. Hey, this thing wasn’t as old as most Twinkees on sale today!

Check it out: http://www.indiana.edu/~jkkteach/P335/nunbun.html

Great link!

Ya know, I think that pastry really did resemble Mother Teresa!

I remember catching this on Fark a short time ago, although that wee transformation of yours makes the resemblence much easier to spot, AMK.

HisDivineShadow said:

I remember catching this on Fark a short time ago, although that wee transformation of yours makes the resemblence much easier to spot, AMK.

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I wish I'd created that transformation. Alas, I merely found it on the website I linked to in my post. 😛

I'm glad it's still possible to make money off phenomina that are due to vestigal cerebral connexions.

It's a pastry that looks vaguely like a famous social worker who died eight years ago. Why would people visit it, why was it stolen, why is it newsworthy, and why am I posting about it in the General Discussion section of a forum themed on a particular sexual deviancy?

I don't believe in this stuff any more than you do, HFF. Sorry if I gave the impression that I did. 😀