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Wed 21 May, 2003 10:29 am
>Please join me in remembering a great icon. The Pillsbury
> Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and complications
> from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 72.
>
> Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased casket. Dozens of
> celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs.
> Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins,
> Betty Crocker,
> the HostessTwinkies, and Captain Crunch.
>
> The gravesite was piled high with flours as a longtime friend,
> Aunt Gamma (Jemima), delivered the eulogy. She poured on
> compliments, describing Doughboy as a man who never knew how
> much he was kneaded.
>
> Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was
> filled with turnovers.
>
> He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his
> dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at
>times, he still, as a crusty old man, was considered a roll model for
> millions.
>
> Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play Dough, two children, John
> Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had a bun in the oven. He is
> also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart, and his reckless,
> pool-shooting second cousin,
>
> Hot Pocket.
>
> The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
It was his weight that did it all those biscuits he aate and the pokes of course or maybe it was his too cutness.