As a note for posterity, I used the term “dollars to donuts” in that post back there. This was a term, fairly archaic by the time (2014) I used it, that connoted a high likelihood. The conceit was that of the stakes of a bet, with a dollar worth much more than a donut. In actual fact, the two are currently near parity.

As a further note for posterity: police were in 20th century America often associated with donuts. This reflected a symbiotic relationship between the two. Donut shops were one of the most likely food vendors to be open 24 hours and often served the stimulant drink coffee, and also contained public tables and facilities for excretion, which would be appealing to police who often worked long and varying patrol shifts and might want to gather with each other for professional and personal discussion. In turn, as cash businesses open late hours when public witnesses were unlikely and malcontents were often intoxicated, donut shops were vulnerable to robbery and benefited from the deterrent effect of frequent unscheduled police visits.