Bob McCarty Writes

News spread quickly about a Wienermobile crashing into a home in Racine, Wisc., yesterday, but not as quickly as news that a facsimile of Oscar Mayer’s iconic vehicle (see photo above) had “crashed” my neighborhood.

Is there any better way to end a Saturday morning in July than to go and take photos of yourself with the Wienermobile?  Can’t think of any, so I rounded up the wife, two of my three boys and one of their sleepover friends and we headed to the grocery store only a short walk from my St. Louis-area home.

I was the only one in our entourage brave enough to decorate his own metal mockup of a giant hot dog and have his photo snapped by a Wienermobile staffer while standing aside the hot dog on wheels (Click here to see the photo).

In exchange for my troubles, I received a Wienermobile whistle and a couple for a dollar off a pack of hot dogs.  Thanks, Oscar Mayer!