The Hot Dog Event Of The Year
Julia here.
My husband found this on Twitter:
The Twitterer: Paul Feig, creator of ‘Freaks and Geeks’
The Funny: ”Hot dog martinis! Boil two hot dogs 10 minutes, remove hot dogs, discard, pour hot dog water into glass, top with gin, drink, vomit, repeat.”
HDDM 2010!
Julia here.
Notice the leaping cat!
A friend of mine in Albuquerque read about our wiener wonderland adventure event and was very sad she couldn’t be here to join in. She held her very own, one person Hot Dog Death March in downtown ABQ along Route 66! Okay, she only went to one place, through no fault of her own (see one of the pics in the set) and she almost got mobbed when she got home. What a trooper! For Rachel’s full Flicker set, go here.
Thanks so much for joining in from afar, Rachel!
This gives me C R A Z Y ideas for HDDM 2010!
We got the signs in! Look for this awesomeness on Saturday at each location.
Oh and I suppose Lucinda and I wearing giant hot dogs on our heads might be a dead give away too…
The LA Times wanted a photo of the perpetrators–I mean, um, the GENIUSES–behind the HDDM, so of course we had to oblige with unbridled enthusiasm! The rest of the thrilling photoset is here.
There will only be a few pairs as a trivia quiz and give away prize. You better start studying up!
Ok, the “uniforms” aren’t mandatory, but I’m sure planning on wearing as much wacky hot dog gear as I can to the upcoming Hot Dog Death March on June 13.
Like this hat, of which I have ordered four:
If you, too, would like a hot dog hat, you can buy your very own here.
And if you, too, would like to join us in a few weeks as we rage against the dying of the weenie, as we throw our very bodies into the mustard-and-ketchup abyss, as we launch once more into the bratwurst breach, well, click “HDDM Vital Deets” above (it’s sorta under the pile of hot dogs, above) for all the key info.
I’ll see you there. How will you know me…?
I’ll be the one with the hat.
Don’t worry, they don’t *taste* like hot dogs.
Now will you come to Hot Dog Death March?
There is a terrifying and awesome website called This Is Why You’re Fat. Go There. Go now, I’ll wait.
[hums a quick tune]
Are you back? Feeling okay? Need a minute to recover? I’ll give you until June 13 to recover and then we are going in!
“Junkyard Dog” from the above mentioned site.
Those Brits are so awesome. Check this out: 
a hot dog rotisserie for your counter top. Cooks up to four “hot dog sausages” in minutes, plus the very phallic bun warmer — open bun and slide it onto the rod. “3o minute timer for total control.” I didn’t imagine that this thing could get out of control. Seems like you could just turn it off or grab the wieners as needed. (You can purchase it here.)
But I do think this is very elegant compared with the US version I’ve seen in Sky Maul Mall. Check this one out:
It’s just a modified toaster. I’ve never tried it though my sister and I gave one to our mom for her birthday one year as a lark. My mom loooooooooooooves hot dogs. (She told me so herself in just that way.) (You can purchase this inferior model right here.)
Which one would you buy?
(Hat tip to Thrillist for the British rotisserie link!)
