No, I can understand that. And I think a lot of people who eat hotdogs would say they're junk. Although there is definitely a difference between Niman Ranch, Nathan's and Hebrew National and your avg. hotdog. I also have proper sausages. Cantella's are great. I bought the Niman Ranch franks because I needed a change, I was eating so many Cantella's. This period of induction is going to mean a lot of meat-eating for me (I'm pretty carnivorous already). Since sausages are very easy to prepare, I rely on them a lot. And I was getting a bit tired of the usual, so I bought franks as well. FTR, I don't like the taste of Niman Ranch franks as much as Hebrew National. But with Niman Ranch I know they have no bone meal or any such things in their feed (thus safer as far as mad cow) and they offer no-nitrates varieties.

I have tried haggis once. It was not as offal as I thought it would be.

Hotdogs are on a par with kraft cheese slices in terms of being fake food, afaic.

My dad went to a hot dog factory once, and he wouldn't eat them for years. I made him swear not to tell me about it, though, because I love a good dog now and again.

My dad went to a hot dog factory once, and he wouldn't eat them for years. I made him swear not to tell me about it, though, because I love a good dog now and again.

This be me (went, still don't eat. One word: slurry). I defend haggis though, because it is a sausage, also, I contain multitudes.

I enjoy hot dogs as much as the next person, but I'd be the first to say, with haggis, at least you know what's in it. You may not like the answer, but at least you can look at a haggis recipe and say, yes, I could find all of those on an anatomically correct drawing of a sheep (well, not the spices and oats). With hot dogs, there is no such reassurance.

I need to "expedite" dinner. That requires washing some dishes. I don't want to wash dishes.

Also, I realize this expedite thing is probably only funny to me, but it's very funny to me right now, so I apologize.

Also, I realize this expedite thing is probably only funny to me, but it's very funny to me right now, so I apologize.

Made me giggle to know you were laughing. The other day a friend's 3 year old couldn't stop himself saying/yelling, "I'm a naked lady!" at the dinner table because it was so incredibly funny to him. His parents were baffled because they'd never heard it before and had no clue where he got it from.

Finals have started = cranky students. Unfortunately, my powers of helping them through this trying time are limited to handing out earplugs. For the record, earplugs don't help adjust one's temperature (one of the reading rooms is over 80 degrees today).

Maybe they need to be naked studiers. "I'm a naked student!" Hey, I think 80 degree temps are a good excuse.

I do not want to see our students naked. ::shudders::

The best hotdog I've had was in Leicester Square. I don't eat them anymore, because they tend to have migraine-triggering stuff inside. I don't miss them much--the Leicester Sq hotdog was grilled aggressively, leaving crispy almost burnt patches on the outside, whose texture worked marvels with the hot meat inside, the cold relish chunks, the smooth ketchup and the also-grilled bun.

Maybe they need to be naked studiers. "I'm a naked student!" Hey, I think 80 degree temps are a good excuse.

So not only naked students but offices full of naked staffers from Kelly Services? OK.