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We wouldn't relish trying to find a parking space for this puppy today

By adamg on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 10:50am
Oscar Meyer Weinermobile

Ben Walsh spotted a sugar-covered Weinermobile taking a left onto Memorial Drive near MIT. It proved surprisingly speedy - he couldn't quite ketchup, but thinks it turned onto the Mass. Ave. bridge towards Boston.

H/t PlunkettPrime for the headline.

Neighborhoods: 
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Topics: 
Driving


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Comments

By anon on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 11:04am.

That thing got's its own website and stuff, but it is not current. How hard is it to keep the thing updated? K.M. Monkiewicz makes a better dog anyhow .

http://www.oscarmayer.com/wienermobile#where-is-it-now

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By lbb on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 1:10pm.

K.M. Monkiewicz makes a better dog anyhow .

Never heard of 'em, and they don't show up on Google (since you're talking about websites), but there are plenty of better dogs than OM. But if you don't love the Wienermobile, you're just being an old dick. My idea of hot dog heaven: Michigans made with Glazier red dogs served out of the Wienermobile.

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By anon on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 1:15pm.

http://www.kayem.com/products/franks

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By lbb on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 4:17pm.

Duh. Kayem. AKA "probably the most popular brand here in western Mass". Thanks!

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By adamg on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 11:13am.
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By Charles Bahne on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 1:19pm.

I hope it turned right onto the Mass. Ave. Bridge, from Memorial Drive.

Otherwise we would have had a Storrowed Weinermobile.

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By anon on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 11:25am.

You're on a roll today

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By Bob Leponge on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 1:02pm.

Nice, enthusastic kids -- it's a summer job or an internship gig for college juniors, typically those planning on going into marketing or branding. The crew I met (Pittsburgh) were clearly having fun with the job.

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By bostonbob235 on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 1:07pm.

Funny you say this. When I was living in Venice (CA), one of the drivers lived in an apartment down the street and street parked the thing, moving it for street cleaning like it was a regular car. It's amazing when you see these things they look larger than life, but it's just a 20 something year old driving a modified truck.

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By anon on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 1:35pm.

Nope, no "no weiner- or bratmobiles" sign here: https://goo.gl/maps/TKDmn747Ddp

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By Bob Leponge on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 2:39pm.

and.... umm... video of it driving through tunnels would.... umm... mumble mumble Freud mumble Pornhub mumble... eeka you'd be more articulate than I am and much funnier; we miss you 'round here.

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By anon on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 2:39pm.

Adorable!

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By me on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 3:17pm.

parallel pork that.

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By Steve Fox on Wed, 03/15/2017 - 10:19pm.

After graduating college and starting out (Lib Arts) working at pretty low level jobs while living in a really tiny place with zero sunlight, I really hated when the alumni magazine arrived (still don't understand how they found me) and I was drawn by forces beyond my control to the back section where the most uncharitable classmates bragged (or so it appeared to me) about their kick-ass awesome jobs and totally successful lives.

Redemption arrived one day when the magazine reported a classmate who
reported (and included a picture) that he had been promoted to head driver of the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. To this day, I don't care if it was really a ruse. I cut out the notice, pasted it on my less than standard sized fridge, and was rejuvenated.

This vehicle will always have a special place in my heart.

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