4/11

Posted on 04/11/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Lair reminded me that today is 4/11. He says to ask him any question.

I think I’ll take questions from the audience, too.

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5 Responses to 4/11

  1. Rahel says:
    04/11/2007 at 5:07 pm

    OK, I’ll bite.

    Why are cats so captivating?

  2. Bob says:
    04/12/2007 at 12:47 am

    Rahel – that’s easy. Because you put cat food in the trap.

    Oh wait — you said captivATING (not captive). In that case, I haven’t a clue.

    But I’ve always wondered why hot dogs are called hot dogs.

  3. The Doctor says:
    04/12/2007 at 8:32 am

    Mock the solemnity of 4/11 all you like; I was there that day when we all heard “city and listing, please?” and the world changed forever…

  4. Meryl Yourish says:
    04/12/2007 at 10:38 am

    Simple. CApTivating. You can’t spell captivating without cat.

    Next?

  5. Meryl Yourish says:
    04/12/2007 at 11:13 am

    Bob: Because it resembles a Dachshund. Around the turn of the 20th century, a concessionaire at the NY Polo Grounds named Harry Stevens had his vendors yell “Get your red-hot dachsund sausages!”. The sports cartoonist T.A. Dorgan got a kick out of this, and started calling them hot dogs. He drew a picture of a frankfurter shaped like a dachshund in a bun, and the term was born.

    The above is from “Why Does Popcorn Pop? and 201 other fascinating facts about food.”

    You can’t stump me.