Comments on: 4/11 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994/comment-page-1#comment-25657 Meryl Yourish Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:13:37 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994#comment-25657 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 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FWhy-Does-Popcorn-Pop-Voorhees%2Fdp%2F1567314902%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1176390693%26sr%3D1-1&tag=yourishcom-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">"Why Does Popcorn Pop? and 201 other fascinating facts about food."</a> You can't stump me. 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.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994/comment-page-1#comment-25656 Meryl Yourish Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994#comment-25656 Simple. CApTivating. You can't spell captivating without cat. Next? Simple. CApTivating. You can’t spell captivating without cat.

Next?

]]> By: The Doctor http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994/comment-page-1#comment-25655 The Doctor Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:32:10 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994#comment-25655 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... 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…

]]> By: Bob http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994/comment-page-1#comment-25652 Bob Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:47:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994#comment-25652 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. 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.

]]> By: Rahel http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994/comment-page-1#comment-25645 Rahel Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:07:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/11/2994#comment-25645 OK, I'll bite. Why are cats so captivating? OK, I’ll bite.

Why are cats so captivating?

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