This is tangential at best, but a few minutes ago my friend sent me this video about the making of hot dogs, and I think it should be required viewing. The part from 1:30-2:00 is the best, especially 1:57:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhwXPsTaRgc

I own a hotdog biz. So, naturally, I am calling BULLSHIT.

http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/2008/0…

This article by your co-worker seems relevant to the discussion, Matt. Funny you didn't mention it.

So I was a witness to a traffic accident and they wanted me to testify so I ride my bicycle down to that courthouse, and they won't let me in because I have a bicycle chain in my bag, (because sometimes your chain breaks or bends or whatever, so I carry a spare.) And after explaining that I witnessed a traffic accident, and I'd taken time off work because I thought it was my civic duty to testify, and I wasn't my problem if I didn't show up, and all that, I talked them into holding my bag at security. But I gladly would have paid a buck to not to have to deal with that. Unfortunately, I didn't know about it, and it looks like that option will be going away.

(I didn't actually testify, the person that I thought was at fault admitted it, and agreed to take a share the road class and pay $25. And the worst part: The person I thought was at fault was a bicyclist. (Of course, the victim was also a bicyclist, and I was going to testify that I thought the intersection was dangerous, but I was going to rat on one of my own. Sigh.))

A Cat - read the story Matt's linking to. The cart's "side business" features prominently: "Roadman started holding banned items at his cart, for $1 a pop, until citizens finished their courthouse business. Roadman says he doesn't know for sure, but wonders whether his entrepreneurial side business may have prompted sheriff's deputies to crack down on his business since then."

Thanks, Amy. Maybe Matt should just scale back the "HAI GUISE, I HAZ A NEW ARTICLE!!1!" posts. We know how to work the site, y'know? Articles are listened under a category called "ARTICLES". No?

Set the national threat level to, "DELICIOUS"!