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Love it!!

And it’s Rökka Kiosk, Åland Islands, Finland.

The locals would skin me alive (and make me into a hotdog 😱😂) if I didn’t point that out 😆

I’ll have to share with you the Finnish filet (a giant hotdog baked in the oven with cheese stuffed into slits made in the sides of it!) It’s fairly awful but very cheap. Made Finland the happy country it is today 😂😄

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Uh-oh, I’ll edit in the post! 😂

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There is a lovely gallery/gift shop down the street from where I live. In the window is an apron in a complete "hot dog" motif. The apron is black, and all the hot dogs are in bright colors! 🌭

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Sounds right up my alley, Pam! 😂🌭 👩🏼‍🍳

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"The F-mobile." It's 100x better coming out of Annette's mouth 😂 I am still laughing at this

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We 3 have to get together soon! 😂🌭🚗

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Yes, please.

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Thanks for explaining the meaning of "dog days of summer". I had no idea and my birthday falls squarely in the middle. My husband hunts and a local butcher makes venison hot dogs for us. Entertaining stuff, as always.

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Thanks, Vicki, my birthday is in the “Dog Days” July heat, too! I bet those hot dogs are so good!

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Such a fun post, Jolene! It’s a rare hot dog I don’t like, especially when the dogs have a snappy bite. Jolene and Annette in an F-Mobile--sounds like a unbeatable comic duo to me! Stay cool and far away from steep cliffs though! 🚗 🌭

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Thank you, Ruth! I’m hearing sitcom music 🎶 🌭🚗 🤣

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I'll be fine, because, unlike Jolene, I'm afraid of heights. She's the one you have to watch out for!

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🤣

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When I was young I loved Weinermobile sightings but I've just never been a fan of hot dogs.

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I’d love to drive cross-country in one. As a passenger 😂🌭🚗

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Get your coat on, Jolene. I know exactly where the Wisconsin Historical Society keeps theirs, and I'm sure they won't miss it for a few days . . .

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We’re like the Thelma and Louise of processed meats. 🤣🌭🚗

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THE THELMA AND LOUISE OF PROCESSED MEATS 🤣🤣🤣

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I honest to God see the three of us in the F-mobile driving around, Agents of Chaos 🤣🌭🚗 pulling into various towns to visit Substack writers who are hiding in their homes as they see a giant frankfurter on wheels approaching, blaring the “Three’s Company” theme song 🎶

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I mean, you had me at the F-mobile (or rather, Annette did), but now Agents of Change? I'M IN.

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Oh my!!

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😂 hi, Alison, we’ll drive over to see you!

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Okay, we need to change the ending, though, because I think the WHS will want their Weinermobile back . . .

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Well, obvi 🙄🤣

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Nobody can be perfect, Kate. No Weiner pie on the horizon? 😂

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Wiener pie 🥧 dear god 😂

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I love good sausage. I think it was the Oscar Meyer wieners we ate as a little girl that did me in. Although if that were all that was available to me and I hadn’t eaten in days, I’d be glad to have them. My dislike, I’m embarrassed to say, is a first-world issue.

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As I like to say, we live in the First World, so what other kinds of problems would we have? ❤️

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Fair enough.

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I mean, you have to admit that Weinermobile sounds more tasteful than EffMobile. Oh, wait, that's not what they're calling it?

Never mind.

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😂 Thank you for capturing the zeitgeist, my friend!!

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Now I've got it, where do you want me to put it?

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Oh, just put it in the F-mobile…

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😂😂😂😂

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Okay, even by my minimal standards, that was wince-inducing. Thanks for the shout-out, Jolene. 😀

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My Pleasure! 😂

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We have been eating no nitrates hot dogs all summer with sauerkraut and mustard and it’s been a DELIGHT. Thanks for always bringing us back to the most special parts of the simplest nourishment Jolene❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Aww, thanks, Christene, glad you’ve been enjoying, love sauerkraut on hotdogs! 🌭(And mustard, always) ✨ ❤️

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my mouth is literally watering looking at that pic of a Vienna beef dog 😂

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You can take the girl out of Chicago, but you can’t take the Chicago out of the girl! 😂🌭

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Hehe, yes, so glad to see Bunnings Australia listed 😂😀

Also, I had no idea that was the origin of Dog Days! Today I learnt something. Thanks Jolene 🙂

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I didn’t know either until I did this piece and googled it, Nathan! 😂 And thank you for Bunnings! 🌭 Congrats once again on being featured! ✨

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Thanks Jolene 🤗

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So much hot dog love 🌭

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It’s everywhere, Julia 🌭🙌😂

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Thoroughly enjoyed, Jo. I'll have one, "I went overboard" with my dog, please and thank you.

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😂 Kay, I luv ya!

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Always an enjoyable read, Jolene. Happy to see Lafayette Coney Island on the list. And thanks for the reminder about the Honey Deuce. I’ll be enjoying one this weekend while watching the tennis 🎾🍹🍈

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Thanks to you, Lafayette Coney Island is included, Domenica 🌭😃 I’ll be enjoying a Honey Deuce, too, cheers 🥂!

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A very nice dose of joy was delivered by this tale. I love tennis both playing and watching. The US Open is destined now to my attempting to master the making of the honey deuce cocktail. Thanks for the inspiration.

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Thank you, Mark! I hope you enjoy the Honey Deuce, cheers l! 🥂 🎾

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I’ll add two more to the list:

🌭Redhot Ranch on Western Avenue, RIP.

🌭Attman’s Bologna Dog in Baltimore, MD

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Added! Thanks, Mia! Hope all well!

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🤗

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