Stories tagged fourth-of-july

July 4th brought out the best — and most — hot dogs the server had seen in weeks. By mid-afternoon, theweasel1337 had four dogs lined up with ketchup and mustard next to a Cutwater lime margarita. R0N1N_1 had a tray of grilled dogs ready to go. ChallengeXcepted plated two loaded dogs on a patriotic red-white-and-blue paper plate alongside watermelon and potato salad, captioning it simply "Round 1." Anthony showed up with two perfectly charred dogs drizzled with mustard. The chat lit up with the news that Joey Chestnut had just retaken the Nathan's title with 66 hot dogs in 10 minutes — prompting Fish to deadpan that Chestnut had consumed "my entire hotdog consumption for the year in a single sitting."

Then, late that night, shinypiplup came home from a BBQ that somehow had zero hot dogs and decided to fix that immediately — firing up a dog on a pan-toasted bun alongside a bowl of fresh guac. "I am forcing this dog down," he announced. Fish told him to stop. He did not stop. The server offered to create a "little league for the less gastronomically inclined." He declined.