Meanie bastard vandals. I think I have a photo of this one, pre-vandalization; I know I do have a photo of that kitty graffitti that I blogged a while back. I'm glad to see that at least it's still intact.
 

If you send the photo, I'll post it. By now it's a piece of Berlin history.
 

That dog always creeped me out--the idea that it was preparing itself to be devoured was too much for me.
 

Maybe he doesn't realise he's about to be eaten. He just thinks he's squeezing himself a quiff, and little does he know that that will make him irresistable not to girl hotdogs, but to hungry Germans.

I should never never, be allowed to write stories for children.
 

Are there girl hot dogs?
 

I don't know if this particular fella would be interested in girl hot dogs. He seems a little light in the loaf to me.
 

Only in my head.
 

Come to think of it, there must be girl hotdogs, otherwise there would be no Würstchen. And Indri makes a very good point; there must be gay hotdogs too.
 

Squirting himself with condiments is no different from the wonderful animated neon sign in Memphis which shows chickens walking the plank into a pot of grease at a fried chicken stand or the t-shirt I have from Johnson's Grocery in Mamou, Louisiana showing pigs cooking boudin (which is made out of...pigs!). So this guy is in a great tradition.

However, hot dogs in New York do *not* have sauerkraut and relish, at least not the ones I used to buy in Washington Square Park from the guy with the "Beatnik Steaks" cart. The great mystery condiment there was onions stewed in some red glop which probably had ketchup as a starting point. Boy, was that stuff good. Used Hebrew National franks, too, made in...Ft. Worth, Texas. Nope, the only place you get sauerkraut with your hot dogs in New York are German-themed joints.
 

Boy Hot Dogs and Girl Hot Dogs!!

WTF is going on here today?... the comments here involving food as a central them but warped into the surreal remind me of many a drugs evening. Keep up the good work although I admit to having little to add on the gender of hot dogs, only that if dog is the male form then bitch must be the female form. I did a quick google check and I think I am correct: Hot Bitches gets 1000s of hits there. Obviously a top Internet topic.
 

That's right, "Hot Bitch" would be the female. "I'd like a New York Hot Bitch with onions?" Thanks for driving traffic today, Andy.
 

There is an identical hotdog statue in Kreuzberg. There must be a factory somewhere, or maybe a lonely artist chiselling away...
James
 

Andy, thank you for providing my daily raucous laugh. That was awesome.
 

There are girl hot dogs. Alec Baldwin married one in an SNL skit, and had offspring. I saw it on YouTube, but apparently their SNL selection has been scythed.

Now you know, and knowing's half the battle.
 

Here's one in Tokyo: note what good condition it's in and that it is wrapped in the flag, as you would expect of any good American hot dog!
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