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To: MrB
LOL ... you beat me by a few minutes so ...
... I'll have to go with a real weiner.

26 posted on 06/25/2012 11:26:39 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven; BlackElk

Your picture reminded me of an old Luis Tiant commercial.

Those of us who lived in southern New England got to see both Yankee and Red Sox broadcasts. Luis Tiant, a better pitcher on the Red Sox staff, pitched Fenway Franks on TV, with the tagline “It takes a lot of control to get them to the plate.”

After Tiant left Fenway and joined up with the Yankees, there he was, wearing his new Yankees uniform while preparing Yankee Franks for his family. The new tag line, delivered only as El Tiante could deliver it: “Eeets great to be with a weener.” The double meaning was that the Yankees were a winning club at the time, but the way he pronounced it, it also sounded like wiener, the food he was preparing.

That ad stayed in my mind all of these years, and the photo you posted reminded me of it. New York is the home of a great many weeners, it seems.


43 posted on 06/25/2012 12:35:34 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("You forget, it isn't who you claim, but instead, who claims you. We don't claim you!")
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