Since 1957. Just like this awesome graphic.
Those of you that think the U.S. Chamber of Commerce don’t have their heads screwed on straight, think again.
Way back in 1957, the chamber proved that had their priorities straight when they made official what most people already knew: hot dogs are 31 times more important than Jesus (Christmas only comes once a year, but National Hot Dog Month lasts for the entire month of July).
And, according to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, this year’s celebration will be “as strong as ever.” What exactly that means I have absolutely no idea, but if you need help picking out a celebratory hot dog to eat 40 or 50 of, my recent hot dog shootout may be a bit of help. Personally, I’m celebrating by happily committing to eating my personal share of the 20 billion hot dogs eaten in this country every year.
I believe my share is 1 billion.
Not that I need some pompous pronouncement to eat hot dogs, but maybe I’ll use it as an excuse to eat a few more of them.
So my work here is done.
Yup. You can pack it up and go home now.