SPEAKING FRANKLY!

 WEDNESDAY JULY 16, 2025

      SPEAKING FRANKLY

  It's Wednesday, July 16th. This is

"National Hot Dog Day!" July is a

popular month for hot dogs what

with 4th of July picnics beginning

the summer season. Most everybody

likes hot dogs but probably not as

much as Joey Chestnut. He won the

annual Hot Dog Eating Contest at

Coney Island consuming 70 1/2

hot dogs in ten minutes! Hot dogs

continue to be at the center of an

age old debate. Are they sandwiches

or not? The hot dog is meat and it's

eaten in a bun which is basically

specially shaped bread. But many

people insist  they don't qualify as

a sandwich because it's not the

same as a flat slice of meat placed

between two slices of bread. Well

whatever camp you're in with regard

to the debate, have a hot dog today

just to celebrate the occasion. Hope

you've got your condiments ready and

that all your NEWS is good!