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Someone stole a Wienermobile's catalytic converter

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    rosco
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    Honestly, this news story was the levity I needed today. I'm imagining the person stealing it giggling the whole time. As a funny aside, the Wienermobile came to my town mid Covid. I was shocked...

    Honestly, this news story was the levity I needed today. I'm imagining the person stealing it giggling the whole time.

    As a funny aside, the Wienermobile came to my town mid Covid. I was shocked to find out that the Wienermobile is not in fact a giant food truck exclusively slinging hotdogs, but instead a dispenser of small Wienermobile shaped whistles. Color me disappointed when I found out!

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    1. AugustusFerdinand
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      Having only seen the Wienermobile parked and inactive, that is news to me and kinda disappointing. On the one hand I get it, it travels around and making sure it has all the necessary permits to...

      Having only seen the Wienermobile parked and inactive, that is news to me and kinda disappointing. On the one hand I get it, it travels around and making sure it has all the necessary permits to be able to serve food would be difficult and expensive. On the other hand, Kraft Heinz is a massive company that can afford it.

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  2. AugustusFerdinand
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    The Wienermobiles, a fleet of six cars shaped like hot dogs meant to promote Oscar Mayer and a bona fide American treasure, are built from some combination of an Isuzu truck chassis and components from a surprising collection of great cars. They are largely trucks underneath, which means they have catalytic converters. That means even the Wienermobile is not safe from the ongoing rash of catalytic converter thefts.

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