Antonio Judd really really wanted a hot dog. He grabbed a dog from a person on the street in Worcester and will now pay his debt to society with eighteen months in jail.
Judd has a prior record of assault and was found with a pellet gun — but the hot dog was long gone. The forensic “splatter” evidence included mustard spilled on the shirt of the victim.
The victim was sitting under a tree at 6:45 p,m. on August 12th when the offense occurred. Judd reportedly walked up and mumbled, “Eat that other dog?”
“Yes,” the man replied.
Lifting up his shirt, Mr. Judd showed what appeared to be a handgun, the police report said.
“I’m going to eat it,” Mr. Judd responded.
It can happen that fast. One second you are enjoying a cool evening with your hot dog and the next second it is gone with your culinary hopes and dreams.
This is not unique. As discussed earlier, Georgia Assistant District Attorney William Michael Olson, 36, resigned from his position as a prosecutor with Clarke County, Georgia after being arrested for a drunken fight with a hot dog vendor. The vendor says that Olson ate a hot dog and then tried to leave without paying for it, leading to a tussle.
Olson was arrested on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and theft of services. He was released on a $500 bond. The fight occurred at 1:25 a.m. and when stopped by police Olson claimed not to know anything about the hot dog.
What is a fascinating forensic link is that Olson was implicated by the same splatter pattern evidence: mustard and ketchup on his shirt. Hardened hot dog thieves often forget about the incriminating condiments.
Olson, however, does not appear to have been hit with any jail time while Judd, as a repeated offender, will go away for a year and a half.
He can, of course, be sued in a tort action, though conversion would seem a better claim than trespass to chattel and replevin.
Armour hot dogs may have to make the following alterations to its slogan:
“HOT DOGS, Ar-mour HOT DOGS
What kind of kids love Ar-mour HOT DOGS?
Big kids, little kids, kids who climb on rocks
Fat kids, skinny kids, even kids with
chicken pox Love HOT DOGS,
Kids with records and kids with heat
Ar-mour HOT DOGS
The dogs kids love to eat!”
What is really amazing is that someone would do this for a Massachusetts hot dog when everyone knows that the best dawgs are found in Chicago. One could only imagine what he would have done for a Wolfy’s or Flukey’s dog.
For the Massachusetts story, click here.
AY,
It was meant as a term of affection, both for Nal and those he edits.
Byron,
I was editing myself. You were correct that scotch bonnets are a type of habanero, I was adjusting my statement accordingly.
Byron,
I liked the new Bron98 icon. I take it you are less than enchanted with the works of Mr. Marx and Engels upon further review? lol
Nal, Jr. (Gyges):
thank you for the correktion, your ephorts to make my post inteeligible to al is gretly apresheated.
Gyges 1, September 30, 2009 at 11:56 am
Bryon,
In the spirit of Nal, the semi-divine editor to the gods:
“While scotch bonnets are generally hotter then habaneros…”
SB
“While scotch bonnets are generally hotter than other habaneros”
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Most uncharitable, most uncharitable. Now Gyges, you need to go to the black board and write 500 times. “I will not be jealous of nal, he has his work cut out for him.”
You see he is going to suffer with Buddha’s liver and AY’s Spleen. That should cure anyone. Don’t you know.
Bryon,
In the spirit of Nal, the semi-divine editor to the gods:
“While scotch bonnets are generally hotter then habaneros…”
SB
“While scotch bonnets are generally hotter than other habaneros”
The “great hot dog heist” inspired me to write a poem.
Wurst…Versed
Yellow mustard, ketchup, and relish—
The condiments we add to embellish
A naked frank…to enhance its flavor
Before we take a bite and savor
The luscious link in a toasted bun.
BUT
Don’t filch a frank when armed with a gun—
And eat it sloppily on the run.
Don’t be a gluttonous simpleton.
Don’t let that yellow mustard splatter!
Stealing dogs is a serious matter.
Before you grab that tasty wurst
Make sure you have a napkin first.
THEN
Tuck it under your chin and eat
And try to evade the cop on the beat.
AY:
naga jolokia pepper (English: king cobra chile)1X10^6 Scoville units
The Red Savina pepper is a cultivar of the habanero chile-6X10^5 Scoville units
Thai pepper-1X10^5 Scoville units (sissy pepper compared to the above)
There are two peppers that are hotter than the scotch bonnet. I forget what they are but if they are deadly as the bonnet I want nothing to do with them save my digestive tract. A scotch bonnet is a cleansing experience.
You can get damn good hotdogs in every big city and in every state in the Union. Anybody who says the best hotdogs are in this city or that one is demonstrating their provincialism.
Gyges: ghost chili
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Jolokia_pepper
we’ve been growing habeneros for about 15 years, one year chipmunks ate all the leaves off the plants. Once I came home from work to find about 25-30 chilis gone from a plant in the house. I couldn’t figure out what happened. Later that night I heard banging in the kitchen and found the 3 month old kitten playing habanero hockey. I found the rest under the refrigerator.
Asafoetida, a spice common in Indian food, was used to treat Spanish influenza in the epidemic of 1918. It smells so bad, some call it devil’s dung.
aren’t habaneros the same thing as scotch bonnets?
Gyges:
that is great, we go to an Indian restaurant that has very few white people. I always thought they spiced up the food to keep us honky’s out, your post is confirmation.
It seems obvious that the person has mental health issues.
A little note on peppers:
While scotch bonnets are generally hotter then habaneros, habaneros can actually get hotter. They have a scoville range of 100,000-500,000 units versus the 200,000-325,000 of scotch bonnets. Another heavy hitter is the african bird’s eye chili
(100,000-200,000).
For true indigestion, I suggest going to an authentic Indian restaurant, ordering one of the hot dishes. Then, take the waiter aside and tell them you want the “real hot” not the “white people hot.”
If you ever get to Los Angeles try “Pinks”, great hot dogs. Also “In and Out Burger”, they make a truly legendary hamburger, try the chili-cheese fries “animal style”. Outasight..
I have to go along with Professor T. The best hot dogs are in Chicago and Flukey’s was a good choice. I also like Super Dawg hot dogs as well. And yes, I use ketchup on my hot dog!
This lady I met at Cuca’s turned me onto a very small, HOT chili. It was “mucho fuego’ and burned a hole through my belly. It may have been the dreaded “scotch bonnett”. After I ate it, I began to sweat something fierce. No amount of “suds” could cool the fire in my belly. It was scary, I never played with those again…
AY:
WE grew some scotch bonnets (habeneros) this year and they are some hot sons of guns. they make jalapenos seem like the tingle from a coke’s carbonation.
Billy 1, September 29, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Never had a potato bun, my buddy turned me on to an “oatmeal bun”.
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Yuck, but hey worth a try. Try Starbucks Oatmeal Rains Cookies.
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Try a “belly-buster”. The gastronome in ‘you” should really love this. Pour canned chili, no beans into a cereal/salad bowl full of “fritos”, inhale until gone. Its’ an aneurysm in a “bowl”..
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Well, try it with a scotch bonnet. You’ll know the cause of distress, if you can cool your mouth before it starts eking out your every pore. Oh yeah.