Lola by Todd Clark for March 09, 2025

To Love.

To love is to live.

And definitely with chili.

Plain or with chili is the difference between existing and living.

When given the choice, ALWAYS with chili!

A Coney Island with extra onions!

Mustard, relish and onions on mine, please!

Chili, cheese and onions please…….

There are big questions — and bigger ones.

Lola, Lola, Lola, always with chili, onions, cheese and jalapeños, and the number 42 is the goal to consume.

No Chicago dogs? Blasphemy!

Saw a drive-through hot dog place in Tennessee and assumed that the huge hot dog on their building and “hot dog” in their name meant they would have a variety of, oh hot dogs maybe? Big menu full of chicken, burgers, etc and then a choice between a plain hot dog or one with cheese. And just skinny dogs, no all-beef or 1/4 pounders. A Coney Island Hot Dog restaurant just opened near us with a proper selection of choices but they also have only the cheap mystery meat dogs that are so small you need 2 or 3 to make a meal. They remind me of “meat onna a stick” from Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler of the Discworld books.

I’ll have a Nathan’s all-beef frank with Tony Packo’s hot dog sauce and chili, and freshly grated Tillamook cheddar cheese on a Silver Hills Organic Sprouted Whole Grain Hot Dog Bun.

Always important to get your priorities straight. Gotta answer that third question, then they can get to work on the other two as they chow down.

IMO, the difference between existing and living IS plain or chili.

definitely with sauerkraut… ☺

Loving is more important than being loved. Existing is life without deep thoughts and feelings. Not plain or with chili b/c hot dogs only need cheese and mustard or pickle relish. Chili is nice, unless it’s cold, dry, or hard.

plain… (well, with a little bit o’ ketchup!)