wienermobile gets parking ticket
AP — CHICAGO — A parking ticket topped the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile after it was left parked illegally on a downtown Chicago thoroughfare.
The 27-foot fiberglass sausage was ticketed Thursday morning after its driver parked it on Michigan Avenue and left it on the side of the six-lane road with the hazard lights blinking.
A police officer ticketed the vehicle and radioed for a tow truck, but the car’s driver and passenger returned before the truck arrived.
“The situation was resolved without the use of ketchup, which in Chicago is a big thing,” said Matt Smith of the city’s Streets and Sanitation Department.
Smith said a city tow truck could have done the job, if necessary.
“We have access to tow trucks that could have handled a Polish sausage, not just a hot dog,” Smith said.
jay: the yuks just keep on coming at the sanitation department, huh? god. this story ruined my morning, so i figured i’d pass it along.