# Have you ever encountered my favorite Wiener? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233 "2018-05-15T18:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/21 "2018-05-17T14:29:24Z")
When I was about seven years old, I not only went to a Wienermobile appearance and got a whistle, I met Little Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/22 "2018-05-17T14:35:40Z")
I saw it a couple times as a kid (60s) and once even with Little Oscar from the commercials. I have not seen it in person since maybe 1971 or so ------- just something else I always blamed on Nixon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/23 "2018-05-17T15:18:28Z")
I’ve seen the Wienermobile three times I think. Twice in the wild, once at a Kmart in San Jose and another time parked behind my hotel in Pensacola. I’ve also seen the one on display at the Henry Ford Museum. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/24 "2018-05-17T15:21:35Z")
I’ve seen it on the road once or twice, and parked a handful of times. It probably helps that I live in the Midwest, and went to school in Madison, WI (as Oscar Mayer is based there). ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/25 "2018-05-17T18:05:51Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I’ve seen it on the road once or twice, and parked a handful of times. It probably helps that I live in the Midwest, and went to school in Madison, WI (as Oscar Mayer is based there). Yep, parked right outside the factory in Madison, WI. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/26 "2018-05-17T18:52:17Z")
From today’s Onion: _[Oscar Meyer Introduces New Wiener Mobility Scooter](https://www.theonion.com/oscar-meyer-introduces-new-wiener-mobility-scooter-1826103349)_ ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/27 "2018-05-17T19:35:26Z")
I’ve seen both the Weinermobile and the Planter’s Nutmobile in the parking lot at work in southern Oregon (the Weinermobile more than once). I have also seen the Goodyear Blimp up-close-and-personal. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/28 "2018-05-17T20:17:31Z")
I had a friend who drove one, and I was riding with him when he was pulled over for speeding. No ticket. This was about 23 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/29 "2018-05-17T21:27:29Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > Off to drive the Wienermobile for the summer. > > That was a truly happy young man. I worked with a guy who spent a summer driving the Weinermobile (one of them, anyway.) He said the experience was fun, but the Weinermobile was hot and stuffy and the engine tended to overheat. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233/30 "2018-05-18T01:26:32Z")
I used to see it all the time when I was a kid in the late 40s. Not sure if I’ve seen one since. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-encountered-my-favorite-wiener/814233.md?page=1)