Hot Dogs

The Man Who Sold Hot Dogs

There was once a man who lived by the side of the road and sold hot dogs.
He was hard of hearing so he had no radio.
He had trouble with his eyes, so he read no newspapers.
But he sold very good hot dogs.
He put up signs on the highway telling how good they were.
He stood on the side of the road and cried out: "BUY A HOT DOG, MISTER?"
And people bought.
He increased his meat and bun orders.
He bought a bigger stove to take care of his trade.
He finally got his son home from college to help him out.
But then something happened.
His son said, "FATHER, haven't you been listening to the radio?
Haven't you been reading the newspapers?
There's a big recession.
The current business situation is terrible."

Whereupon the father thought, "Well, my son's been well educated, he reads the papers, and listens to the radio, so he ought to know".

So the father cut down on his meat and bun orders, took down his advertising signs, no longer bothered to stand by the side of the road to sell his hot dogs.
And his hot dog sales fell almost overnight.

"You're right, son," the father said.
"We certainly are in the middle of a great recession."