Pentagon Hot Dog Stand, Cold War Legend, to be Torn Down

American Forces Press Service ^ | Steven Donald Smith

[SandRat]

Honest!!!

This is a real and true story!!!!

[SandRat]

Sometimes reality makes for the best HUMOR!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

They hid the secret messages in the saurkraut.

[Publius]

The Soviets were especially upset that our hot dogs were longer than theirs.

[art_rocks]

Is this where the new Rove weather machine will be?

[tet68]

Headline: New secret Command and control facility to be built at Pentagon, Operation Hot Dog, to cost 1.5 million.
The nuclear hardened site, known as "The Stand" will house
some of the Pentagon's most delicious secrets.

[tet68]

The Soviets were especially upset that our hot dogs were longer than theirs.

So then Reagan said, "Ok send them 50,000 of the largest condoms you have , and by the way, mark them "Small".

[Cheburashka]

I wonder if the owl would have scared away incoming missiles.

[Horatio Gates]

“It's rumored that a portion of their (Soviet) nuclear arsenal was directed at that building, the Pentagon hot dog stand,”

LOL...the original way to nuke your wiener instead of using the microwave

[surely_you_jest]

Ate more than a few dogs at that stand, in my day. Sorry to see it go. * sigh *

[Kirkwood]

And the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile was equivalent to James Bond's Aston Martin. A few differences: No guns or missles, it only shot weiners. Instead of squirting oil it would squirt mustard. The bullet proof shield was made out of stale buns. The idea of an ejection seat was nixed and instead the seat slid away and dropped the occupant into a tub of hot water.

[LasVegasMac]

I wonder if the owl would have scared away incoming missiles.

Of course not, silly.

Not that it mattered much.

Everyone was deep in the super-hardened, underground, withstand anything KMR.....

....Ketchup / Mustard / Relish facility.

don't mind if I giggle, ok?

[Jet Jaguar]

Neat story!

[Viking2002]

Aw, man. I used to eat there, believe it or else. Really. I was a civilian security manager there in the late 90's. I got married and lived in a ratshit apartment behind the Navy Annex while I was there.

[Arm_Bears]

Years ago, I was employed by a Beltway Bandito firm that did work for the Defense Department. The project I was assigned to was Black, and I had a Top Secret security clearance supplemented by many compartments.

I rented an apartment near Capitol Hill, and one of my co-workers happened to live in the same building. She was absolutely certain that the Chinese restaurant down the street was a haven of hostile espionage.

When I asked her why, she replied that the place was like a mausoleum during Congressional recesses, but that you couldn't get near it when Congress was in session. Obviously, the Reds were monitoring Congressional activity.

I suggested that her observations might be explained by the fact that with Congress in session, hundreds of staffers working late were ordering take-out. She didn't buy it and, I'm sure, is convinced to this day that something unsavory was afoot.

[leda]

They thought this was the Pentagon’s most top secret meeting room, and
the entire Pentagon was a large fortress built around this hot dog stand.

uh, yeah, top secret meeting room ... lol! :D
i ate plenty of hot dogs there tho! my parents always had
to fuss at us when we tossed bread crumbs to the pigeons.
they both worked there for many years.

[MediaMole]

Too bad they won't move the stand. It would make a great exhibit and snack bar at one of the service museums.

[jocko12]

All the demwits want is a bigger BEANO'S.

[Doctor Raoul]

It's Bush's fault...

[Non-Sequitur]

The new building will cost about $1.2 million to complete, he said.

One point two million dollars????? For a freakin' hot dog stand????