A Friday the 13th Musing
I've had this damn jingle in my head now for days:
My baloney has a first name,
it's O-S-C-A-R
My baloney has a second name,
it's M-A-Y-E-R
Oh, I love to eat it every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
'Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A.
Which lead me to remember wondering as a kid how B-O-L-O-G-N-A spelled baloney. And also wondering if 'Mayer' was the last name or the middle name of the baloney (because it just says 'second name'...I require a bit more information.) If it is a middle name, what is the last name? Oscar Mayer Zembruski, maybe? Maybe that's why it's not part of the jingle. Too hard to rhyme with. But most importantly this lead me to this: what about the hotdogs? Did they feel left out by not having their own spelling jingle? With that in mind:
My frankfurter has a first name,
it's O-S-C-A-R
My frankfurter has a second name
it's M-A-Y-E-R
Oh, I'm scared to eat them anyway
Because I don' t know how they're made
'Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with W-I-E-N-E-R-S.
Huh. Maybe the ad execs knew what they were doing. Doesn't really fit, does it?
My baloney has a first name,
it's O-S-C-A-R
My baloney has a second name,
it's M-A-Y-E-R
Oh, I love to eat it every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
'Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A.
Which lead me to remember wondering as a kid how B-O-L-O-G-N-A spelled baloney. And also wondering if 'Mayer' was the last name or the middle name of the baloney (because it just says 'second name'...I require a bit more information.) If it is a middle name, what is the last name? Oscar Mayer Zembruski, maybe? Maybe that's why it's not part of the jingle. Too hard to rhyme with. But most importantly this lead me to this: what about the hotdogs? Did they feel left out by not having their own spelling jingle? With that in mind:
My frankfurter has a first name,
it's O-S-C-A-R
My frankfurter has a second name
it's M-A-Y-E-R
Oh, I'm scared to eat them anyway
Because I don' t know how they're made
'Cause Oscar Mayer has a way with W-I-E-N-E-R-S.
Huh. Maybe the ad execs knew what they were doing. Doesn't really fit, does it?
posted by kcterrilynn at 8:15 AM
5 Comments:
i still like...
"John, Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, his name is my name too..."
your lack of blogging is making me upset. is there a man in your life that we don't know about?!?!?
if so i'm deeply jealous
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Carl: great, now I've got that stuck in my head.
And I apologize for the lack of blogging; I've been in a slump lately, but I promise to do better.
Don't be jealous, Spacks, you're the only blogger man for me.
All I can say is that this new jingle might not sell a lot of hotdogs but the TV commercial potential is limitless.
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