SCOTT SIMON, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: And you know what? Santa Claus and his sleigh better watch out, too. This week, the Chicago Police Department gave the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile a ticket for parking its bun in a no-parking zone on Michigan Avenue.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: The 27-foot-long fiberglass replica Red Hot is on a national promotional tour and calls Chicago home. Police had already called for a tow truck when the Weinermobile driver showed up to evert the impounding of his six-wheeled wurst.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: Matt Smith from the Department of Streets and Sanitation told reporters the situation was resolved without the use of ketchup, which in Chicago is a big thing. Now, they take hotdogs as seriously in Chicago as they take Jerry Lewis movies in Paris.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: So it's tempting to note that the special of the week at Hot Doug's on North California Avenue is Cognac-infused Smoked Pheasant Sausage with Truffle Sauce and Manchego Cheese.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: Parking violation is a misdemeanor, but truffle sauce on a bun pup - there's a crime.
This week the Chicago Police Department gave the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile a ticket for parking its bun in a no-parking zone on Michigan Avenue.