A Controversial Sandwich Board at Kooky Mookys

Never in a thousand years did I ever expect the reaction I receive from some of our patrons that come in to our restaurant to order a hot dog or a sandwich.

One of our Hot Dogs is named after a Hallmark movie, " Sarah Plain and Tall". My husband named it, so I immediately jumped on his suggestion, because I thought he must have had this huge revelation or something, since he's never seen the movie. It's a movie starring Glen Close and Christopher Walken.

Sarah, Plain and Tall is a tale set in the late 19th century. It is about a widowed midwestern farmer with two children, Anna and Caleb.

O.k. all of that said because, what I wanted to say wasn't even about the movie, it's about how your eyes can play tricks on you if you're not paying attention. Here, I'll post a picture of what I'm talking about first...then I'll finish explaining....



People will actually come in Kooky Mookys and order a Sarah Palin and Tall hot dog.. The first time this happened, it caught us off guard and we found ourselves standing there looking at the customer with a blank stare. Then we figured it out of course. He was as confused as we were, but once we figured out what he was trying to order, we all cracked up laughing.

At first glance, it does look like Sarah Palin; it's the two letters in the beginning of the word that are flipped in your brain that make you see something other than what's actually there.

One lady came in to order, after taking her time and looking over the menu board, she yells, SARAH PALIN DOG?????!!!!!!!!
It took awhile to direct her attention back to the board and have her read it again. She was boiling angry, you could see her blood pressure rise sky high. I don't think she liked Sarah Palin.

Now, of course, I've thought about changing the hot dog name, but honestly it makes for an interesting day.

I'm really not sure what my husband was thinking about the Sarah part of the name, but the plain and tall just meant a hot dog plain and it's a BIG tall (long) hot dog...

Oh well, I think I'll stick with the Der Devil, which is Cally's Coney Island Chili and coleslaw...It's lip smackin good!