Yesterday, Claire and I had the chance to see a piece of Americana. I got the message that this would be visiting a store parking lot near us, and I jumped at the chance to share it with my daughter. She had no idea why I was so excited, but my enthusiasm was contagious.
The Wienermobile!
I may or may not have been just a little too excited to see the Wienermobile. Keep your jokes to yourself, Dr. Freud.
Think what you want about hot dogs and other such products, but this was really cool!
You're singing the song now...aren't you?
And, what would an experience like this be without sharing it with the world, real-time on Twitter and Facebook?! Imagine my delight when I realized that The Wienermobile even sent me a Tweet!
The “glad we could ketchup” cracks me up!! 
Claire had a blast. (Those are stickers on her leg. No, she hasn’t been injured. She refused to take them off.)
More than one Oscar Mayer song has been stuck in my head ever since, and one of them is in Spanish.
Yes, my High School Spanish 4 Class recorded some commercials…wayyyy back in the late 1900s, and I was in the group that put together (and performed) the Spanish lyrics to “My Bologna Has A First Name.” It actually fits better than you might imagine.
The B.O.L.O.G.N.A. fits nicely with the Spanish “salchicha,” especially since the CH is one letter in Spanish. “Chay.” How convenient!
B.O.L.O.G.N.A. = S.A.L.Ch.I.Ch.A = 7 letters.
What are the odds?
Yes, technically salchicha is sausage. Close enough.
And, yes, because of that song, I’ve always spelled Oscar Mayer and bologna correctly. 
So, working from memory, here it is!
English version:
My bologna has a first name.
It’s O.S.C.A.R.
My bologna has a second name.
It’s M.A.Y.E.R.
I love to eat it every day
And if you ask me why, I’ll say
Because Oscar Mayer has a way with
B.O.L.O.G.N.A
Spanish version:
Mi salchicha tiene un nombre.
Es O.S.C.A.R (sung out in Spanish letters)
Mi salchicha tiene un apellido.
Es M.A.Y.E.R (sung in the Spanish alphabet, of course)
Me gusta comerlo cada día
Y si me preguntes por qué dice
Porque Oscar Mayer tiene una manera con
S.A.L.Ch.I.Ch.A
(That looks like lots to say, but with practice, you can sing it just as smoothly as the English version. Trust me.)
Rumor has it that these commercials are still in existence on some VHS tapes. My High School Facebook friends will be happy to know that those secrets are safe with me, considering we don’t even have a VCR anymore.
P.S. Don’t you wish you were an Oscar Mayer wiener?
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