Review: Clever and humorous
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2011
Scientists from many disciplines were brought together to solve a significant social problem: they need to brainstorm and develop a hotdog that is sufficiently thin that it does not block the windpipe of adolescents and asphyxiate them when they gobble the dogs down. The plot is clever and so are some of the ideas, as well as the reasons for rejecting some. For example, a suggestion was made to put warning labels on hot dogs. This idea was put down by a host of scientists who said the idea doesn't work, for they continue to smoke despite the warning labels. Another scientist suggests that they stop making the hotdogs in a snake-like form. This is rebuffed because politicians don't want to change the shape. They decide to continue working on the project, no matter how long it takes, because lunches during the deliberations are free. The short story is good and readers will enjoy the humor of other solutions.