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With One Tweet, Charlie Sheen Brings a Hot Dog Joint Along for the Ride
The Infield in Los Angeles is now offering a "Charlie Dog with Tiger Blood" after the embattled actor -- who has been the talk of Twitter since joining this week -- shared his order with his 1 million followers.
Posted 3/ 2 11 at 6:30 PM | News, Technology, Sales, Online Business, Consumer Products & Services, Food & Beverage, Show Business
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Since joining Twitter just this week, the one-man media circus known as Charlie Sheen has amassed a million followers -- and kept them entertained with a handful of tweets as colorful as the comments he has made to countless media outlets. But his latest 140-character missives could mean big business for a Los Angeles hot dog joint.On Wednesday afternoon, Sheen and a male buddy reportedly walked into The Infield, a Sherman Oaks, Calif., hot dog restaurant, placed an order and tweeted about it twice. You can figure out what happened next.
"The phone's been ringing off the hook," said Rick Ortiz, an employee at The Infield. "It's been crazy."
"He wasn't here longer than a couple minutes," Ortiz added. "He had a dog, dug the dog, but made it better by putting a lot of hot sauce on it."
That led to the idea of featuring Sheen's culinary creation as a special on the menu, listed as the "Charlie Dog with Tiger Blood." Ortiz said the hot dog -- a reference to Sheen's claims, during an interview with NBC's Today, that he has "tiger blood" -- is essentially any dog customers want, but with lots of hot sauce.
"It's great, it's exciting and we welcome the craziness," said Infield owner Robert Davitian, who was at home during Sheen's visit and first saw the news on Sheen's Twitter feed. "This is the gift of Twitter."
Sheen has frequented the stand before -- Davitian described him as "an all-around great guy" who "always tips well." After the tweet heard 'round the world, the Infield is expecting customers to come flocking.
Not bad for what Davitian and Ortiz said is typically the slowest day of the week. Only in LA.
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SIMPLY CURTAIL YOUR DRIVING,
Charlie Sheen will not be tweeting jack s-h-i-t or broadcasting from his home when he goes to jail for physically assaulting his latest wife...He won't be calling or diddling the keypad when he's in jail for his drug dealing or hiring prostitutes because no cell phones allowed in prison...And it's pretty disgusting that any one person or business would support a drug dealing user alky who beats on women.
all i can say right now is yayabeanes you are a
jerk. i would not believe his ex wife no matter what she said.
T'wat head Herman ...It was the police who arrested Charlie Sheen for violently assaulting his wife when they went into his home in Colorado...And the police didn't need to get her to sign a complaint at all because of the visable marks of assault on her person...Oh, yeah, and why would you believe the words of a rat snitch who was busted by the feds many years ago for drugs and writing checks to Heidi Fliess for his prostitutes who then testified against her and his drug dealer to save his ass from going to prison where it belong many years ago.
Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes!
Who amoung us are so pure that we can judge Charlie?
Since Charlie Sheen is driving that same Bronco around...Did you spew that nonsense too after OJ Simpson killed two innocent people as in his ex-wife and her friend.