Query: What's "Shep"?

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

> "Frankfurter and sauerkraut, good and hot," says the customer.
> ...
> "Fido, Shep and a bale of hay," shouts the waiter, "and let 'em  =
> sizzle!"
>

Since Shep has an initial capital, couldn't it be the chef/cook's name?

--Neil Crawford
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    On 1 Aug. 2006 Doug Wilson convincingly replied that "Shep" is a dog's name.  So both Fido and Shep are frankfurters.
 
Gerald Cohen

 

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