Hand me that hot dog

Sometimes my engineer training has the effect of me taking things a little too literally. Case in point:

My 3 year-old brother leaves the restaurant table in order to go under it and leaves his hot dog half-eaten.

"Will you give me his hot dog, please?" asks my father.

I reach into the bun with my fingers and place it in front of him.

[beat] "Now can I have the whole plate?"