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Global Bacon Shortage!?!
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Global Bacon Shortage!?!
"In a recent press release, the U.K.'s National Pig Association is warning that a "world shortage of pork and bacon next year is now unavoidable" "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/2 ... lp00000003

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/2 ... lp00000003
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
None of this matters to me, because I'm going out tomorrow and stocking up on enough bacon to fill my freezer.
A day without bacon, is like a day without sunshine.
A day without bacon, is like a day without sunshine.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
WHY DOES BACON HAVE TO BE SO DELICIOUS
THIS IS ALL OUR FAULT
THIS IS ALL OUR FAULT
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
What are we gonna do, Sarah??
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
I am already stashing BACON! for next year...have about 8 pounds vacu-sealed and in the freezer. I go to a "food auction" about every 6 weeks, and sometimes can score a 15 pound box "meant for" some certain "un-named" high class restaurant in NYC. It's a Tony Soprano thing, end of story.
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Shit, that was easy!SaritaSyrah wrote:I just...have no words. Hold me?
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WHOOOSH!!!! What was that noize? Letting SaritaSyrahs' comment go right over my head. Dangit.
Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them’s making a poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge?
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Shambala wrote:Shit, that was easy!SaritaSyrah wrote:I just...have no words. Hold me?
The world is ending. No time for dinner and a movie first.
Bacon. Shortage.
BURN SHIT!
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
People were killing each other in 2008 because of a rice shortage. This is BACON.
BURN SHIT!
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
No one is going to run out of bacon !!
There's no need to go out and hoard any !
There will always be plenty.......
Just gonna run out for a minute, maybe head down to the butcher and see what's he doing tonight.... Be right back. Relax. Wait here for me.
There's no need to go out and hoard any !
There will always be plenty.......
Just gonna run out for a minute, maybe head down to the butcher and see what's he doing tonight.... Be right back. Relax. Wait here for me.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Sorry guys! I didn't mean to cause the shortage, but the bacon was really tasty and I couldn't help myself!
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Now I don't know how to feel about this bacon shortage at all!
At first I was bummed
but now,
I kinda like it
At first I was bummed
but now,
I kinda like it
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Don't hoard the bacon!!!
There will be plenty for everyone.
If you do there will have to be a lottery.
Then the bacon scalpers will get involved.
Everyone will be eating lettuce an tomato samich's!!!!!!!!
There will be plenty for everyone.
If you do there will have to be a lottery.
Then the bacon scalpers will get involved.
Everyone will be eating lettuce an tomato samich's!!!!!!!!
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Calm down, now, citizens. Our government has wisely devised a plan.
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Soon, it'll all be Soylent Bacon...
The end is near and soy is toxic!
I see no hope for us unless we raise the swine ourselves.
BFB or Burners for Bacon, it's our only hope!
I see no hope for us unless we raise the swine ourselves.
BFB or Burners for Bacon, it's our only hope!
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....then there will be a glut of bacon, and prices will plummet!FIGJAM wrote:Don't hoard the bacon!!!
There will be plenty for everyone.
If you do there will have to be a lottery.
Then the bacon scalpers will get involved.
Everyone will be eating lettuce an tomato samich's!!!!!!!!
Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Sig-worthy!SaritaSyrah wrote:Shambala wrote:Shit, that was easy!SaritaSyrah wrote:I just...have no words. Hold me?
The world is ending. No time for dinner and a movie first.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
This is a great reason to go buy a freezer chest and pack it full of tasty pig! I wonder if bacon will trade like gold soon.


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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Alert!
Just in --- The Spamalope to be been put on the endangered species list.
The world wide shortage of bacon prompted several wildlife conservation organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Wildlife Conservation Society and The Sierra Club to petitioned the President of the United States, Barack Obama and the U.N. to have the Spamalope put on the Endangered Species list. Lisa Renstrom, the President of the Sierra Club, noted that "The world wide shortage of bacon is a good indicator that there is also a worldwide shortage of pigs and bacon comes from pigs." Saying that "since pork is mainly what spamalopes forage for, it is imperative that we get the Spamalope on the endangered species list as soon as possible."
When contacted, Chief Tom Tidwell, head of the US Forest Service, Said that with hunting season about to open the Forest service has the issue of the Spamalope "under revue" and that there were no plans to ban or limit hunting of Spamalopes at this time. Various State forest service Officials were in atendence and all seemed to concur with Cheif Tidwell.
One State Oficial from Georgia, Speaking on condition of anonymity Said that "Spamalope hunting tags for this season have all been sold and there is no way that they can be recalled. We would have hoards of angry hunters and nosiree bob, I do not want to have my name on such a recall."
When asked if the reference to pigs as "what Spamalopes forage for" meant that Spamalopes may in fact be carnivorous, Cheif Tidwell declined to comment. Spamalopes although skittish and reclusive, are believed to be gentle creatures. Scientific studies of the Spamalope made by the government have never been released to the public.
Just in --- The Spamalope to be been put on the endangered species list.
The world wide shortage of bacon prompted several wildlife conservation organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Wildlife Conservation Society and The Sierra Club to petitioned the President of the United States, Barack Obama and the U.N. to have the Spamalope put on the Endangered Species list. Lisa Renstrom, the President of the Sierra Club, noted that "The world wide shortage of bacon is a good indicator that there is also a worldwide shortage of pigs and bacon comes from pigs." Saying that "since pork is mainly what spamalopes forage for, it is imperative that we get the Spamalope on the endangered species list as soon as possible."
When contacted, Chief Tom Tidwell, head of the US Forest Service, Said that with hunting season about to open the Forest service has the issue of the Spamalope "under revue" and that there were no plans to ban or limit hunting of Spamalopes at this time. Various State forest service Officials were in atendence and all seemed to concur with Cheif Tidwell.
One State Oficial from Georgia, Speaking on condition of anonymity Said that "Spamalope hunting tags for this season have all been sold and there is no way that they can be recalled. We would have hoards of angry hunters and nosiree bob, I do not want to have my name on such a recall."
When asked if the reference to pigs as "what Spamalopes forage for" meant that Spamalopes may in fact be carnivorous, Cheif Tidwell declined to comment. Spamalopes although skittish and reclusive, are believed to be gentle creatures. Scientific studies of the Spamalope made by the government have never been released to the public.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Does it look like real bacon?


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The future is here.


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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
It's elementary. With Burning Man over a mere three weeks, the globe is still recovering from the seasonal demand surge for pork bellies due to the elevated population of the event.
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Bacon Shortage UPDATE
http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/09/ ... bottomline
Turns out we're not going to be affected as much as the Huffington Post article had sensationalized in their article.
Turns out we're not going to be affected as much as the Huffington Post article had sensationalized in their article.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Expect counterfeit bacon and bacon products in the coming weeks.
If bacon ceases to exist then let the Mayans be right.
If bacon ceases to exist then let the Mayans be right.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
would you call "long pork" bacon "conterfiet"?Isotopia wrote:Expect counterfeit bacon and bacon products in the coming weeks.
If bacon ceases to exist then let the Mayans be right.
I say, "go for Soylent bacon".........over.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
The US has a strategic petroleum reserve, we have a strategic grain reserve. And there's even one for maple syrup!
We should have a strategic bacon reserve. Yes, it's that damn important.
We should have a strategic bacon reserve. Yes, it's that damn important.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
All of you. Just put pens under your houses and grow your own pigs. Be careful feeding them garbage, because some diseases are spread that way, but basically they are a wonder animal that eats scraps and produces meat.
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Re: Global Bacon Shortage!?!
Delicious naturally lean free range organic fair trade kosher non-gluten non-GMO non-testerone socially consciouc water processed hand carved
Hippie Bacon.
65% less fat than that other soft white smarter mud bather. Delicious hippie bacon. The choice for the new epoch.
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Hippie Bacon.
65% less fat than that other soft white smarter mud bather. Delicious hippie bacon. The choice for the new epoch.
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