Are You Ready For Bacon as a New Currency?

by Heisenberg Posted 2012/09/12 19:00:00

Related Topics: Bacon, Weird News, Food, Oscar Meyer

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	Yes	174 votes	45%
	No	209 votes	55%

MEDIADECODER.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM reports:
To promote its new Butcher Thick Cut bacon, an actor will be given 3,000 pounds of the bacon to barter for food, fuel and a place to spend the night. He starts in New York, and is expected to make it to Los Angeles.

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Tom R 007 2012/09/12 06:56:14

Yes

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susan BN-0 2012/09/14 19:44:52

No

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What a silly Idea.

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MercuryZero 2012/09/14 19:37:11

No

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I'd probably eat it all...

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Merlin 2012/09/14 19:18:40

Yes

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I will happily get fat and throw my military career out of the window, for your delicious bacon :P

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BoomLover 2012/09/14 16:22:44

Yes

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There would be many benefits, and a few drawbacks....first, it would leave Muslims out of the loop financially, however, the spoilage within a short time would limit it's use to the "here and now"....ever try "Chicken Fried Bacon"?

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Sista Nunya 2012/09/14 14:48:38
kay29 2012/09/14 12:47:18

No

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What's with all the polls on bacon?

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Drebi 2012/09/14 12:30:18

No

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Honestly, the thought disgusts me.

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Scott 2012/09/14 12:21:10

No

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If we must have edible currency I think chocolate would make a better choice. They both have their drawbacks--either will make you fat and bacon will spoil (thus controlling inflation?) but chocolate will melt and you'll find yourself scraping your wallet for the last little bits, much like real money.

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Llama general 2012/09/14 09:57:36

No

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HELL NAW, if i got any bacon it's MINE >:)

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Freight85 to Llama g... 2012/09/15 00:13:26

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With two pieces of bread, lettuce, tomato and mayo. Order up!

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ivegotloveinmypants 2012/09/14 08:55:36

No

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Unkosher.

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Invader_Ellie_Slamacow 2012/09/14 04:41:37

Yes

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even though I'm a pescatarian, I WILL make exceptions for bacon.

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BoomLover to Invader... 2012/09/14 16:13:37

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So, your a Pre-Vegan, right? Or, are you a full time Pescatarian?

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Invader... to BoomLover 2012/09/14 22:02:36

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a pre-vegan? idk, all I know is the only meat I consume comes out of the water... haha

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Gabsters<3 2012/09/14 04:36:06

No

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marty 2012/09/14 03:29:40

No

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Sorry, as much as I love bacon, it's not as valuable as a currency as actual money. Tasty? Yes. Able to store nicely in my wallet for months without use? Not so much.

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Lil 2012/09/14 03:27:20

Yes

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OH MY GOD, YES.

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xxx 2012/09/14 01:11:19

Yes

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I'd be so broke.. and fat

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charles nelson 2012/09/14 00:36:02

Yes

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Let me bring home the bacon to my mama, fat mama oh mama

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exhon2009 2012/09/13 22:21:37

Yes

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Particularly when traveling to the middle east. Brings whole new meaning to the expression "bringing home the bacon".

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Sodahead User 2012/09/13 21:42:30

Yes

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Margaret Jacobson 2012/09/13 20:18:20

Yes

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I guess if nobody has money to spend................maybe bacon. In Baltimore I hear TIDE Detergent is like cash !!

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Monty 2012/09/13 20:17:43

Yes

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go bacon!

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I am the Don Dada 2012/09/13 20:06:34

No

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I don't eat or touch pork. And no.... I'm not Muslim or Jewish.

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Fatalwolf 2012/09/13 19:49:47

No

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if it was i would eat my whole pay check everytime

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l 2012/09/13 19:21:44

Yes

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Sure! Why not?!! :)

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swim2bgood 2012/09/13 18:38:40

Yes

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It's certainly worth more than the dollar!

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Bob DiN to swim2bgood 2012/09/15 12:57:20

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You can thank Obama and QE1,2, 3 for that.

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bcarrera 2012/09/13 17:45:05

Yes

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MOTHER OF GUSTA!!!

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-Kezzi Evanescence- 2012/09/13 17:37:19

No

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The Laughing man 2012/09/13 17:34:42

Yes

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who says no to bacon?

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Earl Hickey 2012/09/13 17:20:54

No

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i dont care for faddy foods

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lizzle13a 2012/09/13 17:18:26

No

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i'd eat it.... no more bacon... no more money.... very sad.....

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~cutiepie~(❤coco❤) 2012/09/13 16:40:34

No

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Thats a stupid idea

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xxdudeitsbellaxx 2012/09/13 16:17:27

Yes

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Is it like the bartering system?

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S123 2012/09/13 16:04:23

No

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I'm vegan and I don't think I would want to use any one type of food as money anyway. I do like the idea of bartering, though.

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Kozmo 2012/09/13 15:33:45 (edited)

Yes

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A different take on "giving a pound of flesh" to the Revenue or collection agency.
Stock some of these in your LARD-er.

Also, make sure you have appropiate 'dinner utensils' when you want to 'pig out' while "Stars" (Vega's one) & "Crescent Wrenches" are 'messing up the works' outside.

"Braise the Lard & pass the Omelet"

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Waiting in the Wings 2012/09/13 15:29:53 (edited)

No

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If we're using an edible substitute for our currency today, it'll probably be corn. We eat corn, many animals we eat are corn-fed (including succulent pigs), and we find it in some foods for household pets. Some of our food is made using corn (ex. Corn flakes). Some use it as fuel. When the price of corn goes up, the prices of other food follows. My bet is corn.

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Kozmo to Waiting... 2012/09/13 15:44:56 (edited)

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Too 'Corny' for my taste but I do enjoy Pastrami, a fancy kind of 'corned' beef.
Did not George Washington wear a tri-corn hat? It's the American Weigh!
Am I a 'Larding' Corn-ucopia? Got you corn-ered!
Nauseous? Up your Corn-hole!

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Waiting... to Kozmo 2012/09/13 23:55:29

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I'm sorry that the highlight of your life is trolling strangers on the internet. Go get a life and stop.acting like you're fourteen.

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