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4. You never saw Trading Places?

Wed Feb 1, 2017, 09:39 AM

Feb 2017

Pork Bellies are a commodity traded on the CME.
We better have bacon reserves. It's the only way to keep Bubba and Scooter in check.

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Nation's bacon reserves hit 50-year low as prices rise [View all] Jose Garcia Feb 2017 OP

Oh, my Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #1

The Apocalypse is nigh. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #2

Bacon-pocalypse. nt Javaman Feb 2017 #20

I...didn't know we had bacon reserves. tanyev Feb 2017 #3

You never saw Trading Places? Friend or Foe Feb 2017 #4

I did have a vague notion that pork bellies were a traded commodity, tanyev Feb 2017 #9

I put all my money in F.C.O.J. VWolf Feb 2017 #13

Well the price of gas is low so it all balances out. Right? YOHABLO Feb 2017 #5

Comrade Casino (IKGOPR) claims full credit. Achilleaze Feb 2017 #6

Oh come on now!!!! DK504 Feb 2017 #24

THAT IS DISGUSTING packman Feb 2017 #25

Does this mean somebody needs to save our bacon? n/t malthaussen Feb 2017 #7

Too many people bringing home the bacon I guess ... OnDoutside Feb 2017 #8

I had no idea that there was... 3catwoman3 Feb 2017 #10

This is a bacon emergency shenmue Feb 2017 #11

Had to quit the stuff rocktivity Feb 2017 #12

Guess I will have to go out and shoot a couple more feral pigs. oneshooter Feb 2017 #14

Great signature line!! El Mimbreno Feb 2017 #17

Converting a noxious, environmentally descructive invasive pest not fooled Feb 2017 #19

No feral pigs up here yet, but its only matter of time NickB79 Feb 2017 #34

How are you managing to cure feral pig into ham in a month? jmowreader Feb 2017 #38

By soaking in a brine solution for several days oneshooter Feb 2017 #40

Saw a feral pig recently MosheFeingold Feb 2017 #42

If your son is a hunter, or knows one, then tell him. oneshooter Feb 2017 #50

Well, we're Jewish MosheFeingold Feb 2017 #60

Attacking the soft under-pork belly of American society... brooklynite Feb 2017 #15

Other than a couple of pig knuckles safeinOhio Feb 2017 #16

Ever had Irish bacon? El Mimbreno Feb 2017 #18

I know most of the cattle grazed on our public land for 1$ a month are exported, probably pork too. Sunlei Feb 2017 #21

Exports are only 9% of US cattle production. EX500rider Feb 2017 #48

The pork industry surreptitiously convinced us we love bacon IronLionZion Feb 2017 #22

No one had to convince me... MicaelS Feb 2017 #43

I read this and flinch, knowing that these creatures are smarter than dogs. byronius Feb 2017 #23

+1 n/t Coventina Feb 2017 #30

Agreed 100%. athena Feb 2017 #32

me too... SticksnStones Feb 2017 #39

Oh please.. MicaelS Feb 2017 #44

Well, perhaps you should try eating people, then. byronius Feb 2017 #45

+1 flvegan Feb 2017 #49

Perhaps you would be better off eating"long pig". n/t oneshooter Feb 2017 #51

Well. Conservatives are delicious with an orange sauce to stave off the slight odor of rot. byronius Feb 2017 #59

Okay, who's hogging the bacon? randome Feb 2017 #26

Four - maybe 5 - smells we can all agree on as soul satisfying packman Feb 2017 #27

5.5: puppy breath Action_Patrol Feb 2017 #35

That dependa on what the puppy found that he/she determined was edible. oneshooter Feb 2017 #41

Truth. I'm a gambler though. Action_Patrol Feb 2017 #46

"Aporkalypse Now" mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #28

Smithfield Packing "processes" 30,000 pigs a day at the Tarheel NC plant underpants Feb 2017 #29

Gross. Coventina Feb 2017 #31

Chinese purchased Smithfield Meats 1yr ago... Lostnote Feb 2017 #47

Yes they did underpants Feb 2017 #57

Trump's stealing it to make a pig bomb LeftInTX Feb 2017 #33

I don't know of anything about bacon MyNameGoesHere Feb 2017 #36

Thanks, Trump !! eom Tanuki Feb 2017 #37

I this was exposed as a hoax. rzemanfl Feb 2017 #52

I love the smell of bacon in the morning. Lint Head Feb 2017 #53

I'm glad I decided to stop eating meat JonLP24 Feb 2017 #54

Hey Trump can't blame Muslims for that nt doc03 Feb 2017 #55

This could be my fault. HassleCat Feb 2017 #56

OK RegexReader Feb 2017 #58