ZimZam Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It's gotta be a Muslim conspiracy. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/world-bacon-shortage-unavoidable-223157784.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 keep feeding'em farmers and they'll do just fine i bet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Buy a pig. Take it on long walks at 3AM on garbage collection day in the hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Pigs can go thru a full grown Oregonian in about 8 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtguide Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) Oink, Oink, squeeee!!!! It's a big fat scam,folks; current projected US corn supplies are over 135 billion bushels above last year, in part due to carryover from 2011; corn futures are actually declining on the world markets due to regional oversupply; South America and the US are continuing record exports of corn, etc. About 2400 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus stated; " It appears that the main purpose for the existence of merchants is to create artificial shortages of commodities, thereby to raise prices...". What else is new? Is that bacon I smell burning?? There likely won't be any actual scarcity of bacon; if there is, it will be temporary. Once shortages are over, prices will not come down again, or ever, unless demand drops off so much that pork producers and marketers began to feel a serious pinch. Very serious, as in "Sales of bacon fall to record lows"; and "Pork producers leaving business in record numbers; markets on the ropes." Then you might see a smidgen of give on prices. Until the next time a semi-load of hogs jacknifes on I-80, or a big fire in a hog barn somewhere in Kansas. And don't forget that British brokers were responsible for the Lloyd's and Barclay's scams. They have a very long history of this, centuries. This one stinks like pig shit. One thing there is no shortage of, nor will there ever be: GREED. Edited October 9, 2012 by Mtguide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Bacon is kind of played out, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 [video:youtube]1r3tx3IEsN4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 there's always room for bacon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_warfield Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Don't forget that pigs ate all those murdered prostitutes in BC a few years back. Omnivore is an important word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 well, who hasn't eaten a murdered prostitute or two? These things happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 "dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals" - winston churchill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowlab03 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Bacon is kind of played out, anyway. You shush yer mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 YOU CAN HAVE MY BACON WHEN YOU SCRAPE IT FROM MY COLD DEAD ARTERIES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billcoe Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Whoa, I did a lap Friday and saw a Preying Mantis walking right up the rock while I was belaying my buddy up the 4th pitch of Young Warriors. Had not seen a Mantis for years. Didn't know they could type. As far as the article goes, The Guardian reports that the cost of bacon has doubled since 2006, and record droughts are to blame. There has been a deep drought in the US this year. Yet I've seen Costco smoked salmon prices go from $9.99 to 16.99 in the same period (same brand, same size), and there doesn't seem to be any drought in the ocean. Food and gas have gone up in price across the board with few exceptions. Fortunately, inflation as the gov't measures it is nowhere to be seen.[/satirical final comment] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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