Global Bacon Shortage!?!

[piehole]

"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/2012/09/24/bacon-sausage-shortage_n_1909609.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

[Shambala]

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.

[piehole]

WHY DOES BACON HAVE TO BE SO DELICIOUS

THIS IS ALL OUR FAULT

[SaritaSyrah]

no...NO!

[piehole]

What are we gonna do, Sarah??

[SaritaSyrah]

I just...have no words. Hold me?

[mgb327]

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.

[Shambala]

I just...have no words. Hold me?

Shit, that was easy!

[mgb327]

WHOOOSH!!!! What was that noize? Letting SaritaSyrahs' comment go right over my head. Dangit.

[SaritaSyrah]

I just...have no words. Hold me?

Shit, that was easy!

The world is ending. No time for dinner and a movie first.

Bacon. Shortage.

[SaritaSyrah]

People were killing each other in 2008 because of a rice shortage. This is BACON.

[Lonesomebri]

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.

[BBadger]

Sorry guys! I didn't mean to cause the shortage, but the bacon was really tasty and I couldn't help myself!

[piehole]

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

[FIGJAM]

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!!!!!!!!

[Ugly Dougly]

Calm down, now, citizens. Our government has wisely devised a plan.

[moonrise]

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!

[Shambala]

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!!!!!!!!

....then there will be a glut of bacon, and prices will plummet!

[Savannah]

I just...have no words. Hold me?

Shit, that was easy!

The world is ending. No time for dinner and a movie first.

Sig-worthy!

[SquirrelHead]

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.

[Box Burner]

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.

[Ugly Dougly]

Does it look like real bacon?

[Ugly Dougly]

The future is here.

[Trishntek]

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.

[piehole]

http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/09/25/14095135-bacon-shortage-worldwide-unavoidable-uk-pig-group-says?chromedomain=bottomline

Turns out we're not going to be affected as much as the Huffington Post article had sensationalized in their article.

[Isotopia]

Expect counterfeit bacon and bacon products in the coming weeks.

If bacon ceases to exist then let the Mayans be right.

[ygmir]

Expect counterfeit bacon and bacon products in the coming weeks.

If bacon ceases to exist then let the Mayans be right.

would you call "long pork" bacon "conterfiet"?

I say, "go for Soylent bacon".........over.

[Kinetik V]

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.

[theCryptofishist]

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.

[Lonesomebri]

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.