# More Bacon News

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bacon-news/634687>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bacon-news/634687 "2012-09-14T12:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bacon-news/634687/1 "2012-09-14T12:28:37Z")

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[A man plans to barter his way across America using bacon](http://gma.yahoo.com/pa-man-barters-bacon-cross-country-trip-175736965--abc-news-travel.html) (3,000 pounds of it)as his currency. Hardly a difficult feat, I would think, since it’s got to be worth thousands of dollars. Still, I respect the the imagination.

Two other stories reference in that first article:

1. [You can now be buried in an artificial bacon coffin](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/04/love-bacon-to-death-you-can-now-be-buried-in-a-bacon-coffin/), if your definition of “artificial” extends as far as “designed to look like”, that is.

2. [You can now buy burgers made 100% ground bacon](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/07/california-restaurant-offers-100-percent-bacon-burger/). With bacon strips on top, of course!

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bacon-news/634687/2 "2012-09-14T13:09:18Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> Still, I respect the the imagination.

Of the marketing firm that came up with the gimmick?

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bacon-news/634687/3 "2012-09-14T13:15:42Z")

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> [@Moonlitherial](#):
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> Of the marketing firm that came up with the gimmick?

This may be a chicken/egg question. The guy (who according to the story is a comedian and actor) got Oscar Mayer as a sponsor. But… maybe Oscar Mayer hired him as an actor/driver. Only your bacon supplier knows for sure.