# Pork!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 24, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014 "2009-10-24T23:46:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/21 "2009-10-25T22:08:37Z")

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[It’s made from pig, try it with onion rings](http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Pork/)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/22 "2009-10-25T22:13:51Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> [Ankh-Morpork](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankh-Morpork)

See? If it wasn’t funny, would it have that name?

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There was an old lady from Cork  
Who liked to eat shit with a fork  
Her son said, 'You goon!  
'You eat shit with a spoon!  
‘It’s pork that you eat with a fork!’  
– Ed Bluestone?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/23 "2009-10-25T22:44:36Z")

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[Dr. Strangepork](http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Julius_Strangepork)

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/24 "2009-10-28T01:46:07Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Pork is a funny word. It just _sounds_ funny.
> 
> PORK and beeeeeaaaans!

The name of a classic ragtime number: [Link.](http://www.perfessorbill.com/midi/prkbeans.mid).

I would also like to take this opportunity to observe that pork is a nice, sweet meat.

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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:** [October 28, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/25 "2009-10-28T02:12:33Z")

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[Lisa Simpson]  
DAD, ham and bacon and pork all come from the same animal!

[Homer]  
Riiiight, a MAGIC animal, Lisa…  
Or something like that.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/26 "2009-10-28T02:14:36Z")

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Actually, shouldn’t this thread be in the BBQ Pit?

Mmmmm, barbecued pork…

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/27 "2009-10-28T02:30:19Z")

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My daughter (2 years old so keep your more lascivious comments under wraps) came in and said, “Daddy, I want Pork.” to which I responded, “You want Pork?”, “Yes.”, “You want Poke?”, “No”, “You want Pook?”, “No”, “You want Pork?”, “Yes.”, “Do you even know what Pork is?” “Ummm…changes the subject.”

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/28 "2009-10-28T02:30:59Z")

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- Dad, I think he’s gonna pork her!
- He’s not going to pork her, Russ.
- I think he’s gonna!

:dubious:

- He may pork her. Finish your breakfast.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/29 "2009-10-28T02:32:07Z")

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> [@mswas](#):
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> My daughter (2 years old so keep your more lascivious comments under wraps) came in and said, “Daddy, I want Pork.” to which I responded, “You want Pork?”, “Yes.”, “You want Poke?”, “No”, “You want Pook?”, “No”, “You want Pork?”, “Yes.”, “Do you even know what Pork is?” “Ummm…changes the subject.”

Pork. Kids love it!

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/30 "2009-10-28T02:48:03Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> IMHO it’s a funny-sounding word.

I pronounce it “I’m-A-Hoe”.  
What?

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**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/31 "2009-10-28T04:13:05Z")

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Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue,  
Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn **PORK! PORK! PORK!**

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**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork/515014/32 "2009-10-29T20:51:07Z")

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No Pok! No Pok I tell you!

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sBDA_4DKrbM/hqdefault.jpg "RK House") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDA_4DKrbM)

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