# Push button, receive bacon. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 14, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620 "2008-09-14T23:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/1 "2008-09-14T23:21:23Z")
Ever seen a hand dryer and thought that? I didn’t, but a friend told me and now I’m hooked. Soon, you will be too. Bacon bacon bacon bacon … bacon. The link has sound: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHrx-sCepEI&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHrx-sCepEI&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/2 "2008-09-14T23:23:31Z")
Never. But thanks for giving me a LOL moment 🙂 I’ve seen a picture along the same lines taken in a subway train. I can’t remember if it was exactly that, or something similar (an amusing interpretation of a graphical instruction sequence) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/3 "2008-09-15T05:13:04Z")
All the bacon-lovers must be asleep. Well I am using my free bump for their sakes. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/4 "2008-09-15T05:15:42Z")
And you just _know_ that someone is going to take a hand-dryer and turn it into a bacon-dispenser. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/5 "2008-09-15T05:25:01Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > All the bacon-lovers must be asleep. Can’t post … eating bacon ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/6 "2008-09-15T05:47:55Z")
Just so you know, only in the USA does bacon look so … easily iconifiable. [This](http://flickr.com/photos/cooldawg85/2207365958) is what bacon looks like here. Hereabouts the requisite graffiti on hand dryers was to add to the instruction set: 1/ push button 2/ rub hands together in airstream 3/ wipe hands on pants ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/7 "2008-09-15T05:47:59Z")
I saw a graffito on one of these with that label (“push for bacon”). Unfortunately, it was lying. Unless it was just taking its time cooking the bacon. Maybe I should’ve waited. _He who is achin’ for the great taste of bacon long after breakfast is down Will appreciate this taste so great It’ll make a smile of his frown._ - Box of bacon-flavored crackers. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/8 "2008-09-15T06:11:12Z")
My favourite is the old condom machine one: “Worst damn chewing gum I’ve ever tasted” …and somebody else added… “Oh, but what bubbles!” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/9 "2008-09-15T10:03:14Z")
yeah, it LOOKS right. But does it _smerr rike bacon?_ Yes I know meme-forcing is a punishable offense. But I can’t help myself. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/10 "2008-09-15T10:36:00Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Just so you know, only in the USA does bacon look so … easily iconifiable. [This](http://flickr.com/photos/cooldawg85/2207365958) is what bacon looks like here. That’s some fine looking bacon you got down there. Looking through the other pictures though, someone should replace the nails on the lorikeet. I’ve heard of pining for the fjords but never in an actual pine tree. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/11 "2008-09-15T14:24:40Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Just so you know, only in the USA does bacon look so … easily iconifiable. [This](http://flickr.com/photos/cooldawg85/2207365958) is what bacon looks like here. I am _so_ ready to emigrate! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/12 "2008-09-15T16:09:33Z")
[Might as well get the tee shirt.](http://www.randomshirts.com/store/product.php?productid=16408&cat=249&page=2) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/13 "2008-09-15T16:42:46Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Ever seen a hand dryer and thought that? Yes, but only after someone mentioned it on this board years ago. I have no idea who posted it, but I thought it was some funny shit. ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/14 "2008-09-15T17:21:53Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Yes, but only after someone mentioned it on this board years ago. I have no idea who posted it, but I thought it was some funny shit. Years ago is the operative term here. Some of you guys really need to stay in more. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/15 "2008-09-15T17:41:59Z")
At MIT’s Barker Engineering Library someone wrote, under the No Smoking sign, [http://www.quitsmoking.com/signs/hyko/nosmokingexceptdesignatedd21.htm](http://www.quitsmoking.com/signs/hyko/nosmokingexceptdesignatedd21.htm) No Caterpillars with Antlers ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/16 "2008-09-16T00:19:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > At MIT’s Barker Engineering Library someone wrote, under the No Smoking sign, [I saw one better at a picnic area in a state park:](http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/9948/image2viaimagechanorgpw9.jpg) CENTAURS WITH LARGE PENISES – They are not allowed here. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/17 "2008-09-16T00:23:15Z")
Come back when they perfect the button that _actually_ gives me bacon when I press it. Then I’ll be impressed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/18 "2008-09-16T01:02:22Z")
> [@HM](#): > > Come back when they perfect the button that _actually_ gives me bacon when I press it. Then I’ll be impressed. [Your wish is my command. Skip the first 25 seconds b/c they’re irrelevant.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRKFi_usfo) ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/19 "2008-09-16T01:19:49Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > And you just _know_ that someone is going to take a hand-dryer and turn it into a bacon-dispenser. I’m a good three years away, but I’ve been filing this away as a potential Kipling prank for a while now. It will be fun! I have seen the joke before, though I can’t recall the first time. It’s not new, but it is funny! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620/20 "2008-09-16T01:20:46Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > [Your wish is my command. Skip the first 25 seconds b/c they’re irrelevant.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRKFi_usfo) Hmmm, I like mine a little crispier. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/push-button-receive-bacon/463620.md?page=2)