Is bacon still a thing? (Baseball content inside.)

See... the funny thing about that is an IronPig has nothing to do with the delicious cloven-hoofed creature bearing part of it's name.

"The name is an intentional butchering of "pig iron," which is the raw iron that gets melted down to make steel. The term refers to the rows of ingots on the conveyor belt all attached to a single runner, which was thought to look like a litter of suckling piglets. Over the course of the 19th century, iron production grew to be the Valley's leading industry, helping drive the country's railroad and skyscraper construction."

http://mentalfloss.com/article/55399/how-lehigh-valley-ironpigs-got-their-name

The famous Bethlehem Steel Stacks. Largest ship builder in the US at one time and where all your favorite famous railroads, bridges and buildings got their start.

Huckleberry wrote: See... the funny thing about that is an IronPig has nothing to do with the delicious cloven-hoofed creature bearing part of it's name. "The name is an intentional butchering of "pig iron," which is the raw iron that gets melted down to make steel. The term refers to the rows of ingots on the conveyor belt all attached to a single runner, which was thought to look like a litter of suckling piglets. Over the course of the 19th century, iron production grew to be the Valley's leading industry, helping drive the country's railroad and skyscraper construction." http://mentalfloss.com/article/55399/how-lehigh-valley-ironpigs-got-their-name

You quit being intelligent and thoughtful instead of flippant and sarcastic. It confuses and frightens me.

There will always be bacon. Even if pigs were to go extinct, there would still be bacon. Inferior bacon made out of either turkeys or the people too portly to be processed into soylent green, but as long as there are humans driven by deliciosity, there will be some form of bacon.

John Welsh wrote: Native American Indians portrayed on sports teams is out of vouge. My recommendation for The Cleveland Indians is that they change to The Cleveland Steamers and the mascot becomes The Deuce wearing #2 on his jersey.

You win the internet for the day

Bacon is definitely still a thing.

Because of this thread, i wound up having chicken fried chicken crusted with bacon for lunch.

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When i die of a heart attack saturday, i blame this thread.

Now for bacon ice cream for dessert.

In reply to Dusterbd13:

Heartburn is also a thing?

Yep. And so is diabetic coma....

But holy E36 M3balls its good....

In reply to Pete Gossett:

One of the neighboring high schools to where I grew up was another perennial favorite on the "worst mascot" lists.

Had a lot of friends who were bubblers lol

In reply to Furious_E:

That's a good one!

The Fisher Bunnies were another one nearby that also frequented that list.