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| number = 1054 | | number = 1054 | ||
| date = May 11, 2012 | | date = May 11, 2012 | ||
− | | title = The | + | | title = The Bacon |
| image = thebacon.png | | image = thebacon.png | ||
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| titletext = Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume. | | titletext = Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | This comic plays off the American {{w|colloquialism}} "bring home the bacon", which generally means to work hard and bring money home to your family to put food on the table. | ||
− | + | [[White Hat]] seems to actually be saying "{{w|thebacon}}", and is thus calm because his wife gives him drugs. {{w|Vicodin}} is a very common painkiller, that can become a drug of abuse. | |
− | + | According to [[Wikipedia:thebacon]], [[Randall]] is mistaken in (gasp) ''three'' places: | |
− | + | *The proper name is dihydrocode''inone'' enol acetate. | |
− | + | *It is a {{w|''semi''synthetic}} {{w|opioid}}. | |
− | + | *The pronunciation is /ˈθiːbəkɒn/ (''thee''-buh-kon). | |
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− | *The pronunciation is /ˈθiːbəkɒn/ | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | :White Hat: I'm out of work, but I'm not stressed about it because my wife is a pharmacist and she brings home thebacon. | |
− | :White Hat: I'm out of work, but I'm not stressed about it because my wife is a pharmacist and she brings home | + | :Caption: Only later did I learn that "thebacon" is the common name for Dihydrocodeine Enol Acetate, a synthetic opioid similar to Vicodin. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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