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This is comic number 1054.  It was posted on May 11, 2012.
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| number   = 1054
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| date      = May 11, 2012
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| title    = The Bacon
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| image    = thebacon.png
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| titletext = Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume.
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==Explanation==
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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.
  
== Image Text ==
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[[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.
Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume.
 
  
== Description ==
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According to {{w|thebacon|Wikipedia}}, [[Randall]] seems to be mistaken in (gasp{{Citation needed}}) ''three'' places:
This comic plays off a typical American colloquialism in which "Bring home the bacon" means working hard and bringing money home to your family to put food on the table.
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*The proper name is ''dihydrocodein<u>on</u>e'' enol acetate.
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*It is a {{w|semisynthetic|''<u>semi</u>synthetic''}} {{w|opioid}}.
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*The pronunciation is /ˈθiːbəkɒn/ (''thee''-buh-kon).
  
In this comic, [[Randall]] learns that "Bring home the bacon" is actually a double entendre for the above phrase and bringing home a drug that is known as "thebacon".  In case, you aren't familiar, Vicodin is a pain medication that can be used by some as a drug of abuse.  This comic features the [[White Hat]] character.
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==Transcript==
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: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.
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: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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Revision as of 03:48, 22 October 2015

The Bacon
Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume.
Title text: Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume.

Explanation

This comic plays off the American 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 "thebacon", and is thus calm because his wife gives him drugs. Vicodin is a very common painkiller, that can become a drug of abuse.

According to Wikipedia, Randall seems to be mistaken in (gasp[citation needed]) three places:

  • The proper name is dihydrocodeinone enol acetate.
  • It is a semisynthetic opioid.
  • The pronunciation is /ˈθiːbəkɒn/ (thee-buh-kon).

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.
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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Discussion

A doc White Hat's wife will not have her job for long. 108.162.245.69 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


Suggest marking as incomplete. Source is Wikipedia? Is there someone who has more familiarity with opioids who can comment? And what's the purpose of the title text? Stating it's incorrect does very little to explain the joke (which I don't really get). Wikiiscool123 (talk) 12:30, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

It is just me or the title comic is showing as The窶叡acon for someone else? 172.68.25.39 20:23, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

The title is showing The bacon for me. Is the title showing different unicode characters to different people? [Gopher] 15 Dec 2019