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This is comic number 1054.  It was posted on May 11, 2012.
 
This is comic number 1054.  It was posted on May 11, 2012.
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Image text: Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume.
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== Image Text ==
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Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume.
  
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== Description ==
 
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.
 
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.
  
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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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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This is comic number 1054. It was posted on May 11, 2012. Previous Next

thebacon.png

Image Text

Normally pronounced 'THEH-buh-kon', I assume.

Description

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.

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.