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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 | ||
| 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. If a man is out of work he may be stressed out about how to "bring home the bacon." | ||
− | + | Some men would not be assuaged if their wife takes over but at first it seems that [[White Hat]] is happy that his wife, who work as a pharmacist, do bring home the bacon, and he tells this to [[Cueball]]. | |
− | + | Later, however, Cueball finds out, that what White Hat actually was saying was "{{w|Thebacon}}", which is a the common name of ''dihydrocodeinone enol acetate'' an {{w|opioid}} commonly market under names like Acedicon and Diacodin. As a pharmacist White Hat's wife has easy access to such drugs, and this may be the reason that he is so calm, because his wife supplies him with painkiller drugs. | |
− | + | Thebacon is compared to the more known drug, {{w|Vicodin}} also an opioid, which is a very common painkiller, that can become a drug of abuse. | |
− | + | The title text lists what [Randall]] assumes to be the normal pronunciation for Thebacon. | |
− | + | According to {{w|thebacon|Wikipedia}}, Randall seems to be mistaken in no less than ''three'' places: | |
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− | According to {{w|thebacon|Wikipedia}}, Randall seems to be mistaken in no | ||
*The proper name is | *The proper name is | ||
**Dihydrocodein<u>on</u>e enol acetate, not | **Dihydrocodein<u>on</u>e enol acetate, not | ||
**Dihydrocodeine enol acetate. | **Dihydrocodeine enol acetate. | ||
− | *It is a {{w|semisynthetic|''<u>semi</u>synthetic''}} opioid not a synthetic | + | *It is a {{w|semisynthetic|''<u>semi</u>synthetic''}} opioid not a synthetic. |
*The pronunciation is /ˈθiːbəkɒn/ | *The pronunciation is /ˈθiːbəkɒn/ | ||
**<u>THEE</u>-buh-kon, not | **<u>THEE</u>-buh-kon, not | ||
**THEH-buh-kon. | **THEH-buh-kon. | ||
− | *** | + | ***This title text "error" may be intentional though, as he also write I presume after it. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== |