Yes, you read the title completely. There is a global bacon shortage. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/fp/Bacon+shortage+Canada+prices+will+rise+industry+warns/7303999/story.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/09/25/bacon-shortage-pigs.html http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/09/26/start-hoarding-now-a-global-bacon-shortage-is-coming/ I apologize for the wall of links, but I wasn't sure how to quote it.
This is the first sign of the apocalypse. Prepare for doomsday. I, for one, will prepare by stocking up on pig produce. And second sign of apocalypse is a shortage of seawater. I predict that arriving shortly.
Last night at dusk I looked out my window and I swear I saw a flock of pigs flying south! The end is near The cost of bacon is going up Bad Piggies was just released Evolution has adorned them now with wings! What's next? What's the lesson in the book Animal Farm? Wasn't the name of one of the choir boys killed in the novel Lord of the Flies "Piggy"? I shudder at the thought of it all We're doomed I say! Doomed
It IS a shortage of pork my friend I say the TA create a Bacon vault and have it sealed in the Artic. All TA members will be required to donate a pig to this fund for the good of the Human race. And when our grandchildren open that vault, they will thank us for our sacrifice.
Those damn birds, always launching themselves at our pigs. And now look at what they've done. Despicable. All they wanted were your eggs damn it!
Aha apparently China has begun to put pork into cold storage. My TA brethren!(and sistas) We must follow suit and begin to flash freeze the oinky goodness known as pork!
This will satisfy all bacon and pork needs. I mean, if you can get "Tactical Bacon", then you are set for life. http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/bacon/