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Pork pulled: Plug jerked out of beacon of bacon delight (BACON THREAD ALERT!)
The Register ^ | Dec 18, 2018 | Richard Speed

Posted on 12/20/2018 7:18:33 PM PST by dayglored

Student vending machine project comes to a close

The Vending Machine

It is with great sadness that we must announce the passing of the Ohio Pork Council's bacon vending machine after an all-too-short sojourn at the Meat Sciences Department of Ohio State University.

The vending machine allowed hungry students to sate their penchant for porcine produce with just a $1 bill. Alas, all good things must come to an end and, as scheduled, the plug has been pulled on the pilot piggy project that ran from the 6th to 13th December.

The OPC pitched the wonderful machine as a way of "giving back to the community" and declared itself pleased with how things went. The thing needed to be restocked five times a day on average, such was the popularity, and the proceeds came to around $425. All of which went into the American uni's Meat Science Program.

Students waiting for bacon (pic: Ohio Pork Council)

Bacon decisions is really hard! (pic: Ohio Pork Council)

We struggled to come up with a suitable caption for the queue of bacon fans awaiting their fix, so would invite readers to make use of the comments selection below to help us out.

Two of the machine's sponsors, and providers of the bacon-based treats, Smithfield and Sugardale were similarly chuffed to be involved, with the chief marketing officer of the former, Tim Zimmer, declaring the concept a "celebration of everyone's love for bacon", and director of marketing for the latter, Britany Julian, saying "the world has this seemingly endless love affair with bacon".

Indeed we do, Britany.

A third sponsor, Hormel, has yet to comment.

Emily Bir, director of communications for the OPC, told The Register that the organisation has seen plenty of interest in the project, before declaring that the group was "extremely thankful to have been able to turn this dream of a bacon vending machine into a reality". Dream big, Emily.

Bir also mentioned a trip taken by the machine to New York for an appearance on popular US cable show Fox & Friends. An unkind person might suggest a machine stuffed with bacon stands a better chance of delivering incisive commentary than several of the hosts. Make Bacon Great Again indeed.

There are no immediate plans for the vending machine, which now stands forlorn and empty. Bir has, however, urged interested parties to get in touch with the OPC to find out more about future opportunities.

In the meantime, farewell, bacon vending machine. We hardly knew thee. No flowers.

Just bacon. ®

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cheese, Moose, Sister; Food
KEYWORDS: bacon; vendingmachine
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Everything is better with bacon.

Everything!

1 posted on 12/20/2018 7:18:33 PM PST by dayglored
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To: dayglored
Bacon Ping List PING!

Wait, is there a Bacon Ping List? NO?!? DANG!! There should be...

2 posted on 12/20/2018 7:20:14 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

They should put these in every US airport!!!


3 posted on 12/20/2018 7:21:42 PM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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Also see: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3710984/posts
4 posted on 12/20/2018 7:24:18 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored; Larry Lucido
What about the bacon dispensers in all the restrooms?

Credit to FReeper Larry Lucido.

5 posted on 12/20/2018 7:25:56 PM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: Reno89519

And on every street corner.
And in every school.


6 posted on 12/20/2018 7:30:38 PM PST by DannyTN (I)
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To: dayglored
Baconflip
7 posted on 12/20/2018 7:42:27 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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VERY serious crime. But we don't want to be disproportionate... Kick every muslim out of the Western Hemisphere!
8 posted on 12/20/2018 7:43:32 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: dayglored

I want to be on a bacon ping list too.


9 posted on 12/20/2018 7:45:38 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: dayglored

Did the MOooooslims object?


10 posted on 12/20/2018 7:47:25 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: dayglored

That thing would fetch a lot at auction and I’d be a bidder.


11 posted on 12/20/2018 8:09:29 PM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: dayglored

Put me on the bacon ping list, please!


12 posted on 12/20/2018 8:18:53 PM PST by null and void (We live in interesting times, but nobody's interested.)
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To: dayglored

13 posted on 12/20/2018 8:22:55 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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The thing needed to be restocked five times a day on average...

I believe it. So hire student help. BACON CREATES JOBS!

14 posted on 12/20/2018 8:26:17 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: dayglored

15 posted on 12/20/2018 8:30:13 PM PST by Delta 21
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To: dayglored

Maybe I wanna buy that machine.(?)


16 posted on 12/20/2018 8:31:39 PM PST by Delta 21
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To: dayglored

Waiting for the "Makin' Bacon" gif...

17 posted on 12/20/2018 8:38:32 PM PST by Songcraft
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Commercial Photography
18 posted on 12/20/2018 9:28:02 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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‘There is too much bacon!’ said no one ever .


19 posted on 12/20/2018 9:40:43 PM PST by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong)
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To: dayglored

“Porkchops and bacon, my two favorite animals.”


20 posted on 12/20/2018 10:00:01 PM PST by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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