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That's like saying "The Super Bowl is only a football game". It's a tradition that's been going for nearly sixty years - people have parties and dress up as ABBA. It's a fun way to waste an evening. And maybe it contributes slightly to international peace and understanding.
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In what way does the ESC even remotely resemble a reality show? It's a competitive music festival the likes of which have been going on for centuries. The only difference with this one being that it is televised live in all the participating countries (and allegedly China and Australia) and the audience gets a say in who wins. It's not a talent contest - most countries pick their performer from the top of the national music tree (a policy which UK used to adopt and may finally have realised they have to return to according to reports here this morning). And whilst it can be a tad bizarre at times that's no more bonkers than festivals which involve chucking coloured powder or tomatoes at each other. It's entertainment and spectacle and ritual, circus and gladiators all thrown into one night. Read your history. You'd be surprised how popular that sort of thing has always been!
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Seriously, all this talk of Bacon going up and no-one talks about flying pigs?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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If pigs could fly I'd fly a pig
To foreign countries small and big
To Italy and Spain
To Austria where cow bells ring
To Germany where people sing
And then come home again
I'd see the Ghangis and the Nile
I'd visit Madagascar's isle
And Persia and Peru
People would say they'd never seen
So odd so strange an air machine
As that on which I flew
Yes everyone would raise a shout
To see his trotters and his snout
Come floating from the sky.
And I would be a famous star
In all the countries near and far
If only pigs could fly
--James Reeves
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Don't be silly. With the extra weight of a passenger the pig would never get off the ground. It's simple aerodynampigs!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.
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Quote: What is wrong with all you people?
Thanks for asking Dave. Well the thing is I turned on the television yesterday evening and I saw a girl with a beard so I turned the tv set directly off ! Since then I am still thinking my mental health must have gone down making me see such horrific things 
With friendly greetings, 
Eric Goedhart
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Eric Goedhart wrote: I turned on the television
That was your first error, you should have turned the grill on to make some bacon, or borrow a gun from JSOP and try to hunt the flying pig
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Dalek Dave wrote: What is wrong with all you people
It would be a shorter list if you asked, "What is right with all you people?"
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That actually is a very good point  
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Dalek Dave wrote: no-one talks about flying pigs?
Pink Floyd fan eh?
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According to the web site 24/7 Wall Street[^].
1. Bacon
> 4-yr. change: +53%
> 1-yr. change: +13%
> Current price: $5.55 per lb.
Sliced bacon cost an average of $5.55 per pound as of March, up from $3.63 per pound in January 2010. In the last year alone, the price of bacon increased 13%. One factor that may contribute to this recent increase may be the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) in hogs. While PEDv poses no risk to humans or food safety, the disease is expected to cut into hog supplies. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Yes, put you bacon in the bank, save it for later as an investment
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I have 2 packages in the freezer for when I return home later this week. 
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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What have you expected?! You are advertising it here every other day, so people go and buy...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I keep an eye on the cost of bacon.
It is one of the 4 food groups.
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It's also an economic indicator.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Is it time to go long or short on pork belly futures? 
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You got me there I only eat it.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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JimmyRopes wrote: Is it time to go long or short on pork belly futures?
Neither: it's time to go Nom-nom-nom while we can still get some!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: It is one of the 4 food groups
The other three being Pizza, Ice Cream and Chocolate.
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You forgot Coffee.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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That is a drink, not food.
Interesting fact: In Bavaria, beer is classified as food.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: That is a drink, not food.
Forogar wrote: beer is classified as food.
I rest my case...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I was thinking more along the lines of barley, hops and malt, but pizza, ice cream and chocolate sound good too.
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