that gall-darned swine flu is giving swyyne a bad name! solve it by making me give up bacon
Posted on | April 27, 2009 |
in addition to making people even more paranoid about kissing pigs (don’t they have it hard enough already?!!!), the swine influenza is really giving swyyne a bad name. or, as some of my closest friends pointed out, i gave swyyne a bad name when, fueled by my narcissistic tendencies, I created a word that when typed into google search, returns “did you mean sweyne?” as the first line. no, i did not mean sweyne. i didn’t even know what that was until i clicked on it out of curiosity, thereby convincing google that a person actually did mean sweyne. curse you google!
anyhow, a couple (true) friends and my marketing mentor jim hopkinson of The Hopkinson Report have pointed out that perhaps this unfortunate event is a blessing in disguise. after all, whether it be for health reasons or to pine for the mcrib like this guy, swine hasn’t been on most people’s minds since the last luau they attended. so i’m turning this frown upside down with a challenge that i hope most of you cannot refuse:
if this post receives 300 comments by next week, i will quit eating bacon. that’s right, off the pork, cold turkey. to clarify, i’ll still be able to eat cold turkey, just not cold bacon. heck, to make it even more interesting, i’ll cease all of my pork-eating forever or at least until i am older and need collagen to keep my face up. the one exception to this will be visits to the yuen household because if i can’t eat pork there, i’ll just be eating water.
is this a blatant marketing ploy? probably. but i really hope everyone thinks of it more as a way to promote a cleaner, less wasteful lifestyle. i don’t know, i just keep thinking about those pigs walking upright at the end of animal farm…with no pants on. i think about that a lot actually. it’s not healthy. here’s the segue - wait for it, wait for it…
and neither is living this unhealthy, throwaway lifestyle that we’ve all become used to.
so come to the site, comment, and look around a bit for tips on how you can clean up your act a bit. help me make living a lifestyle where we’re more conscious about where our stuff comes from and goes to when we throw it an epidemic.
and i’ll stop eating this:
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and this:
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| yes, that is a snout. |
but i probably won’t stop doing this:
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swyyne has always been an experiment for me. with all of the other super eco sites out there, i've been feeling like i want to contribute something just a bit different. so for now, here are my random musings.
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April 27th, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
I love the McRib!
April 27th, 2009 @ 1:33 pm
i love SWYNNEEEEEEEE
hmmm i want to reply… but i do not want you to quit bacon… why would you do such a thing? it would be torture!!!!!!!
but if you do… i will show up at your doorstep with plates and plates fo delicious bacon recipes…
just because….
April 27th, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
Oh, but then eddie will just eat the bacon you don\’t eat.
April 27th, 2009 @ 1:46 pm
save the pigs!
April 27th, 2009 @ 1:48 pm
will this mean you\’ll be going to Boston more for the exception?
April 27th, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
I’m commenting, but I do not support anti-meat campaigns of any sort.
April 27th, 2009 @ 2:53 pm
Okay, I support free range and organic and kosher.
April 27th, 2009 @ 2:54 pm
I’m moving in with the Yuens.
April 27th, 2009 @ 3:06 pm
I’ll supportive of you if you really do give up pork - but it’s so tasty. I’ve had many vegetarian friends cross over to the dark through bacon - they said it’s a “gateway meat”
April 27th, 2009 @ 7:55 pm
not all bacon is bad bacon…. what’s up with the discrimination?!
April 27th, 2009 @ 8:14 pm
I can still eat Bacos!
April 27th, 2009 @ 9:27 pm
You know whats funny- I told myself I\’d give up red meat this morning and ended up ordering a thin crusted dominos pizza with bacon and pepper toppings. Why did I think bacon could be the exception?
April 27th, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
Somehow I doubt you’ll reach 300…but I’ll stumble thumbs-up this anyway.
April 27th, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
Give it up! It\’s tastes like burnt fat.
April 27th, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
to show my support, i will also stop eating those piggies if this post reaches 300.
April 27th, 2009 @ 11:55 pm
i dont’ eat alot of pork in the first place - so i don’t think its a big deal.but you should def. give up eating that nastiness in the first two pics.
Besides, what is so wasteful about eating pigs in the firstplace? please inform me oh mighty yukanator…
April 28th, 2009 @ 2:50 pm
bacon!
April 28th, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
Can I just post 300 times???
April 28th, 2009 @ 6:22 pm
Hey Yuka
Thanks for the shoutout! I highly recommend that you jump all over any pig and swine related story while it’s hot and get your name out there. Maybe a post: 10 reasons Swyyne is better than the Swine Flu? or What the Swine Flu taught me about Swyyne? or something involving cats. The internet loves cats.
But I cannot in any way support your anti-bacon goal. For the past few weeks my friends have had brunch at a cute little place that has good service, is cheap, and makes their own homemade challah bread. But they are vegetarian and DON’T HAVE BACON. I am seriously having withdrawals. Don’t do it.
Cheers
April 28th, 2009 @ 11:07 pm
pork is yum.
flu is good for your site right now.
but if it turns out to be a huge tragedy in the US, it may not be good later.
you will not be able to give up pork. i just don’t see it being possible.
May 1st, 2009 @ 8:49 am
Pigs are our #1breakfast meat! I’ll eat the bacon for u.