Web Zen: Bacon Zen 3

Image: A bacon lamp shade, by Kris Kelley of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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[#1 posted by technogeek , February 13, 2009 7:53 AM]

Well, it's leather, sort of almost...

[#2 posted by AlmostReadytoFly , February 13, 2009 8:16 AM]

I don't get it. I'm partial to a bacon buttie, but I really don't get the "everything is better..." meme.

[#3 posted by Sputnik , February 13, 2009 8:35 AM]

For Gods sake,
FIND. A. DIFFERENT. MEME.

[#4 posted by pupdog , February 13, 2009 8:44 AM]

Sputnik, what does some imaginary friend in the sky have to do with the Hallowed Pig?

[#5 posted by hassan-i-sabbah , February 13, 2009 8:45 AM]

Bacon! Just like Human flesh!

[#6 posted by Anonymous , February 13, 2009 8:45 AM]

I must concur; this has to end. Am I the only one who finds the above photo just a little creepy? Maybe I've been spending too much time on the wiki for Ed Gein.

[#7 posted by Sputnik , February 13, 2009 8:54 AM]

Every time you overuse an internet meme, God kills a kitten.

[#8 posted by FoetusNail , February 13, 2009 8:58 AM]

Old joke alert:

What is the difference between a contribution and a commitment?

Well, think of your two eggs, bacon, and toast breakfast. The chicken made a contribution; the pig made a commitment.

[#9 posted by Duffong , February 13, 2009 9:06 AM]

Yeah... I dunno about this one. I love bacon. I could put it on anything to make it taste better. But seriously, using the flesh of an animal as a lamp shade transports our mental reasoning capabilities right back into the neolithic age.

[#10 posted by efalk , February 13, 2009 9:07 AM]

Who can now deny that bacon has jumped the shark?

[#11 posted by TroofSeeker , February 13, 2009 9:09 AM]

Obviously Bacon Boy doesn't own a dog.
I heard that in Dog Heaven, everything is made of bacon.

[#12 posted by Enormo , February 13, 2009 9:12 AM]

Very Silence of the Lambs.

[#13 posted by FrankensteinsMonster , February 13, 2009 9:12 AM]

me like bacon raw, still on pig.

[#14 posted by zauberkuh , February 13, 2009 9:15 AM]

My bacon Sushi Wrapper Creation:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3531/3276237245_58591f5244.jpg?v=0

[#15 posted by amurphy , February 13, 2009 9:49 AM]

Now, that's just weird.

[#16 posted by Boeotian , February 13, 2009 10:01 AM]

I'm agnostic, but bacon is the only thing that makes my certainties shiver. It must be something sent from above.

[#17 posted by Wazzat , February 13, 2009 10:09 AM]

Ooo, don't like it at all. It's too, well it's just too....it's waay too Texas Chainsaw Massacre'y'

[#18 posted by jennybean42 , February 13, 2009 10:17 AM]

I sent that to my friend who ADORES bacon and he said:
"Wow, I'm usually not sensitive like this but flesh lampshade is a little taboo, no? "

[#19 posted by mtdew , February 13, 2009 10:42 AM]

If you use a really hi wattage bulb, would the bacon start to cook? If so it is the greatest lamp EVER.

Oh and last I checked, bacon still tastes great so , meme or not, it hasn't jumped the shark. :)

[#20 posted by bp , February 13, 2009 12:05 PM]

Penn Jillette equates the addition of bacon to the admission of failure:

"Bacon is so good by itself that to put it in any other food is an admission of failure. You’re basically saying, 'I can’t make this other food taste good, so I’ll throw in bacon.'"

Still, I like the bacon lampshade as much as I like meat hats and books bound in human flesh, which is to say that I like it a lot. We seem to, as a species, often overlook the versatility of flesh, and I see this lampshade as a tentative initial step towards a bright and beautiful future that is characterized, at least in part, by an appreciation for the aesthetics and utility of meat-based decor.

[#21 posted by Sijay , February 13, 2009 12:36 PM]

Mmm shark bacon.

[#22 posted by ornith , February 13, 2009 11:09 PM]

When I look at the baconlamp, all I can think of is that dog treats commercial. You know.

I. smell. bacon! BACON BACON BACONBACONBACON!

[#23 posted by Anonymous , February 14, 2009 7:26 PM]

Well done! Not only is this an insult to the animal it came from (if you gonna kill it, butcher it, and cure it - make it sustain you, don't make 'art' out of it), it actually looks utterly shite too. Like something put together by a six year old.

[#24 posted by extrafancy , February 14, 2009 8:25 PM]

I don't know if these have been mentioned before.. but everytime I see Bacon Band-Aids, my inner child (and inner bacon-lover) wants in.

http://www.mcphee.com/items/11476.html

[#25 posted by extrafancy , February 14, 2009 8:26 PM]

Also, I once created a "Bacon Cube" for a sculpture class. It consisted of Wood, Bacon, and Shellac!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/extrafancy/3046505401/in/set-72157609588793712/

[#26 posted by extrafancy , February 14, 2009 8:29 PM]

http://www.mcphee.com/categories/meat.html

More Bacon - Bacon Wallet, Bacon Jelly Beans...

[#27 posted by Anonymous , February 15, 2009 4:12 PM]

Don't forget the distinctly delicious Chocolate Bacon Cupcake:

http://www.teeandcakes.com/cupcakes/images/febr3.jpg

[#28 posted by presto , February 15, 2009 7:43 PM]

Why did this have to come from Baton Rouge? Why? Like Baton Rouge doesn't already have image problems from being a giant abandoned 1970 era strip mall taking up 20 square miles, now there is also Baconhead McPorkershpiel.

I think LSU basically seceded from the city. Too much bad press. Now they have their own cops, power, garbage service, etc.

[#29 posted by mellisahaward , February 16, 2009 4:09 AM]

Even i am not sure about it...