tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post3828385807058171056..comments2023-10-11T06:50:10.494-04:00Comments on The Glass-Bottom Blog: Grief-bacon, contentment-baconZedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-5864264871639357372011-12-15T17:24:24.120-05:002011-12-15T17:24:24.120-05:00I assume a pun on rasher was also intended?I assume a pun on rasher was also intended?Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-63667323845147784912011-12-14T23:04:20.101-05:002011-12-14T23:04:20.101-05:00Perhaps interlarded in _Great Expectations_? (Ther...Perhaps interlarded in _Great Expectations_? (There is also the unfortunate wretch in _Pickwick_ who in a fit of temporary insanity rashly converted himself into sausages: which is nearly a literal farce, n.1.)Calistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956732769475305386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-83838051784122130292011-12-13T13:14:31.314-05:002011-12-13T13:14:31.314-05:00To attempt a synthesis: aren't there a lot of ...To attempt a synthesis: aren't there a lot of Dickens characters who use "Lard!" as an exclamation?Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-31041710046682436312011-12-13T10:48:04.088-05:002011-12-13T10:48:04.088-05:00This (from _Chuzzlewit_) is barely relevant to bac...This (from _Chuzzlewit_) is barely relevant to bacon and melancholy, but still worth quoting:<br /><br />"Even the worldly goods of which we have just disposed," said Mr. Pecksniff, glancing round the table when he had finished, "even cream, sugar, tea, toast, ham -- "<br /><br />"And eggs," suggested Charity, in a low voice.<br /><br />"And eggs," said Mr. Pecksniff, "even they have their moral. See how they come and go! Every pleasure is transitory. We can't even eat, long. If we indulge in harmless fluids, we get the dropsy; if in exciting liquids, we get drunk. What a soothing reflection is that!"Calistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956732769475305386noreply@blogger.com