Bring home the bacon

[ATM]

You are probably familiar with the phrase "bring home the bacon." In the twelfth century, a church in the English town of Dunmow promised a side of bacon to any married man who could swear before the congregation and God that he had not quarreled with his wife for a year and a day. A husband who could bring home the bacon was held in high esteem by the community for his forebearance.

Bacon History

Wow.

 

[BloodEclipse]

You are probably familiar with the phrase "bring home the bacon." In the twelfth century, a church in the English town of Dunmow promised a side of bacon to any married man who could swear before the congregation and God that he had not quarreled with his wife for a year and a day. A husband who could bring home the bacon was held in high esteem by the community for his forebearance.

Thats not hard you simply have to be somewhere else for a year and a day.

Then you get rewarded with BACON .

There must have been a lot of lonely wives in Dunmow.

 

[Scutter01]

Thats not hard you simply have to be somewhere else for a year and a day.

Then you get rewarded with BACON .

Wow! It's win-win!

 

[miguel]

Of course you have to bring the bacon home, stores don't like it when you try to heat it up in one of the aisles.

There, my first bacon post after weeks of bacon lurking!

 

[ATM]

There, my first bacon post after weeks of bacon lurking!

Welcome to the real INGO!

 

[Bill of Rights]

You are probably familiar with the phrase "bring home the bacon." In the twelfth century, a church in the English town of Dunmow promised a side of bacon to any married man who could swear before the congregation and God that he had not quarreled with his wife for a year and a day. A husband who could bring home the bacon was held in high esteem by the community for his forebearance.

Bacon History

Wow.

Wasn't that the same place that originated the "rule of thumb"?

I'm just sayin'...

 

[ATM]

"Rule of thumb" ...wasn't that the precursor to "common sense" assault laws?

 

[Pami]

What's the definition of quarrel in this sense?

In almost 8 years of being together, Lars and I have never really quarreled... and I mean that sincerely, as long as "quarreled" means "shouted at each other and got mad and threw things and slammed doors and spent time [ten minutes or ten days] apart until we came to an agreement." We've disagreed, but usually that's on what's for dinner, not something big like whether or not we should get that new gun.

 

[spasmo]

What's the definition of quarrel in this sense?

In almost 8 years of being together, Lars and I have never really quarreled... and I mean that sincerely, as long as "quarreled" means "shouted at each other and got mad and threw things and slammed doors and spent time [ten minutes or ten days] apart until we came to an agreement." We've disagreed, but usually that's on what's for dinner, not something big like whether or not we should get that new gun.

Scutter and I do not fight either. We've been together for 13 years. We've definitely had our differences but not fighting. Looking back, I can't even remember what any of the disagreements were about.

 

[Old Syko]

I have heard that during the twelfth century, only deaf men were allowed to eat bacon. Now I understand.

 

[Scutter01]

Saw this little gem at the store today:

I was flipping through it, looking at the recipes, and I started to get annoyed. They kept wanting me to do things to bacon! I'm thinking "What's wrong with bacon that you have to put it in other stuff? Can't you just let me have the bacon? I'm really OK with just the bacon all by itself."