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The Whore of Blahbylon

4 months ago

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The Whore of Blahbylon
4 months ago

#Mondagreen #Humour #Memes

France is bacon
hen I was young my father
said to me: “Knowledge is
power, Francis Bacon.” I
understood it as “Knowledge is power,
France is bacon.”

For more than a decade I won-
dered over the meaning of the second
part and what was the surreal linkage
between the two. If I said the quote to
someone, “Knowledge is power, France
is Bacon,” they nodded knowingly. Or
someone might say, “Knowledge is
power” and I'd finish the quote “France
is Bacon” and they wouldn't look at me
like Td said something very odd, but
thoughtfully agree. I did ask a teacher
what did “Knowledge is power, France
is bacon” mean and got a full 10-min-
ute explanation of the “knowledge is
power” bit but nothing on “France is
bacon”. When I prompted further ex-
planation by saying “France is bacon?”
in a questioning tone I just got a “yes”.
At 12 I didn't have the confidence to
press it further. I just accepted it as
something I'd never understand.

It wasn't until years later I saw it
written down that the penny dropped.

Answer by Lard_Baron to a question
on Reddit in 2011: “What word or phrase
did you totally misunderstand as a child?”

#memes #humour #mondagreen

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