“Streaky bacon” has nothing to do with streaking, but there’s a riddle:
Q: What do you call a pig with no clothes on?
A: Streaky bacon.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2003.
12 January 2003, Sunday Herald-Sun (Melbourne, Australia), “Laugh Out Loud,” pg. F6:
Q.What do you call a pig with no clothes on?
A.Streaky bacon.
- Craig, 7, Altona
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What do you call a pig with no clothes on?
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What do you call a pig with no clothes on?
Streaky bacon!
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#hamfest Q: What do you call a pig with no clothes on? A: Streaky bacon!
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The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes:
Humour for the whole family
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK Constable & Robinson
2011
Pg. ?:
What do you call a pig with no clothes on?
Streaky bacon.
Google Books
Horrid Henry’s Jumbo Joke Book
By Francesca Simon
Illustrated by Tony Ross
London, UK: Hachette Children’s Group
2015
Pg. ?:
What do you call a pig with no clothes on?
Streaky bacon.
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Shit Jokes
@ShitJokes
What do you call a pig with no clothes on?
Streaky bacon.
2:54 PM - 9 Sep 2017
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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