Discussion Why is bacon called bacon, and cookies called cookies?

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  1. SquadCammander354

    SquadCammander354 『Early Life Crisis』〖Stormy's Bro〗『Lord of Storms』

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    If you're cooking bacon, and baking cookies:

    wouldn't it be the other way around?
     
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    this has to do with the origins of words.
    "cooking" is what cooks do. "cookies" are what happens to them when they do a bad job
    "baking" is what bakers do, and "bacon" is what happens to them when they do a bad job

    obviously, you can't place control over a group into that groups hands; that'll only lead to corruption!
    so these two groups have to keep each other in check, thus "bacon" is "cooked" and "cookies" are "baked"
     
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    I actually like these kinds of jokes. It took me a while as I had to read it out loud but then I got it. :blobjoy:
     
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    kekekekekekeke :blobxd: i also wonder that~~~ but at least they are both so yummy~~~ uwu :cookie:
     
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    But.. baking is cooking... and some people like to bake bacon... :hmm:
     
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    Sweet bacon and salty and/or greasy/dry cookies..... I’m tempted to try
     
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    SquadCammander354 『Early Life Crisis』〖Stormy's Bro〗『Lord of Storms』

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    But then why is 'Greenland' called 'Iceland' and 'Iceland' called 'Greenland'?
     
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    because vikings named them and wanted to mess with people?
     
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    Night Phoenix The *Eccentric* Person

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    They wanted people from Norway to move to Greenland, so, cause it was.. Not green, not appealing, they named it Greenland so people would go there, and then they couldn't come back.
     
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    The story about that they want to entice settlers in greenland while iceland to discourage new settlers(The one name it got depressed because of sad events)
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    You forgot the biggest thing EARTH. It means dirt or land. Odd thing to name a water(seas and oceans) majority planet. The reason is at that time humans only settle on land and most of their life on land.
     
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    Bacon originated from buccaneers, and buccaneers originated from privateers that has gone rouge, you know, the ones that has gone full pirate. And what they do is cover strips of meat in salt then smoke them
     
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    The classic is: Why do people park on driveways, but drive on parkways?
     
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    If Pro and Con are opposites, then is the Constitution the opposite of Prostitution?

    Progress and Congress ....oh wait that one is understandable.
     
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    they're keeping each other in check so well ^^
     
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    World's oldest profession.

    There are salty cookies and maple bacon. With maple bacon, you can probably put it on a pizza with BBQ sauce, chicken & jalepenos.
     
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    Why do noses run, but feet smell?
     
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    The secret, is to live in a country whose language allows you to say that you cook cookies~
     
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    *Headache evolves*
     
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