Sep 1, 2005 07:19
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Crisp sales are heating up pork product
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consumption of bacon and related products is boosting pork sales
The title is a pun, because 'crisp sales' means 'brisk sales', but crisp also means 'crunchy' and refers here to fried bacon (the subject of the article). In the US, crisps are also bits of pork skin fried in deep fat and sold as snack food.
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Note added at 2 hrs 8 mins (2005-09-01 09:28:13 GMT)
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An even more obvious pun would be 'sizzling sales', but that's a grossly overworked cliche.
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Note added at 2 hrs 8 mins (2005-09-01 09:28:13 GMT)
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An even more obvious pun would be 'sizzling sales', but that's a grossly overworked cliche.
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Rachel Fell
: sudden boom in crispened bacon sales is boosting pork market + play on words as described above
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Kurt Porter
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Margaret Lagoyianni
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Lori Utecht/Vívian M Alves
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Freimanis
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Will Matter
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Refugio
: vigorous sales would be another way of putting it, and yes, it refers to the bacon, not to pork crisps
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jennifer newsome (X)
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airmailrpl
: crisps are not bacon.. they are pork rinds
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+6
14 mins
Fast sales are making pork products more popular
or there is higher demand because of the growing, fast-paced (crisp) sales
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flipendo
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Balaban Cerit
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Jane Gabbutt
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juvera
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Johan Venter
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Java Cafe
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brisk sales ofXX(product in question;sounds like pork rinds)are increasing the product's popularity
My take on it
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Note added at 2 hrs 9 mins (2005-09-01 09:29:23 GMT)
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OK it is bacon but anyway my interpretation of the sentence still holds regardless of what the specific product is --at least it is still related to pork--there is definitely a pun intended with crisp and bacon--crisp is also a good synonym for brisk (which is ofen used in this type of article for sales reports)
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Note added at 2 hrs 9 mins (2005-09-01 09:29:23 GMT)
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OK it is bacon but anyway my interpretation of the sentence still holds regardless of what the specific product is --at least it is still related to pork--there is definitely a pun intended with crisp and bacon--crisp is also a good synonym for brisk (which is ofen used in this type of article for sales reports)
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airmailrpl
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play on words with "pork crisps"
crisp sales are heating up pork product => pork crisp sales are heating up pork product sales
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