He brought home the bacon and then mailed it to us

Dec 12, 2008

The note on the package said: “Bacon enclosed. Do not bend.” Along with the napkin-wrapped strip of bacon was an indignant, grease-spotted note from KLLM driver Ron McDougle of Sparks, Nev., explaining that he bought it at a truck stop on I-65 in Indiana. “Is this the world’s thinnest truck stop bacon?!! You be the judge.

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