“Bacon” sounds like “baking,” leading to the joke:
Q: What do you call a pig in the sun?
A: Bacon.
“What do you call a pig on the beach? Bacon in the sun!” was cited on Twitter on April 25, 2009. “What do you call a pig in the sun?? BACON!!!!” was cited on Twitter on February 8, 2011.
Twitter
crystal perkins
@crystalperkins
What do you call a pig on the beach?
Bacon in the sun! HAHAHA…
12:44 PM - 25 Apr 2009
Twitter
Rachel Kate
@rachelkatemac
@cupcake703 WHAT DO YOU CALL A PIG ON A HOT DAY???!?!?!!!!?!?
BACON!!!!!!
12:48 PM - 27 Aug 2010
Twitter
Laura knebel
@Lauraknebel30
@asu_juliette What do you call a pig in the sun?? BACON!!!!
10:37 PM - 8 Feb 2011
Flix66
Home on the Range Blu-ray Review
Lincee Ray July 22nd, 2012
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Joke Corral: Herd of Jokes (4:43): Imagine almost five minutes of Laffy Taffy jokes. “What do you call a pig on a hot day?” Answer: Bacon.
Google Books
Super-Silly Jokes and Riddles
Columbus, OH: Highlights for Children, Inc.
2014
Pg. 96:
Q: What do you call a pig that sat in the sun too long?
A: Bacon.
mypigmeup
More Funny Pig Jokes and Riddles
Written by Kerri Ponder on May 19th, 2014
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What do you call a pig with a sunburn?
Bacon
Hutchinson (KS) News
‘Cheerleader’ oozes piggy pride
By Amy Bickel .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Sep 5, 2014
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“What do you call a pig that has been out in the sun?,” she asked the crowd, then snorted: I’m bacon.”
Twitter
Daniel Van Winkle
@MrVDubz
What do you call a pig standing out in the hot sun?... Bacon. #jokeoftheday
5:26 PM - 12 Jun 2015
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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