I leave the country for a week and what happens?

[Pigmeat]

I come back to find that my business partner, a fellow we all know, has bought a Canadian Football League franchise. He used the excuse, "I thought a CFL franchise involved lightbulbs?"

Sadly for the citizens of Montreal, their beloved Alouettes are to be renamed the Montreal Al O. Ettes. What an ego!

[John Poet]

The real question is, how did you get back in?

[Pigmeat]

I ran into some Mexican guys who knew where the hole in the fence was.

[skeezix]

What fence?

[Pigmeat]

Old Man Fansome's.

[QRP]

No one defends this fence any longer for rodents.

[John Poet]

Pigs are not rodents  (in more ways than one....)

[skeezix]

A question that has been avoided and not pre-emptively answered (which is suspicious), what country(ies) did you go to?

[Pigmeat]

Austria via Brunei. I was the FANCO rep at this years Bilderberg Meetings.

Of course, if you read my posts faithfully, you would know that.

[skeezix]

Next year, can you set up a shortwave transmitter with several strategically places microphones?

I'd do it, but my invitation must've been lost in the mail.

[Pigmeat]

There isn't much to hear. The past half decade has revolved around getting Putin a good set of lifts for his shoes and decent rug. We figure that ought to calm the little fella down.

The global elite should have paid more attention to Randy Newman when he warned us about short people in the 70's.

[QRP]

Pigs are not rodents  (in more ways than one....)

Javelina – (pronounced “have-a-lean-a”), a mean, nasty, evil smelling, highly destructive little animal with a bad attitude. I have heard of them being called a “wild pig” - not true. I have also been told that they’re a member of the “rat” or “rodent” family as well, but that really isn’t true either. Also, some folks refer to them as “razor backed pigs” after the pigs brought to the east coast by early European settlers and escaped to run wild in many parts of the nation. The “razor back” is definitely not related to these animals in any way.

[John Poet]

The domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus or Sus domesticus), often called swine or hog, is a large, even-toed ungulate; it is variously considered a subspecies of the wild boar, or a distinct species.

The behaviour of domestic pigs is more like that of dogs and humans, rather than cattle or sheep (or rodents); in many ways, their behaviour appears to be intermediate between that of carnivores and the more highly evolved artiodactyls.  Domestic pigs seek out the company of each other and often huddle to maintain physical contact, although they do not naturally form large herds.  Domestic pigs are intelligent and can be trained to perform numerous tasks and tricks. Pigs are loyal and trustworthy.


Rodents, on the other hand, (particularly rabbits ie The Lepus), are filthy, licentious, corrupt, depraved, untrustworthy, traitorous little lagomorphs upon whom it would be unwise to turn your back or entrust with your location, mailing address, or any of your other personal information; and should be kept away from your gardens and small children.


(No harm, no foul, QRP-- but when I saw the word 'rodent' used in a thread about Pigmeat, I felt a clarification should be made.  And NO, we aren't really talking about pigs and rodents here...)