RE: Pig - Just a curiosity

From: <Christopher>
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 10:06:00 EDT

>Joke apart, there should be some reason to call this thing PIG.
>Any inputs ?

The first ones were inflatable and barrel-shaped like a pig's body to confine contact to a small area near the large OD. No floppy ears or kinky tail. New ones don't look like that. I imagine it's an unfortunate term in some places. The notion of cleaning drinking water pipes with a 'pig' is probably as unpleasant to the residents of Riyadh as using a 'carp' would be to people in Minneapolis.

Dietary rules aside though, pigs are intelligent and engaging and not as careless about hygeine as people think. They only eat garbage (and contract trichinosis) when they're fed garbage, and like hippos and a lot of people, they do enjoy bathing in mud. It helps them stay cool in the summer. And like some, they've been known to pee in the bath or the pool, rather than climb out and pee elsewhere. Large pork operations, of which there are many here in Minnesota, really can stink like hell, but in small numbers it's no worse than any other farm.

Not that I'd be interested in a pig as an alternative to a housecat, but some people keep small ones as novelty pets, like llamas. Doesn't seem any more disgusting than a goat or a pool full of carp...

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