Tuesday 24 February 2009

One of the most useful things my father ever told me:

"Don't mud wrestle with a pig. You'll get dirty and the pig will just have a whole lot of fun."

This guy obviously didn't have my dad around (story taken from here):

Farmer Could Be Fined For Pig Mud Wrestling
It appears a Baltimore County farmer is going to be fined for conducting pig mud wrestling matches.
Richard Sher reports Spring Meadow Farms owner, Stan Dabkowski, received warnings from animal rights groups and the county health department, but went forward with the matches, all of them videotaped by the health department.

Eyewitness News received this message from the Baltimore County Health Department: "There were clear cut examples where the pigs were being mistreated. Citations will be issued accordingly."

"They've got qualified people here, videotaping the pig mud wrestling. All they had to tell me was they felt the pigs were being mistreated and I would have said OK and stopped," said Dabkowski. He canceled planned pig mud wrestling for the following three Saturdays.

Dabkowski no longer has the pigs. He says he is inviting the entire community to a free pig roast, Saturday, Oct. 18.

"I'm sure people who are opposed to eating animals will be opposed to the roast," said Dabkowski, "but pigs are for eating."

Fines could be levied some time this week.

8 comments:

Thomas said...

Ha ha, wow. That's...um, wierd...

Anonymous said...

that free pig roast, it will give new meaning to pigging out.

Unknown said...

Ha ha....pigging out, clever.

Janine / Being Brazen said...

Im with Tom - thats weird...

Anonymous said...

Hilarious!

Free Pig Roast - suppose that is one way to get rid of any evidence.

Sass said...

Pigs are for eating...

That's hilarious.

I'm not a HUGE meat eater, and my brother always told me that if God didn't intend us to eat meat, he wouldn't have made cows out of steak.

Thanks for the chuckle. ;)

po said...

Sounds like his dad should have told him: pigs are for eating, not for wrestling.

Poetry Sue said...

oh man... oh man... there is nothing better than a pig roast after a pig mud wrestling match...