From: Baron on
D Yuniskis Inscribed thus:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>> D Yuniskis wrote:
>>> Well, there have been songs of *dogs* "singing" so I guess
>>> pigs aren't out of the question! And, I suspect pigs may
>>> have greater frequency *range* -- though I confess to not
>>> having spent much time around pigs so I'll have to defer to
>>> The Experts on that one...
>>
>> I haven't been near them since the late '60s, while visiting my
>> grandparent's farm, just before one of them died. they kept six to
>> 12
>> hogs for themselves, along with a few cows & chickens. Hogs are a
>> lot like Usenet trolls. They are nasty, smelly loud and hard to get
>> along with. :(
>
> I recall being told tha tmost folks want to raise *cattle*
> ("dignified", macho, etc.) but that *pigs* are far more
> profitable (but no one wants to be *called* a "pig farmer"?)
>
>>>> They can fly, but they can't land very well. All you need is a
>>>> huge catapult and...
>>> Eeooo! That's just *nasty*! :>
>>
>> It can be, if you're under their flight path. :(
>>
>> OTOH you can fly them over a forest fire, if you like smoked ham. ;-)
>
> <groan>
>
>>> Where did I recently see a video/movie clip of someone feeding
>>> *bacon* to a pig...? :-/
>>
>> Probably on the 'Cannibal Channel' ;-)
>
> I think it was a movie "preview" I saw on a DVD recently
> (so, the movie may already have been made).
>
> It *did* sound a bit wacky... (would a pig even *eat* bacon?
> I thought them herbivores?)

Pigs will eat anything including themselves...

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From: Phil Allison on

"William Sommerwanker = LIAR "


> The latter was what I was suggesting.


** Blatant lie.



...... Phil


From: William Sommerwerck on
One of the best moments in the movie of "The Wizard of Oz" comes when Glinda
blithely dismisses the Wicked Witch of the West. Recognizing that evil has
no purpose or place, she commands "Begone! You have no power here."

Exchanges with Mr. Allison so remind me of that scene.


From: Michael A. Terrell on

William Sommerwerck wrote:
>
> One of the best moments in the movie of "The Wizard of Oz" comes when Glinda
> blithely dismisses the Wicked Witch of the West. Recognizing that evil has
> no purpose or place, she commands "Begone! You have no power here."
>
> Exchanges with Mr. Allison so remind me of that scene.

He reeks of skippyism.

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From: Phil Hobbs on
On 12/27/2009 12:28 PM, D Yuniskis wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
>> Phil is mentally ill
>
> Oh, my bad. I shouldn't poke fun of folks with disabilities. :<
>
>> and lives 'down under'
>
> Ah! That explains his intimate familiarity with US products
> and regulatory agencies.
>
>> so you are wasting your time, which could be better spent
> > teaching pigs to sing...
>
> <grin> May be an easier challenge! As soon as I can
> find a song with the lyrics:
>
> "Oink, oink, oink.
> Oink, oink, oink.
> Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink."
>
> Definitely easier than teaching them to *fly*! ;-)

Easy.

http://www.amazon.com/Grunt-Pigorian-Chant-Snouto-Domoinko/product-reviews/0761105948

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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