2009 is proving to be a bad year for pigs. This weekend was just plum brutal if you were a pig of any kind. Everyone is pretty familiar with the panic du jeur, Swine Flu. Pigs don’t even have much of anything to do with this, but they’re getting all the blame. So much so that we are getting headlines like this:
People are panicking and killing pigs that are being raised for, you guessed it, slaughter. Talk about a no-win situation for the pig huh? What makes it even worse is even though pigs can’t give H1N1 to people, people can give it to pigs. Triple no-win if you’re a pig.
This weekend, we had another pig issue:
Flying Pig marathon runners barely avoided getting hit by a car Sunday morning.
Once again, this has nothing to do with pigs. But once again we have pigs mentioned in a negative situation. meanwhile, in Philadelphia, the Big Bad Wolf was cleared on all charges related to The Three Little Pigs case. I personally think they would have gotten a fair verdict if it weren’t for all the negative publicity surrounding the Swine Flu.
To top it off, the Leigh Valley Iron Pigs suffered and incredible meltdown and blew a four run ninth inning lead. I can’t help but think if they were named after any other animal on the planet this weekend, they would have won.
Of course, things have never been too peachy for pigs since they started hanging out with mankind. Some people have decided pigs make good pets. But, I think most people have the same opinion as Jules Winnfield
( H/T: Sroufe )
The clue here that pigs have had PR issues for a long time is there is nothing nastier than a chicken. Nothing. Do people go around dissing on chickens for being nasty? Is there any line in any movie where they portray chickens as nasty, disgusting animals that eat their own excrement? I’ve never heard them if they are. Most often, chickens get a pass
Now, I don’t really think this year’s going to get much better for pigs, or anything associated with pigs. It’s just looking to be a bad year. I think part of this is the Chinese fault. 2007 was the year of the pig. Things just haven’t been quite the same since. I’m guessing they’re cursed until 2019 for some astrological reason. We”ll be able to test that theory next year I suppose. If it holds true, next year people will be down on rats. They’ll talk about how filthy rats are, how they carry disease, and all the events and teams named after rats will suffer. And of course, no one will want to eat a rat. Check back next year and let’s see how that prognostication holds up.
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