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Offline AKcurly

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« on: June 01, 2003, 07:07:08 AM »
I'm reading a book Nimitz left at the house,  "An Army at Dawn" by Rick Atkinson.

The book opens with the Allied invasion  (US/Brit) of Algeria.

In the naval battle at Casablanca between the Allies and Vichy France, a French cruiser (Primauguet) gets the worst of several exchanges.  The ship is holed and  on fire.  There are wounded men all over the deck.  

Some frightened pigs escaped from a pen in the hold and attacked the wounded men.

If you're a farm boy, you know there is one animal you don't fool around with - a frightened or angry pig.  They are well-armed (teeth) and extremely powerful and clever animals.  I cannot imagine the sheer horror of the situation.

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« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2003, 08:39:40 AM »
The need to fear pigs, and their keepers, is well documented in recent films.  Hannibal springs to mind, but I like this quote from Snatch:

"You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig.""
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« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2003, 08:41:40 AM »
Snatch...

One of the funniest movies ever...

My favorite part is when Brad Pitt says: "Why would I want that caravan? It's got no wheels!"
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2003, 10:27:43 AM »
Say, there have been horror movies about killer bees, and sharks, and bears, and even killer worms, but have we seen a good horror flick about a pack of maniacal pigs?  I, for one, think it's time!  :D


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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2003, 10:49:25 AM »
when I lived in the mid-west I knew quite a few guys who raised hogs for a living (some family).  just about every one of them had a few scars on their legs from bites.
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« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2003, 05:12:31 PM »
and even a film about killer tomatoes.
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« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2003, 05:15:16 PM »
They'll go through bone like buttah.
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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2003, 06:27:09 PM »
Aww you surely don't mean this loving animals...



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« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2003, 09:26:50 AM »
Uncle was hog farmer when I was kid.  Used to "cut" the boar piglets every year.  I always got to "help"  

Absolutley nothing more viscious than a mad sow with it's piglet wailiing away.  Watched my uncle hit one on the snout ten times with a ball peen hammer to get her off him.

I think they should make a film of Animal  Farm or Poul Anderson's Brain Wave!  That woudl be awesome.
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Offline Yeager

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« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2003, 10:29:34 AM »
KILL THE PIGS!!!!
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« Reply #10 on: June 02, 2003, 10:38:30 AM »
Let's all agree that having a pig pen on a cruiser is a bad idea.
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« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2003, 10:48:38 AM »
DIE PIGS DIE! ... except the P47s :)
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« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2003, 11:01:59 AM »
I'd say Perk the Pigs...but everyone knows that they are "Porked".


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