Could the same relevant thing have happened if he were a raiser of some other sort of livestock?
Could the same relevant thing have happened with most varieties of livestock?
reply to Chronos:
Could the same relevant thing have happened if he were a raiser of some other sort of livestock? Yes.
Could the same relevant thing have happened with most varieties of livestock? Many varieties, but not most (answered after reading Wiki list of livestock).
Is there any other mammal it could have happened with?
Could it have happened with sheep?
…Cows?
…Goats?
Could it have happened with all mammals?
Is there any bird it could have happened with?
Chickens?
Turkeys?
Ducks?
Ostriches?
All birds?
Is the diet of pigs relevant?
Is the non-kosher (or halal) status of pigs relevant?
So the thing is, in this specific case it was a pig. That is why being a pig farmer is relevant. Had he not been a pig farmer, this incident almost surely would not have involved Charles. That said, what occurred could have happened in a variety of other ways, to a variety of other people in a variety of other professions, as long as the accident involved something like a 350 pound pig. The somewhat absurdness of a pig does add to the story IMHO.
Did a pig do something unexpected to cause this accident?
Or did Charles cause it by doing something careless and/or stupid?
Did some other person cause it?
Or some combination of any or all of the above?
Was the result of this incident something that Charles would have considered fortunate for him?
reply to dirtball:
Did a pig do something unexpected to cause this accident? No.
Or did Charles cause it by doing something careless and/or stupid? Yes.
Did some other person cause it? No.
Or some combination of any or all of the above? Mostly Charles seems responsible, if anyone is.
Was the result of this incident something that Charles would have considered fortunate for him? No.
Was Charles mainly on the Tonight Show to tell the story of his accident? Or for some other reason?
Was anything invented or discovered as a result of the incident?
Does it matter what Charles was trying to do with / to the pig?
reply to Fretful_Porpentine:
Was Charles mainly on the Tonight Show to tell the story of his accident? No. Or for some other reason? Yes.
Was anything invented or discovered as a result of the incident? No.
Does it matter what Charles was trying to do with / to the pig? It does matter. But the pig is not ultimately why Charles was asked to go on “The Tonight Show.”
Did Charles tell about the accident in response to a question from the host?
Was Charles’ reason for appearance on the show related in any way to his pig-farming?
Did Charles ever have any relevant job other than pig-farming?
reply to Chronos:
Did Charles tell about the accident in response to a question from the host? Yes.
Was Charles’ reason for appearance on the show related in any way to his pig-farming? No.
Did Charles ever have any relevant job other than pig-farming? No.
Is there a reason that he’s on some decades later, like something that only became significant after many decades?
Did the host, prior to asking the question, know that Charles had been a pig-farmer?
If so, did his knowledge that he had been a pig-farmer influence the asking of the question?
Did the host know about the specific incident he was asking about?
Was the question something completely open-ended (like, say, “Tell me about the most interesting thing that ever happened to you”?)
reply to Mahaloth:
Is there a reason that he’s on some decades later, like something that only became significant after many decades?
Not sure how to answer this. I certainly would say more significant after many decades, but not use the word “only”. On his wiki page I found a reference to recognition as early as 1936.
reply to Chronos:
Did the host, prior to asking the question, know that Charles had been a pig-farmer? I would assume so.
If so, did his knowledge that he had been a pig-farmer influence the asking of the question? Not specifically the profession, I guess.
Did the host know about the specific incident he was asking about? Yes.
Was the question something completely open-ended (like, say, “Tell me about the most interesting thing that ever happened to you”?) The question asked about what happened that day in 1922.
Did Charles become disabled as a result of the accident? If yes, is the nature of the disability relevant?
Yes to both.
Was he disabled in a very unique way?
Would we describe him as handicapped in the general sense?
reply to Mahaloth:
Was he disabled in a very unique way? Yes.
Would we describe him as handicapped in the general sense? I don’t think so, I guess…?
Was Charles invited on the show because his disability made him in some way remarkable?
Did he gain a skill as a result of the incident?
Was the injury related to cognition or memory?
reply to Cheesesteak:
Was Charles invited on the show because his disability made him in some way remarkable? Yes.
Did he gain a skill as a result of the incident? No.
Was the injury related to cognition or memory? No.