# McQueen performs Great Escape to save his bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161 "2002-08-16T08:11:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/1 "2002-08-16T08:11:12Z")
This just in: a 250lb boar on its way to slaughter in Scotland has escaped and is currently on the lam. The public has been warned not to approach the pig, as he is believed to be extremely angry. He has been named McQueen, and the farmer has said that, if he is caught, he will be given to an animal sanctuary to live out his days in peace. Will bring you updates as I receive them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Clawman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@The\_Clawman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Clawman)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/2 "2002-08-16T11:10:43Z")
The Scottish news last night was a hoot - they had a pigs-eye view steady-cam shot of McQueens escape route, set to the theme from The Great Escape. Go freedom loving porker! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/3 "2002-08-16T11:24:24Z")
UPDATE: [Cheesy B-list actor pleads for clemency](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2193617.stm). ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/4 "2002-08-21T07:19:51Z")
So did they catch him or what? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/5 "2002-08-21T10:32:34Z")
Not sure what’s happening up there. Except they’ve developed a [new taste in meat.](http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=12125122&method=full&siteid=86024) ---
**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/6 "2002-08-21T10:42:47Z")
Checked the Beeb link. Two comments stand out: 1. Shaw has spent 25 odd years trying to escape from Doyle in The Professionals and the Beeb get him by saying that’s his best known role. 2. The comment by Seagrove: “This pig wants to live.” And all the others don’t? You can tell it’s August and the silly season. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/7 "2002-08-21T10:46:15Z")
Sorry, I didn’t update: I heard on the radio yesterday that he’s been caught. Having said that, it was on my radio alarm so I might have dreamed it, since I can’t find evidence of this on the BBC website. If they send him for slaughter, a ‘rasher’ decision couldn’t have been made (DYSWIDT?). ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/8 "2002-08-21T10:52:19Z")
Perhaps the police are still grilling him ? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/9 "2002-08-21T10:52:22Z")
You are Noel Edmonds and I claim my €5. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/10 "2002-08-21T10:57:31Z")
Hey - they must be giving him the 6 degrees. \*HELP ! I CAN’T HELP MYSELF !! \* ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/11 "2002-08-21T11:21:19Z")
Stop hamming it up, everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/12 "2002-08-21T11:31:05Z")
This thread certainly ain’t boaring. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_alien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Go\_alien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_alien)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/13 "2002-08-21T11:33:28Z")
Just think, a Professional saved his bacon. Otherwise he’d have been up for the chop. I bet Derek and Rodney Trotter were out looking for him, trying to catch him on the fly. But as we all know, pigs can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcqueen-performs-great-escape-to-save-his-bacon/124161/14 "2002-08-21T13:15:29Z")
So, was it the pigs that caught the pig?