# Pig in a parkway **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552 "2012-05-30T16:29:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/1 "2012-05-30T16:29:57Z")
[Traffic on the Parkway West (the 376) near Pittsburgh was slowed down this morning by a pig running loose on the roadway.](http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/transportation/porkway-traffic-grunts-along-638146/) I’m glad I came to work earlier, so I didn’t get caught in that traffic (the 376 is bad enough as is), but it might have been kind of cool to see the pig running around on the road. [This article](http://www.wtov9.com/news/news/drivers-see-scarf-wearing-pig-pittsburghs-parkway-/nPHGS/) has a picture of the pig on the road. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/2 "2012-05-30T17:20:19Z")
Awwww… it was just a baby and wearing a scarf. I’m sure the poor thing was petrified. I’m glad I wasn’t in the traffic. It would have too hard to not pull over and try to catch the thing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/3 "2012-05-30T17:25:37Z")
Wouldn’t that be a porkway? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/4 "2012-05-30T17:57:17Z")
Were the tires squealing? The piglet was trying to commit sooey-cide… ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/5 "2012-05-30T18:02:12Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Wouldn’t that be a porkway? The Post-Gazette article does refer to it as a porkway. > [@VunderBob](#): > > Were the tires squealing? > > The piglet was trying to commit sooey-cide… _groan_… ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/6 "2012-05-30T20:15:45Z")
Thank goodness it got off the parkway before I had to go to Shadyside. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/7 "2012-05-30T20:24:34Z")
He’s such a ham. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/8 "2012-05-30T20:27:37Z")
Never buy a Pig in a Parkway. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/9 "2012-05-30T20:33:59Z")
It’s a good thing nobody hit him, he’d have turned into a grease spot. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-in-a-parkway/623552/10 "2012-05-30T20:55:06Z")
Ummmm, bacon on the hoof.\* \*Or whatever you call the feet of a pig