# pigs eat farmer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744 "2003-06-05T01:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/1 "2003-06-05T01:42:03Z")
[pigs eat farmer (alleged) - scroll down - next to last item](http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=13029452&method=full&siteid=50082) ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/2 "2003-06-05T02:59:28Z")
Sorry, but I just had to mention that the first thing I thought of when I read the thread title was that scene in Hannibal. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/3 "2003-06-05T03:46:12Z")
Er, I haven’t seen it. What scene? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/4 "2003-06-05T04:05:32Z")
I’d be more worried about owning [cats.](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdepradation.html) ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/5 "2003-06-05T04:11:37Z")
\ I had no idea. See, this is why I don’t have pets. There’s little chance of a philodendron devouring my corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/6 "2003-06-05T04:21:48Z")
This little piggie went to the market, this little piggie ate the elderly farmer… I’m a vegetarian. Appears that the pigs in question were somewhat hungry, wouldn’t you say? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/7 "2003-06-05T04:21:49Z")
Yeah, but once I’m dead, I don’t care. Actually, I think it would be cool for me to be fed to a Great White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) or something. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/8 "2003-06-05T04:24:19Z")
I see. Would you like to be served sliced, diced or julienned? And what eulogy would be appropriate? “So long, old chum?” ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/9 "2003-06-05T04:24:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\*This little piggie went to the market, this little piggie ate the elderly farmer… > I’m a vegetarian. Appears that the pigs in question were somewhat hungry, wouldn’t you say? \*\* Pigs are omnovores. So, if you die amongst them, they’ll eat you, too. They will, in fact, eat nearly anything. Not your average picky eaters. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/10 "2003-06-05T04:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KCSuze \* > \*\*I see. Would you like to be served sliced, diced or julienned? > > And what eulogy would be appropriate? “So long, old chum?” \*\* Perfect. And a good joke as well, for those who get it. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/11 "2003-06-05T04:27:50Z")
Thanks. I thought it would be a tad distasteful, but I’ll let the sharks be the judge of taste. And in the case of the pigs, now I don’t feel so bad about that ham sandwich I had for lunch. It’s clearly “eat or be eaten.” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/12 "2003-06-05T07:04:07Z")
You don’t eat a farmer like that all at once. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/13 "2003-06-05T08:09:36Z")
The fight for Animal Farm begins. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/14 "2003-06-05T12:27:54Z")
If a person ate meat from those pigs, would he be committing cannibalism in the second degree? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/15 "2003-06-05T14:31:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blonde \* > \*\*This little piggie went to the market, this little piggie ate the elderly farmer… > I’m a vegetarian. Appears that the pigs in question were somewhat hungry, wouldn’t you say? \*\* Last night’s Simpson’s episode on Fox 45 here in Baltimore was about vegetarianism. I thought i should include a quote: > [@](#): > > Lisa:\*\* No I can’t! I can’t eat any of them!\*\* > Homer: **Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Lisa honey, are you saying you’re _never_ going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?** > Lisa: **No.** > Homer: **Ham?** > Lisa: **No.** > Homer: **Pork chops?** > Lisa: **Dad! Those all come from the same animal!** > Homer: [Chuckles] **Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.** I love the Simpson’s 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/16 "2003-06-06T00:47:16Z")
I first thought of Brick Top’s favorite method of disposing of evidence in the movie _Snatch_. “…so be wary of the man who owns a pig farm.” Oops. “…and the pigs get what the dogs don’t finish.” “…hence the term ‘as greedy as a pig’.” ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/17 "2003-06-06T03:47:01Z")
Pa fell asleep and the hogs ate him, The hogs ate him, The hogs ate him. Pa fell asleep and the hogs ate him, Now Pa’s gone forever. –Folk song ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/18 "2003-06-06T05:15:21Z")
I know this is all supposed to be humorous and all, but… Pigs are dangerous animals. An adult hog will run 500 lbs and they are quicker than you can imagine. They also can have a very bad disposition. In the old days when hogs were allowed to run free in the woods one of the last things you wanted to do, and maybe the last thing you would do, was run into an old sow with her brood. Fortunately pigs are not good tree climbers. Unfortunately they are very patient. One of the serious risks before hog confinement facilities was that a hog would get you down and maul you. In the late 50s a friend of mine’s father had a heart attack and was seriously chewed on by the pigs before his dog distracted them and he was able to crawl out of the pen. There are all sort of stories about little kids being killed by pigs. In their own way pigs are as dangerous, maybe more dangerous, that dairy bulls. There are photos of the dead at Gettysburg that have been represented as showing injuries caused by artillery fire. Recent studies, however, suggest that the gaping wounds are the work of pigs that had been rooting on the battlefield. Pigs will eat nearly anything, including poisonous snakes. In one small town in Ohio pigs were turned lose along the river bank every spring to clean out the rattle snakes. ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/19 "2003-06-06T13:17:41Z")
"Little pig little pig let me in or I’ll huff and I’ll puff and, hey that’s my foot cut it out! OW OW OW! HELP HEL…(crunch) ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/20 "2003-06-06T16:17:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spavined Gelding \* > **Pigs are dangerous animals. . . . In the old days when hogs were allowed to run free in the woods one of the last things you wanted to do, and maybe the last thing you would do, was run into an old sow with her brood.** In the desert southwest, we have the javelina. They are mean, nasty, spiteful sumsbitches and when you run accross them in the wild you do **not** mess with them. They must taste good though, because I know several people that hunt them. And before anybody states it, yes I know that javelina are rodents, but they closely resemble piggies. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744.md?page=2)