# What can go wrong when you put a pedometer on a pig? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395 "2020-03-13T07:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/1 "2020-03-13T07:42:25Z")
[When a pig wears a pedometer](https://www.foxnews.com/world/pig-fire-england-pedometer-excrement) and then eats it and poops it out, the battery can start a fire. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/2 "2020-03-13T08:42:58Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [When a pig wears a pedometer](https://www.foxnews.com/world/pig-fire-england-pedometer-excrement) and then eats it and poops it out, the battery can start a fire. Who knew? That was my second guess. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/3 "2020-03-13T11:20:45Z")
But how far did it walk? ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/4 "2020-03-13T12:29:20Z")
When my company started giving health discounts for completing X steps daily, I thought it was unfair as I had a bad case of Plantar Fasciitis. So my Chihuahua got to wear the pedometer on her collar. Trust me, I was rackin’ up da steps too. But one day I let her out in the backyard and she returned without it. Haven’t seen it since, but thankfully no sections of the yard have burst into flame. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/5 "2020-03-13T15:35:32Z")
But did you know [custard powder can explode](https://youtu.be/LVJ8lk50TS4) ? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/6 "2020-03-13T15:48:39Z")
“If You Give A Pig A Pedometer” - Worst. Children’s. Bedtime book. EVER! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/7 "2020-03-13T16:33:42Z")
I’m not blaming the battery. If I had gone through what it went went through, I’d probably burn down my workplace as well. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/8 "2020-03-14T01:11:37Z")
If the pig itself had caught fire, they’d have instant bacon. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/9 "2020-03-14T08:20:49Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > If the pig itself had caught fire, they’d have instant bacon. There’s a “six degrees” joke in there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/10 "2020-03-14T11:09:28Z")
This thread is no where as I thought it would be… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/11 "2020-03-14T12:28:00Z")
I’m wonder why they didn’t just put the pigs on slow-moving treadmills. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/12 "2020-03-14T14:36:33Z")
Interesting. > [@](#): > > Firefighters believed that copper from the pedometer’s batteries reacted with the pig’s excrement and dry hay to ignite the fire. This part amused me: > [@](#): > > The pedometers, gadgets that measure the number of steps its wearer takes, were worn by the pigs to prove they were free-range, the fire service said. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/13 "2020-03-14T14:41:17Z")
Our pigs are free-range, and WE CAN PROVE IT! Roasted pork samples down by the former hog pen. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-go-wrong-when-you-put-a-pedometer-on-a-pig/849395/14 "2020-03-16T04:45:14Z")
I expect a survivalist to produce a YouTube video extolling this in the bush.