This little piggy stayed home, no longer.
June 11, 2008 7:22 AM Subscribe
"While her six brothers and sisters messed around in the mire, she stayed on the edge shaking. It is thought she might have mysophobia - a fear of dirt." This little piggy is afraid of the mud. Cuteness ahoy.
Shenanigans! Shenanigans, I say! If you're going to put little plastic boots on your piglet and put the cute pictures on the internet to publicize your sausage business, just DO IT and don't make up an amusing back story about an immature animal suffering from a human phobia!
posted by yhbc at 7:32 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by yhbc at 7:32 AM on June 11, 2008
They left out the part of the story where they learned of the pig's fear of mud through a message written in a spider web.
posted by drezdn at 7:36 AM on June 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by drezdn at 7:36 AM on June 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
Calpigula
posted by DU at 7:37 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by DU at 7:37 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
I love bacon, but now I love that pig, too. I don't know how to feel about this. My brain hurts.
posted by The Man from Lardfork at 7:46 AM on June 11, 2008 [6 favorites]
posted by The Man from Lardfork at 7:46 AM on June 11, 2008 [6 favorites]
yhbc said: "Shenanigans! Shenanigans, I say! If you're going to put little plastic boots on your piglet and put the cute pictures on the internet to publicize your sausage business, just DO IT and don't make up an amusing back story about an immature animal suffering from a human phobia!"
Article: "Although they were pig farmers for 20 years, the Keebles keep them only as pets nowadays."
posted by loiseau at 7:47 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Article: "Although they were pig farmers for 20 years, the Keebles keep them only as pets nowadays."
posted by loiseau at 7:47 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Yeah, must agree with yhbc here. The cuteness of the situation is somewhat excised by the fact that the pig in question, pretty name or no, is ultimately destined for sausage. Clean and dirt-free sausage apparently, but sausage nonetheless.
posted by Aversion Therapy at 7:47 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by Aversion Therapy at 7:47 AM on June 11, 2008
On review, what loiseau said. Apparently, I didn't RTFA closely enough. Okay, I'll jump on the cute bandwagon then.
posted by Aversion Therapy at 7:49 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by Aversion Therapy at 7:49 AM on June 11, 2008
As if I needed to give my girlfriend another reason to insist that we keep a pig as a pet.
posted by uncleozzy at 7:49 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by uncleozzy at 7:49 AM on June 11, 2008
Do you people even read past the first paragraph? Go back and read to the bottom. If you don't read the whole article in a link, why do you think that you can make absolute statements about the topic? just type tl:dr and go somewhere else.
posted by OldReliable at 7:52 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by OldReliable at 7:52 AM on June 11, 2008
Cuuuuuuuuuuuuute!!! Cute, cute, cute. Also, did I mention that pig is fucking cute in its little wellingtons!
Dude, that word has lost all meaning to me now.
posted by sveskemus at 7:53 AM on June 11, 2008
Dude, that word has lost all meaning to me now.
posted by sveskemus at 7:53 AM on June 11, 2008
I have a very low tolerance for kitsch, but I am inexplicably delighted by animals wearing human clothing. I love them. SO. MUCH.
My SO is trying to dissuade me from adopting a puppy. He thinks that once I start dressing it in cargo shorts and and parkas and teeny tiny t-shirts, full-blown insanity will undoubtedly follow. He may be right, but I say there are worse kinds of crazy.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 7:54 AM on June 11, 2008
My SO is trying to dissuade me from adopting a puppy. He thinks that once I start dressing it in cargo shorts and and parkas and teeny tiny t-shirts, full-blown insanity will undoubtedly follow. He may be right, but I say there are worse kinds of crazy.
posted by the littlest brussels sprout at 7:54 AM on June 11, 2008
We have a pig owner in the neighborhood. Lives just around the curve from us. She takes him for walkies by our house, but she can't find a suitable harness for it, so she made one out of a t-shirt.
So my neighbor walks a pig wearing a t-shirt.
It's the sort of thing I'm glad I lived to see.
posted by middleclasstool at 7:54 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
So my neighbor walks a pig wearing a t-shirt.
It's the sort of thing I'm glad I lived to see.
posted by middleclasstool at 7:54 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Article: "The couple, who run the award-winning Debbie and Andrew's sausage company in Thirsk, North Yorkshire ..."
Get off that bandwagon! I don't care how cute it is!!!
posted by yhbc at 7:54 AM on June 11, 2008
Get off that bandwagon! I don't care how cute it is!!!
posted by yhbc at 7:54 AM on June 11, 2008
OK, first of all, just because they aren't killing the pig doesn't mean they aren't exploiting it for free advertising.
Second of all, Calpigula. Come on, not every MeFite is entirely ignorant of Roman history!
posted by DU at 8:08 AM on June 11, 2008
Second of all, Calpigula. Come on, not every MeFite is entirely ignorant of Roman history!
posted by DU at 8:08 AM on June 11, 2008
Somehow making it even better, it appears the couple lives in Thirsk -- perhaps better known as Darrowby to fans of James Herriot. Somehow, I think the old vitn'ry would approve.
posted by kalimac at 8:09 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by kalimac at 8:09 AM on June 11, 2008
Omg, I could just eat her up, she's so cute!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:15 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:15 AM on June 11, 2008
omg leetle boots on leetle pig
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:24 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 8:24 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
Nothing good will come of this...
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:26 AM on June 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 8:26 AM on June 11, 2008 [3 favorites]
A mysophobic pig! What's next, a talking banana?
Of course not. The very notion of a talking banana is absurd.
Still...
posted by DaDaDaDave at 8:26 AM on June 11, 2008
Of course not. The very notion of a talking banana is absurd.
Still...
posted by DaDaDaDave at 8:26 AM on June 11, 2008
The second photo is kind of disturbing, looks like the pig has human-feet.
posted by rottytooth at 8:30 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by rottytooth at 8:30 AM on June 11, 2008
"Cinders the Pig" sounds like a Sonic the Hedgehog character.
posted by Servo5678 at 8:36 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by Servo5678 at 8:36 AM on June 11, 2008
And I didn't think it got cuter than teacup piglets. Oh, how naive I was.
posted by Ugh at 8:40 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by Ugh at 8:40 AM on June 11, 2008
Next thing you know, she'll be standing on her hind legs, using dogs to strong-arm the other animals, and the kindly old horse will be dead.
posted by chimaera at 8:50 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by chimaera at 8:50 AM on June 11, 2008 [1 favorite]
I will attempt to photograph them next time I see them. It's rare that I catch them passing, but I'll sure try.
posted by middleclasstool at 8:54 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by middleclasstool at 8:54 AM on June 11, 2008
i'm with yhbc on this. it's cute as the dickens, but i don't believe a word of it. except for the fact that the pig wears wellies. and when the little porker outgrows the boots, they can always get her a pair of these.
posted by msconduct at 9:07 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by msconduct at 9:07 AM on June 11, 2008
Question: What is better thick cut peppered bacon or this pig? This is a tough one! I might have to say the bacon due to the fact that it is readily available whereas a pig in boots is not.
posted by Mastercheddaar at 9:31 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by Mastercheddaar at 9:31 AM on June 11, 2008
In other news: U.S. officials dither while antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains creep into our pork supply
posted by homunculus at 9:35 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by homunculus at 9:35 AM on June 11, 2008
This looks like a satisfied pig! In other news, dogs in particular seem to be not so crazy about wearing the boots (oh the shame!).
posted by onlyconnect at 9:48 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by onlyconnect at 9:48 AM on June 11, 2008
What you need is lots of soap! Ishy squishy ishy squishy ishy squishy NOPE!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 9:55 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 9:55 AM on June 11, 2008
I always thought it was sheep who were supposed to wear wellies. (Link safe for work, I swear.) But I'm sure there's all sort of Rule 34 awesomeness awaiting the intersection of the furries and the shoe fetishists.
But, yeah, adorably cute. Aww! *explodes*
posted by maudlin at 11:19 AM on June 11, 2008
But, yeah, adorably cute. Aww! *explodes*
posted by maudlin at 11:19 AM on June 11, 2008
cats hate water. what's so weird about a pig being dirt phobic?
posted by desjardins at 11:25 AM on June 11, 2008
posted by desjardins at 11:25 AM on June 11, 2008
onlyconnect: i feel so badly for that chinese crested in the "about" link. poor thing is already laughted out of existence, and now he's the center of a room full of guffaw-ers!? poor thing.
but, i LOVED all those videos, nonetheless. thanks for posting them!
and yeti, thx for the wee piggy in rubbers, too. i saw it yesterday on cute overload, but it's still quite a fun story!
posted by CitizenD at 11:53 AM on June 11, 2008
but, i LOVED all those videos, nonetheless. thanks for posting them!
and yeti, thx for the wee piggy in rubbers, too. i saw it yesterday on cute overload, but it's still quite a fun story!
posted by CitizenD at 11:53 AM on June 11, 2008
The pig in boots and the teacup pig are just unbearably cute. I must have pigs now. Can I order some on teh internets?
And I never knew those boots were called wellingtons, either.
posted by misha at 4:26 PM on June 11, 2008
And I never knew those boots were called wellingtons, either.
posted by misha at 4:26 PM on June 11, 2008
"Shenanigans! Shenanigans, I say! If you're going to put little plastic boots on your piglet and put the cute pictures on the internet to publicize your sausage business, just DO IT and don't make up an amusing back story about an immature animal suffering from a human phobia!"
Agreed.
posted by QueerAngel28 at 9:14 PM on June 12, 2008
Agreed.
posted by QueerAngel28 at 9:14 PM on June 12, 2008
Piglet-wearing-boots: it would indeed make a great label to slap on those juicy award-winning Debbie and Andrew's sausages. Too bad 'Cinders' is an unmarketable name. Little pig, little pig, om nom nom.
posted by not_on_display at 7:52 AM on June 15, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 7:52 AM on June 15, 2008
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