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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
April 19, 2005
Some Pig
As I've said before, I actually don't have much interest in politics. The problem is that we have to pay attention to these people, because if we don't keep an eye on them they have a tendency toward mass murder.
What I really enjoy is learning about other aspects of life on earth. For instance, Epigraph.org has an appealing story about some pig:
Sleep would not be easy, because even with the straw it was insanely cold. But I shut my eyes and hoped for the best. Soon I felt a mouthful of straw passing my face, having been dropped in front of me. It was Gertie! (This is a gesture I’ve seen on occasion, a pig will bring an offering of straw, although I’ve never discerned the meaning.) But she then lay her big beautiful body down next to me, which was a godsend, as pigs typically have a body temperature of 102.5...Posted at April 19, 2005 09:50 AM | TrackBack
That does it. I'm throwing away my furnace and installing a pig in my bed. And if I get hungry at night, there's that advantage as well.
Actually, don't take this the wrong way, but a small infant in the bed is very nice on cold winter's mornings. Ours used to wake up very early (around 5) but when he was very small we'd bring him to bed at that time to nurse and fall back asleep. Being extremely fat, he was at least as good as a hot water bottle.
Awe, thanks Jon!
Posted by: pig at April 19, 2005 11:14 AMI grew up on a farm and I have never experienced a pig who was that friendly. But I know what was meant when the author stated he noticed something about their eyes... Pigs have eyes that look an aweful lot like human eyes. George Orwell reminds us all, that if you took the Bush Party, and a group of pigs, and put them in a room.... The two would be discernable from eachother...
Posted by: Myron at April 19, 2005 02:00 PMThis beats both "Babe" and "Charlotte's Web"...
Posted by: En Ming Hee at April 20, 2005 12:03 AMAnyway, dammit, why is it that I am the only one with political ambitions in this place?
Posted by: Hee En Ming at April 20, 2005 12:39 AMTed,
Just don't get one of those pigs that eats human flesh from Hannibal.
pig,
You're very welcome. Consider this a request for further Gertie stories.
Myron,
Did you get attached to your pigs? I've heard (not just from this story) that they can be hard to resist.
En Ming Hee,
What are your ambitions? Seriously.
Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at April 20, 2005 08:12 AMI wish to join the clamoring for more pig stories, please.
Posted by: Sickduck at April 20, 2005 01:21 PMIn the long run, Singapore Minister of Culture, if possible, and blow a couple million bucks on funding movies. But then again, since we are such a blip on the world map I don't foresee myself killing a lot of people.
I attended high school with a guy who later went to NYU to major in political science and economics, and have been quite inspired by him.
Posted by: En Ming Hee at April 20, 2005 02:26 PMMyron: [The pigs and the Bush Party] would be discernable from eachother...
...because the Bush Party would not make any offerings of straw.
Posted by: eb at April 22, 2005 09:43 AM
