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2006-11-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Fred 2006-11-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ughh, poor kid, reminds me of Hindu-Muslim babes killed by their own families, bodies dumped in the streets by same, and then eaten [or mostly eaten] by dogs or hogs.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-11-30 00:25|| 2006-11-30 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Hog Bites Man!

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-30 00:31|| 2006-11-30 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Razorbacks will do that too. Why would anyone name a football team after those beasts?

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-30 03:56|| 2006-11-30 03:56|| Front Page Top

#4 The Hawgs are currently 8th in the nation and clinched the western divison title in the SEC in college football.

Posted by badanov 2006-11-30 04:31|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-11-30 04:31|| Front Page Top

#5 So there's the basis for the old saw, "He went to sh*t and the hogs ate him". I never figgered it for real!

Posted by Bobby 2006-11-30 06:05|| 2006-11-30 06:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Ya know, mebbe it was, "He went to take a sh*t, and the hogs ate him."

Posted by Bobby 2006-11-30 06:08|| 2006-11-30 06:08|| Front Page Top

#7 In fact my father and grandfather, who had spent years in North Africa told me that teh reason eating pork is not allowed by Muslims is because pigs ate a friend of Muhammad so eating pork is indirectly eating human flesh.

I don't know if this is a myth circulating between colonizers or if it is a real North African legend (Afgans have another explantion for the pork ban).

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-11-30 08:51|| 2006-11-30 08:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Hawgs eat what humans eat. Not enough extra calories in the dessert.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-30 09:06|| 2006-11-30 09:06|| Front Page Top

#9 I believe human meat is referred to as "long pig." I'm guessing there's a similarity in taste, which'd account for banning it back in Leviticus days.

Posted by Fred 2006-11-30 10:01|| 2006-11-30 10:01|| Front Page Top

#10 My theory is that the banning between Jews comes from the similarity with human flesh and thus when living near or between populations who practiced human sacrifices (Phenicians, Canaaneans, and I think Philistines) the very real possibility of being tricked in eating human in guise of pork

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-11-30 10:42|| 2006-11-30 10:42|| Front Page Top

#11 I believe human meat is referred to as "long pig." I'm guessing there's a similarity in taste, which'd account for banning it back in Leviticus days.

Yep! Also, if you've ever smelled a human that has died in a fire, it smells disturbingly like roast pork. Hence the term, "Long Pig". Pigs are greasy and so are humans.

So there's the basis for the old saw, "He went to sh*t and the hogs ate him". I never figgered it for real!

Why would you not figure it was real? Swine are omnivores, and will eat anything. Plant matter, insects, garbage, carrion and us. The first time I went bow hunting for pigs, it was quite a sight to see the buddys of the pig I whacked rush over and start lapping up the blood. I had to literally chase them off. Swine can be down right dangerous.

Posted by Mick Dundee 2006-11-30 10:42|| 2006-11-30 10:42|| Front Page Top

#12 Question is, what will the Hindus do when those "mad cows" start eating humans?

Maybe we need to recruit, train and unleash these pigs on Baghdad/Sadr-City. Could be a lot more entertaining than the Bulls of Pamploma, watching the muzzies "run away" from the piggy-piggies.

I've been on numerous hog farms for work, and I can say, they're skittish at the very first, but it only takes a couple seconds before they're all "inquisitive," if you get my drift. Messing with a 250+ lb hog (dress out weight for corporate hog farms) is unbelievable, but I can't imagine messing with a 400+ lb. momma surrounded by her infants.

Posted by BA 2006-11-30 10:57|| 2006-11-30 10:57|| Front Page Top

#13 And, I've gotta ask the mods...Where'd the "Meet your Meat" blogad come from? You boys/girls aren't switchin' to the ~~Dark~~ PETA side, are ya? Just the placement of that blogad underneath this rant is soooo ironic, it makes me love the 'burg even more, lol!

Posted by BA 2006-11-30 10:58|| 2006-11-30 10:58|| Front Page Top

#14 Where'd the "Meet your Meat" blogad come from?

I just assume that Fred (very wisely), cheerfully takes ad revenue from anyone foolish enough to think that they'll actually make some sort of counter-impact at this site. Sort of like the ads for that "Best War Ever" book.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-30 11:51|| 2006-11-30 11:51|| Front Page Top

#15 The Muslims undoubtedly borrowed the restriction against pork from the Jewish tribes then prevalent in Arabia.

As to the Jews, Leviticus bans eating pork, which is thought by medical historians to be a reaction to the parasite trichinosis, which is often fatal. Like many ancient cultures, without benefit of microscopes or knowledge of microorganisms, a lot of taboos were empirically based: folks eat pig, they get sick; pork is forbidden. I believe in Mongolia there was a taboo about killing these prairie dog-like critters. The cultural explanation was that you were killing your ancestors' spirits. Medically, the rodents were carrying plague.

Posted by Dreadnought 2006-11-30 13:18|| 2006-11-30 13:18|| Front Page Top

#16 I think a lot of the early food fatwas helped to keep the tribes healthy and growing. "God said so" worked fairly well for preliterate societies, and the shamans were careful to keep too much actual learnin' away from the proles. And the priestly class waxed fat and powerful. But information wants to be free, and as more tribesmen grew in the understanding of the world, the priests (shamans, rabbis, mullahs, etc.) needed to keep the rules ever more difficult to understand and thus maintain their position as keepers of the unknown.

I sometimes think lawyers fulfill the same role now in our 'modern' society.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-11-30 13:39|| 2006-11-30 13:39|| Front Page Top

#17 The majority of lawyers make an average salary of $50K.

Unlike the shamans, anyone can become a lawyer who goes to law school and passes the bar.

But I wouldn't recommend becoming a plaintiff's attorney unless you want a career full of long, long, and lonter hours, unreal stress, and working weekends. Of course, you could always become a Defense lawyer instead, and work as a hired gun for "the Man"--IF you're willing to sell your soul.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-11-30 15:22|| 2006-11-30 15:22|| Front Page Top

#18 I think I can trump the lot of you, because I have actually *tasted* roast person. Legitimately.

Guy had been hit by lightning, part of his face had been burned, and he needed CPR.

They are right about the four quick breaths--he started right up. Then he trombone vomited all over us. Then we were totally paralyzed, since he was now breathing on his own, and WTF do we do now? Finally, we broke the spell and started shaking people and yelling at them to get help.

I only noticed the pork-ish flavor 15 minutes later when the adrenaline started to wear off. And you would not believe that gawdawful smell, that didn't want to shower off.

Took me a month before I could eat pork again. Bacon sooner.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-11-30 15:22|| 2006-11-30 15:22|| Front Page Top

#19 I have actually *tasted* roast person.

Long Pig, the other white meat! Or not.

Posted by Mick Dundee 2006-11-30 15:36|| 2006-11-30 15:36|| Front Page Top

#20 'moose, you just climbed an extra notch in my personal regard. Assisting someone with lifesaving in that critical first three minutes is something that cannot be overlooked. Job well done (so to speak).

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-30 17:07|| 2006-11-30 17:07|| Front Page Top

#21 Being eaten alive by hogs would be a good sentence for terrorists.
I don't think that Allen would allow anyone into paradise that had first passed through the intestinal tract of a porcine garbage disposal.

Posted by USMC6743 2006-11-30 17:33|| 2006-11-30 17:33|| Front Page Top

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