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April 21, 2009

Is the pig chase video a meditation on Man's relation to God

More fuel the great PR for Pigs discussion - a fantastic stop-motion film using photos travelling across a guy's house. Pig chased by wolf boy - we feel sympathy for the pig - poor piggy, hounded and harried! Then the final moment takes it somewhere completely off the map and... I'm left feeling all weird and unsure about pigs again. Are they in fact supernatural beasts?




So what's the Pig PR message here? The obvious one is, of course: don't mess with the pig - the pig will fuck you up, man!

But maybe this short film reaches a little further than that - does this film not, in fact, suggest that god is a pig? Are we all not just wolves chasing the pig (god) for answers, for self-affirmation, only to discover in the end that god is a giant pig with no intention of playing fair?

Mmmmm? Mmmmm???

Yep. Pretty deep stuff from Pig PR there, I think you'll agree. I think we'll all sleep a little less easily in our beds with that thought rattling around the brain pans. Not sure it'll stop me still wishing I had a Wake 'n' Bacon come the morning mind you...

(Thanks to @jackschofield for pointing me in this video's direction - a great guy to follow on Twitter - posts more links to interesting content than most others.)

Keep th' faith,
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November 10, 2008

Why haven’t pigs learned to shit bacon?

Following the discovery of the Wake n Bacon I fell into a discussion about the food chain, and it occurred to me that, from an evolutionary stance, pigs are really letting the side down. I mean, if evolution is a theory to embrace, and survival of the fittest / natural selection has a hand in all things, then surely pigs should have evolved to shit bacon by now? I mean - that's a given, right?

 

Impossible, you say? Madness, you cry?

 

Well, let's talk sheep.

 

Sheep got it right. They realised that the fast evolving caveman was all about the alopecia and hell-bent on wrapping up warm in the pelt of any other creature he could lay his opposable-thumbed mitts upon. And he was none too fussy about the approach – kill it, skin it, wear it most likely on the old cave wall PowerPoint productivity presentations.

 

So what happens? Understanding that they're basically dead menswear walking, the sheep evolve. Velcro not yet a common occurrence, the sheep offer the next best thing: pelts you can whip off with little more than a tug and a stone. Sheep – 1, humans – 1. Everybody's smiling. (Like this little fella!)
 

 

Yes, yes… Sheep have yet to perfect the extra chops they need to grow to let man harmlessly hack off and eat, while the sheep keeps on going, but you know? I figure they're working on it.

 

More so than the pigs. Pigs have really put very little thought or effort into the matter. They could, at the very least, offer pull away crackling. That evolutionary leap alone could bide them some time from the chopping block.

 

Come on Dawkins – get these swine in line.
 
(Image: a pig in need of some evolution and PR attention)

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