Pig Sayings

      All of these “sayings” about pigs make perfect sense to me now that I’ve owned pigs.

     “Squealing like a pig.”  I will never forget the ear splitting squeal those piglets let out when the guy who sold them to me picked them up by the hind legs to put in my crate.  It actually hurt my ears.

     “This place looks like a pig pen.”  When the kids were growing up, many a bedroom looked “rooted up”.

     “Smacking like a pig!”  Pigs really do smack.  …..but only because it tastes so good! 

     “Eating like a pig.”   Pigs like to eat fast before someone else gets it.  And, they eat, and eat, and eat…..

     “Dirty as a pig.”  Pigs roll in the mud to keep cool and keep bugs off.  I remember Logan in the muddy sandbox saying to me, “Grandma, I’m just like the pigs…..I like mud.”   

     “Sweating like a pig.”  LOL, every time I would say “I’m sweating like a pig” this hot, hot, summer; my husband would remind me that pigs don’t sweat!   And then there is…..
    
    ”Sleeping like a pig.”   My own coined term.   …..you know.  Like when kids won’t get out of that bed for school, and end up falling back to sleep.  (Yes, my darling kid, you know who you are.

       Having pigs for the first time has been a learning experience.  I’d do it again.  Monday is the day the pigs meet their destiny.  Not looking forward to fighting them onto the truck.  I’ll let you know how it goes.



No worries…..he’s eating overgrown cooked beets



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