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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Tue Mar 5, 2013, 12:01 PM Mar 2013

Swimming Pigs

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Swimming Pigs (Original Post) onehandle Mar 2013 OP

Congressional Republicans are on vacation again?!?! tk2kewl Mar 2013 #1

Funny, I thought Republican congressmen leaving town was a solution. Bucky Mar 2013 #6

good point tk2kewl Mar 2013 #8

Man, I think I saw the Geico Pig in that video!!! 1monster Mar 2013 #2

So cute! tblue Mar 2013 #3

Dangerous for the pig. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #4

Those pigs seemed to have no problem treading water. RebelOne Mar 2013 #5

I didn't see any that were treading water. They were always moving forward. N/T GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #7

that was nice BadGimp Mar 2013 #9

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

1. Congressional Republicans are on vacation again?!?!

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 12:18 PM

Mar 2013

don't they know we have problems to solve?

Bucky

(53,947 posts)

6. Funny, I thought Republican congressmen leaving town was a solution.

Reply to tk2kewl (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:25 PM

Mar 2013

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

8. good point

Reply to Bucky (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 10:11 PM

Mar 2013

1monster

(11,012 posts)

2. Man, I think I saw the Geico Pig in that video!!!

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 12:27 PM

Mar 2013

tblue

(16,350 posts)

3. So cute!

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Tue Mar 5, 2013, 12:47 PM

Mar 2013

Me love!!! Thanks for sharing!

GreenStormCloud

(12,072 posts)

4. Dangerous for the pig.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 08:54 PM

Mar 2013

Pigs can swim but they can't tread water. They have to keep moving forward. If they stop their rear end sinks and the front hooves start hitting their own throat, thereby cutting their throat.

How do I know? In 1972 I was one of the male swimmers at Aquarena in San Marcos, TX. We had a swimming pig as part of the show. To keep the pig moving a male swimmer would swim on his back to the side front of the pig while holding a bottle of milk with a nipple for the pig to suck on. The pig would chase the bottle and stay in motion.