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bobemakk
bobemakk

They are smart animals and are good pets. Amazing video.

Wolfie
Wolfie

Twinkie the Pig - I just found my new nickname for Moham the child molester.

Wolfie
Wolfie

That's not a pig, that's a pre-processed bacon sandwich! :-)

colliemum
colliemum

This is truly heartwarming. A perfect solution where there's someone with severe allergies. Pets do have such incredible influence on our wellbeing - I am not surprised that piggie is helping the little boy immensely.

I'd love to have such a piggie - but I just know my housewolf would think of free food on the hoof ...

Landscaper
Landscaper

Dear Housewolf Add:

Cole slaw, baked beans and potato salad, bread.

Hickory with some cherry, on low heat and smoke with BBQ lid closed.

Bathe with sauce of choice until well done yet tender.

Dinner bell.

But not this little piggy.

Conniption Fitz
Conniption Fitz

Benghazi showed Hillary's (and Obama's) incompetence and lack of concern.

Algeria just proved it.

Saying "What difference does it make?" reveals her priorities and attitude.

Daniel Greenfield has a very good answer to her question.

waytngtym
waytngtym

CF--today is the 25th--just saw this and moved to write to you. I am not an old hand at this like you all, but I want to ask respectfully...

So glad Rand Paul is in the news every day now--he is managing to be asked every day and commenting every day words of warning. It's not about 2016, it s about now and at least it looks like he is doing his job. Greta's interview of him yesterday about the F-16's shows what a willing person he is to stand up and fight with the knowledge and authority that is privy to a US Senator. How to support him better? I could care less about 2016..it's about now.

What the hell--how did this sale get out of the hands of Congress---what can be done CF?? What are your thoughts...

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2117714782001/sen-rand-paul-on-us-f-16-fighters-egypt-and-israel

BeyondPolls
BeyondPolls

We need to petition the House to pass a bill which bans all abortions for the sake of the baby being Downs syndrome andor being other types of special needs conditions. Dare the Democrats to vote no.

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

Oh trust me.... they'd still say no. Proudly too I imagine.... Warning, this will make you sick in your soul- but proves how evil, twisted and so sad the left is: http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/skanky-sick-ad-titled-happy-anniversary-baby/

3seven77
3seven77

Wow.

"Hey baby, let's celebrate the fact that I can be irresponsible, pleasure myself and then dump you, and you can flush the evidence and continue to be a doormat for any number of other males. After all, you are a free - and I mean free - vagina woman."

"Let's celebrate Margaret Sanger's eugenics dream. I wouldn't be here if we all did what I'm advocating, but please - overlook my hypocrisy."

Just sick, sick, sick.

BeyondPolls
BeyondPolls

The point is to force their hand and use it as leverage to pick up some House seats here and there. Yes, that commercial is disgusting.

NYGino
NYGino

A city cousin was visiting his farmer cousin at the farm when he happened to see a three legged pig go skipping by. He asked his farmer cousin about the pig: "Well I'll tell ya about that there pig. About a year ago I was out harvesting the south 40 when my tractor hit a ditch and fell over on top of me, pinning me there. That pig sensed something, broke out of his pen and ran towards me to find my predicament, then he ran back home to get help and saved my life"

"About three months after that a fire broke out in the house about 2 O'clock in the morning. That pig burrowed under the fence, ran up to the house, broke down the door and woke everybody up."

"Well how about the missing leg?" the city cousin asked again.

"Listen, said the farmer, a pig that smart, you don't eat him all at once!"

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

lol. made me smile there NY. :-)

NYGino
NYGino

Whew! I was hoping it didn't make you cry.

NYGino
NYGino

It's not as nice as I made it out to be Wolfie. I forgot to mention the 5-6 mph sea breeze that brings the wind-chill factor down to 70 1/2 degrees.

(I know I deserve to be punched in the nose for that.)

Wolfie
Wolfie

71? Oh wow... 15 and that's our high for today. 0.7 last night. Brrrrrrr!!!!

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

lol no... I'll probably smell it tomorrow or the next day ;-) You're sweet!

NYGino
NYGino

Same on this side. Beautiful day. 71 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.

So, this new JFK rose, have you had a conversation with it yet?

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

Naw. not today. not right now anyway ;-) How are you today? It's cold in the house but outside it's a beauty day isn't it. Just picked some carrots for dinner and noticed I have another JFK rose about to open. :-)

m0r0
m0r0

The reporter is the second coming of Robyn Leach.

m0r0
m0r0

I thought Twinkie the pig was a code name for Diane Feinstein.

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

We never had a pig in the house, but we had one named Gus who acted just like a 300lb puppy. After a fire we had out here burned down his pen (we cut the chain link before we were evacuated) we let him free range. He'd go lay in the ditch during the day, but come feeding time I'd bang the bucket and call him, and he'd come running and lean against me while I got his feed lol. After, I'd hose him down and he'd waller around for a bit. One time he wanted to be petted (which I always did) but he accidentally got me in the leg with one of his tusks. Dang that hurt. He'd also go hang out under the oaks and eat acorns. He was such a good pet- survived 2 hurricanes, a wild fire and 19 years of life until some ba$tard poacher came and lured him away one night, shot him and left him down the road. We were heart broken. Darn it I miss that pig.

Sorry.

CO2isGood
CO2isGood

Nice story (except for the sad part).

I tend to believe that G-d expects all his creatures be treated with a due degree of respect. As an old coot I've lost my share of pets, and I still think of them. I remember the loss of my first dog, 60 years ago.

We have a line of graves just for my sons pets along our backyard fence. Snake, injured rabbit, hamster, dog, turtle, even a few hermit crabs.

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

It's hard to ever forget pets. I remember my oldest ones too from when I was little. We have a "pet graveyard" out in the back field in the corner. Gus is there with my pup Curly, along with 2 of my favorite roosters George and Merle and their "wife" hens. Thanks CO2.

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

Aw! Very well said!! God bless your family and may He keep blessing you with more furbabies!

hachie1
hachie1

We had a great, loyal, loving, and very protective dog at home when our daughter was born. That ol' sweetheart lived comfortably 'til age 13, and finally left us when our kiddo was not quite 6. After the tears and heartache eased up a bit, our daughter learned that in our imperfect world, dogs just don't live as long as people. She accepted this cruel fact at an early age, and (she's 16 now) has been a wonderful 'master' to a couple of good loyal, loving mutts since. She knows they won't live forever, but a bit sadness in the end is a fine tradeoff to years of the simplest form of a great relationship. Some of lifes greatest lessons learned in our family have usually seemed to have dogs somewhere in the mix. I thank God for man's, and woman's best friend.

Patriot077
Patriot077

Sweet memories, AbiC. My sister had a pet pig named Petunia. She was really smart and followed us around like a dog. Never in the house though. She would follow the school bus to the next stop every morning and then turn around and go back home ...

Conniption Fitz
Conniption Fitz

Couldn't happen in Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Libya, etc.

You know why.

TexasPGRRider
TexasPGRRider

If twinkie could call some girlfriends and have them head to the front lines, two things would happen. We would win the war against the turbin cowboys and Panetta would have females on the front. We would win the war because muslims will not go where pigs have been. It it against islam sharia...just a thought....

Orangeone
Orangeone

Gigglesnort warning, please put down liquid beverages before reading above Post of the Morning!

1endtimes2020
1endtimes2020

Twinkie is better looking than Marsy

Orangeone
Orangeone

Twinkie would also do a much better job of leading Egypt than Morsi

Rshill7
Rshill7

I love pigs. They're delicious.

Did you see this coming? It's a good thing.

"A massive boycott sparked by the NRA and other gun-rights groups outraged that the nation's largest outdoors show banned the exhibition of assault weapons has caused the show's organizers to abruptly cancel the week-long event in Harrisburg, Pa."

http://washingtonexaminer.com/nra-boycott-kills-outdoors-show-that-banned-assault-weapons/article/2519579#.UQFj1x1X0l-

In the meantime on C-Span3 Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbrin, Chuck Schumer, and Richard Blumenthal and others have been demagoguing and smokescreening the issue. They said no one needs an assault weapon for defense or for hunting. Sure they do.

If a gang is trying to break into your home or carve their initials into your spouse, should you be hamstrung into being outgunned because they have 10 guns and you have only one, whether it's a roving gang or a roving, tyrannical, out of control, government? What if our mainland is attacked and every citizen needs to help defend this country? Doesn't an AR-15 with a 40 round magazine equalize and/or aid that a bit?

These people want to make the populace weaker while strengthening government control over yet another aspect of your life. They would make the individual smaller and smaller and the government bigger and bigger. Are we racing down the road to serfdom or is serfdom coming to us where we live?

Both.

Landscaper
Landscaper

If he ever outgrows the pig, there's always the b-b-q grill out back. Cute boy and his best friend a pig.... the city was going to fine them? Geeeez.

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

I had two pot bellied pigs, Bacos and Porky, growing up. They were awesome, and smart as hell. In order to calm them when they were piglets, you had to put their two feet over your shoulder, like burping a baby, minus the two feet. They were both let out at a keg party, never to be seen again. I loved those pigs!

wales777
wales777

They need some carpet runners on their floor. Poor twinkie couldn't get a grip on the floor. Hooves and hard wood don't mix... LOL