“… but when we die, our bodies become the grass. And the antelope [or the hogs?] eat the grass. It’s all part of the circle of life.”- Mufasa, the Lion King.
Excellent arc on farming..As a gardener and former [grass fed] cattle rancher it suprises me how many people have no idea where their food originates, how it is treated. or the amount of work and conditions involved. During the real estate boom a lot of farms were lost. Individual farms like the above are becoming a thing of the past. .The story about the zoning laws was interesting.
The difference between “dedication” and “commitment.” Your eggs and bacon for breakfast? The hen that lays the egg that you eat, produces about 1 a day. That’s dedication. The hog (okay you PC’er’s, Pig!) that gives you the bacon, does so once in his/her lifetime, and does it by giving up their life. That’s commitment.
-Saint- about 12 years ago
The breaking dawn of panels 3 & 4 is nicely done.
psychlady about 12 years ago
That puts a damper on the miracle of birth!
alan.gurka about 12 years ago
Well, that’s one advantage to being the runt: he’ll get picked last to be made into bacon, pork chops, etc., if ever.
puddleglum1066 about 12 years ago
“I think it’s good that everything becomes food.” —Hobbes
Fogger_man about 12 years ago
MEAT CANDY!!! aka – bacon
lightenup Premium Member about 12 years ago
I don’t see anything wrong with both… I can wax poetic about bacon.
sjsczurek about 12 years ago
“… but when we die, our bodies become the grass. And the antelope [or the hogs?] eat the grass. It’s all part of the circle of life.”- Mufasa, the Lion King.
hcr1985 about 12 years ago
Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web was a runt…look what happened to him!!! Hopefully there is a clever spider nearby
prrdh about 12 years ago
If they’re really lucky, those piglets will achieve their highest possible purpose: being made into Spam.
ewalnut about 12 years ago
Mmmmmm… bacon.
tbritt99 about 12 years ago
Poor runt. I always root for the underdog… er, underpig.
The Life I Draw Upon about 12 years ago
Excellent arc on farming..As a gardener and former [grass fed] cattle rancher it suprises me how many people have no idea where their food originates, how it is treated. or the amount of work and conditions involved. During the real estate boom a lot of farms were lost. Individual farms like the above are becoming a thing of the past. .The story about the zoning laws was interesting.
coffeeturtle about 12 years ago
Charlotte to the rescue!“Fine swine, wish he was mine!”
tuslog64 about 12 years ago
This story line is running somewhat parallel to US ACRES where the runt of a litter is doing quite well.
Gretchen's Mom about 12 years ago
I love bacon, ham and sausage . . . but I’d probably love it all a whole lot less if I had just witnessed 9 cute little piglets being born!
yuggib about 12 years ago
The difference between “dedication” and “commitment.” Your eggs and bacon for breakfast? The hen that lays the egg that you eat, produces about 1 a day. That’s dedication. The hog (okay you PC’er’s, Pig!) that gives you the bacon, does so once in his/her lifetime, and does it by giving up their life. That’s commitment.