Would "pigboys" have the same appeal as "cowboys"!?
Would pigs oinking in the setting sun be as great a back drop to a western song as lowing cattle!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Would pigs oinking in the setting sun be as great a back drop to a western song as lowing cattle!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I think it's less about the cows and more about the manly men herding them!. And you might call the pig herders Sowboys!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It may have had less romantic appeal, but the cowboys (pigboys) would have been more cheerful ! In Praise of a Pig A pig is a jolly companion, Boar, sow, barrow, or gilt -- A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale, Though mountains may topple and tilt!. When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you, When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig, Though you may be thrown over by Tabby and Rover, You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig, You'll never go wrong with a pig! Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's RainbowWww@QuestionHome@Com Well those old cowboys were a smart bunch, it was all part of their plan to branch into movies and music!. They new a movie about the pigboys would never sell!. They also kept sheep as a matter of fact, the shepards were always fighting with the cattle guys 'cause sheep eat grass to the root and effectively kill it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com interesting question!.!.!.pigs can be very violent, so a stampede of pigs through dodge city may have several people being eaten!.!.!. hmmmmmmmmmm, sounds like a good theme for a movie, or a computer game!. willie nelson's song "my heroes have always been pigboys!.!.!." may take on a different tone!.!.!.!. yeeeeehaaaaaw- the kids playing pigboys and indians in the backyard!.!.!.!.!.you'd probably have more kids wanting to be the indians!.!.!.!.!.!. and the wars with the sheep hearders!.!.!. the ecology would have taken a different path!.!.!.!.can you imagine having a thousand head of swine out at the =7 ranch 10 miles up wind!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Funny question Perki hee hee!.!.!.I can see it now, pigs squealing across the ford in the river, snout deep being ushered on by butch men on minature ponies!. The smell of bacon as the little snorters are branded!. Wanted posters plaster the towns - Have you seen my pork chops!? Hog Wrestlers strike again!Www@QuestionHome@Com How about orangutans! (Okay, so they aren't "herd" animals, or native to USA for that matter, but it still made me bust out laughing) =DWww@QuestionHome@Com |