The Oxford Sandy sow showed me who was the boss today /yesterday morning.
I climbed in to feed her and her new piglets whilst the wife passed me their Sow and Bonham food.
Guess who picked up one of the piglets to feel how heavy it was and Mama pig charged me with her head and knocked me backwards off my feet?
I'm fourteen stone and a few pounds but I went down like a sack of spuds or a pub football team goalkeeper perhaps trying to save a penalty?
She could have bit me badly but I think it was only a warning to leave her babies alone.
"Now be off with ye I'm eating the breakfast.
I climbed out of the pig pen and rubbed my sore back that Here's Spider Pig by The Simpsons. It always makes me laugh because it's daft:
Fourteen stones and a few pounds! Good heavens Dave, I never knew you were anorexic. I hope Jean got some pictures of you being biffed by Mummy Pig.
ReplyDeleteCruiserweight YP. The sow is about 200 Kg or 31 stone. I survived the count of ten. According to the BMI calculator I am overweight. You need to be stocky when you live on a smallholding.
Delete31 stones? Christ, that's like having Boris Johnson charge at you with a rugby ball. Remember that small boy he skittled over?
DeleteI do remember it YP. Do you remember Brian Glover's character Mr Sugden thinking he was Bobby Charlton in Kes? A brilliant actor. He was only 63 when he passed away.
DeleteYes I do remember that Dave. It remains a brilliant film even though it dates back to 1969! And Brian Glover was perfect for that part. I now see that he is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London which is not far from where my son lives. It was a brain tumour that got him.
DeletePoor man. A great character actor. It would be worth visiting his grave when you are next visiting your family in the area YP
DeleteTry 'spider pig' in your house and it will be your wife knocking you down. You may even get bit!!!
ReplyDeleteWe often play spider pig Debby. It always makes us laugh. It's so daft and off the wall. Or even ceiling? Thanks for your comment.
ReplyDeleteSpider Pig!! Oh that Homer!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you weren't badly hurt by being knocked on your back. Mama pig might need a little warning next time you want to pick up her baby.
Spider Pig for president or even Homer?
DeleteI'm glad you are OK, mama pig was just doing her job with the babies, maybe you should practice jumping over walls, ready for next time.
ReplyDeleteShe's been rubbing against me when I have been feeding them Marlene. Now she is showing me to get out of her kitchen/sty. You never can trust them.
DeleteExactly. Especially that weight and with piglets
DeleteWe have had lots of sows and a couple of boar sand hundreds of piglets GZ. But I have never been knocked over (bowled) by a sow before. Their strength is incredible. I was a bit nervous climbing in her and her piglets abode to feed them. She left me alone though and her and bonhams shared their Sow and Bonham food quite contentedly. I will be wary in future.
DeleteDon't mess with mama pig's babies. You may end up as breakfast next time.
ReplyDeleteI thought she was going to bite me JayCee. I did see the funny side after the event. Pigs are characters.
ReplyDeleteWhenever we had belly ache my grandmother would enquire after our recovery by asking how's your belly where the pig bit you? I might have had the opportunity to use that saying for real! Sounds like your sow knows which side her bread is buttered but still wants to establish who the piglets really belong to.
ReplyDeleteThat's a brilliant saying by your grandmother Tigger's Mum . When our two cut or grazed their arms I would say: "I will have to go and get my rusty saw." The pigs aren't daft and expect feeding at the same time every day. That sow uses her nous.
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