Re: OT: ATTN: Jon (GZG)
From: Roger Books <books@j...>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:10:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: OT: ATTN: Jon (GZG)
On 25-Mar-02 at 15:05, Brian Bilderback (bbilderback@hotmail.com) wrote:
> Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
>
> >>Mary and Dean run an "adopt-a-pig" scheme to cover the costs of
keeping
> >>the
> >>porkers on the Open Farm; I have a one-sixth share in Gilly, a
lively
> >>little piglet named after the Perky Goth in Dork Tower......
> >
> >You're going to *eat* Gilly?
>
> Actually, Jon will probably clarify, but this is what I got from his
> original post:
>
> It seems to me that the animals are probably cared for on the farm and
NOT
> eaten. By buying a 1/6 share in Gilly's "Adoption," I'm assuming
John
> donate(s/d) funds to the farm for Gilly's care, and in part gets to
view
> Gilly as partly "His" pig, not his lunch. ;-)
But,but...
Piglets are cute and fun, however a 500 lb (what ~230Kg?) hog is no
longer
cute or fun.