Re: OT: ATTN: Jon (GZG)
From: Mike Stanczyk <stanczyk@p...>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:47:56 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: OT: ATTN: Jon (GZG)
I doubt John K. even blinked at Gilly the pig. Let's see if we can get
him
(re)tell the story about the worst request for use of Gilly...
Mike
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Ground Zero Games wrote:
> >Jon T. 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?
> >
> >Er... does John K. know about this...?
>
> No, they're very, very much NOT for eating..... they are all "pet
pigs",
> kept on an open farm that takes paying visitors (a farm zoo,
effectively).
> It all started with Mary and Dean "rescuing" some pigs that were being
> disposed of by (IIRC) an agricultural college, and they found homes
for
> them on the open farm. Since then, pigs being pigs, several litters of
> piglets have followed, hence the adopt-a-pig scheme to help pay for
the
> keep of the growing sty-full....... ;-)
>
> Jon (GZG)
>
> PS: I think the Dork Tower mailing list has been informed of Gilly's
> existence, and had the URL posted....
> >
> >Later,
> >
> >Oerjan
> >oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
> >
> >"Life is like a sewer.
> > What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
> >-Hen3ry
>
>