15-06-2020, 10:06 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Alright so pigs can’t fly, but they are very smart.
“It was believed that pigs could see the wind rising, and if they gathered straws in their mouths, a big storm was coming. ... Pigs are supposed to be scared of mirrors. Scientists have found that pigs do recognise themselves in mirrors, one of the few animals intelligent enough to do so” Wiki.Apr 17, 2016.
I would imagine if a pessimistic Pig looked in the mirror it would see a ham sandwich looking back, no wonder Pigs look so depressed all the time.
We all told our children the story of the three little Pigs, and how the clever one was saved from the big bad Wolf, what we didn’t tell them was that the surviver ended up on a humans breakfast plate as Rashers, sausages, and black pudding, talk about going from the frying pan into the fire, so who was the worst villain, the hungry Wolf or the hypocritical human telling the tale?
I remember my dear old Granny saying many years ago that Pigs could see the wind, she was a country woman and had loads of different expressions and superstitions, Peacocks were unlucky birds, a woman whistling was also bad luck, as was opening an umbrella in the house.
Thankfully my missus leaves her umbrella in the porch umbrella stand outside the house and she can’t whistle because her upper dentures fall down when she tries.
This is true, I once gave an old favourite Aunt of mine a present of a silver and marcasite Peacock brooch for Christmas, she died the following February from a heart attack, no kiddin’, she was 61 at the time, no more peacock jewellery presents from me to anyone I liked, although I did dabble with the idea of giving a silver peacock handled walking cane to a miserable old Uncle of mine I never liked, but decided that if anything happened to him I’d never get a good nights sleep again.
Phyllis once mail ordered a silky night robe with a big colourful Peacock embossed on the back of it, the post office van delivering it was robbed and burned out during the troubles, so much for Peacocks and me.
The bit above about Pigs looking in the mirror and recognising themselves I find interesting, I mean how did the scientists know the Pigs recognised themselves? The egoistic Pigs will soon be taking selfies of themselves and posting them on ‘Pork Puss”, the new social media site for Pigs.
By the way, never confide in a Pig, they are notorious for squealing.
Next week I’ll be mentioning the much neglected Giraffe, this ancient and noble creature is seldom if ever written about and missing from most children’s stories and songs, you have Mickey Mouse, Roland Rat, Wally Gator, Lassie the Dog, Felix the Cat etc., but never a mention of Giles the Giraffe?
Did you know that they used to think the Giraffe had two hearts in order to pump blood the two meters up to it’s head? they actually only have one heart and how they manage it is still a mystery to science. That’s why they are such humble creatures, very little goes to their heads. It must be agony for the poor things when they get a two meters long sore throat.