This Little Piggy is... GONE!

Have you seen this little piggy? Just try to find him anywhere! He's Knorbert, and he's been removed, whole hog, from the Internet. Why? He's offensive. Just look at him, a little hoodlum actually, and formerly a mascot for Fortis Bank in Europe. Someone determined that this little swine was bad for business. Maybe so. If your business is to cater to money, and a potential pot of money is held by folks who don't like pigs -- axe the pig! After all, the Jews have considered the pig unclean for... wha? Huh? Excuse me... Not the Jews? Another group doesn't like pigs? Well, whatever the case, business is business. Reminds me of the time that the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas had to reconfigure their entire entrance because a particular clientele found it "unlucky" to walk into their lobby through the mouth of a giant lion. Hey, if your casino is considered 'unlucky,' who's going to gamble there? Slay the lion!

Two Points:

Start collecting piggy banks NOW because they are on the way out! A neighbor told me he was going to throw out a piggy bank he received from his bank. Being the savvy speculator, I casually said (masking my thrill to acquire a true collectible), "Oh, my kids would use it." MINE!

Secondly, "As Pastor Martin Niemoller might have said, "First they came for Piglet and I did not speak out because I was not a Disney character...Then they came for the Three Little Pigs, and Babe, and by the time I realized the Western world had turned into a 24/7 Looney Tunes, it was too late, because there was no Porky Pig to stammer, "Th-th-th-that's all folks!""" (Thanks to Mark Steyn for that one.)

Wallowing,