Dia dhuit, Kinsman,

I see that you are man who understands the subtle and intricate art of
banter <g>

Gerard wrote:

>  Persephone, are we to take it the pig was dead at the time?

The pig was mercifully left entire for his long and happy life in a field
behind a tavern on a tiny feudal island until the time came for his
transformation into bacon.

Because I knew the pig well, the tavern-owner did not reveal the source of
the exotic bar meal he served me until there was nothing left but a grin
and a few traces something unnamable on my lips ;-)

Much as I would like to repeat the experience, even I have not the courage
to order some at the butchers <g>

Persephone

"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of
thinking"

Kenneth John Galbraith