George Wharton Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I've been an East Dulwich dweller for a few years now, thought i'd join up after lurking for a while. I just wondered if any other ED'ers had seen the pig that was running along the side of the road on East Dulwich Grove (the schools end) - i saw it on Saturday, mid afternoon, and wondered where it had come from. Anybody know about this or saw it? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 That was no pig, that was my wife...boom boom. (Sorry, old and very sexist joke). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annasfield Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Was it Spider Pig? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Wharton Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 What is Spider Pig? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I think it's a Simpsons joke... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 but as a previous lurker you will be aware of how quickly things can get silly on here ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Wharton Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Indeed it can get out of hand, but it helps pass the time of day.So to clarify, there was a pig of the non-Spider variety sighted in East Dulwich. I'm sure i wasnt the only one to see this. Maybe this could become the ED equivalent of the Cornish Great White sighting, although a pig might not have quite the same news-worthiness. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Can't say I saw the pig - and to my knowledge there were no fairs/fete's happening nearby where one might possibly expect a pig to escape from. William Rose is a bit far away (and doesn't handle livestock AFAIK) so I can't help - but I am intrigued Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Or the beast of Bodmin Moor.Soon there will be fraught postings about lost cats around the area that owners will fear may have been victim to the Oglander Old Spot!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 ?tis the beast of Sydenham. It hath heard tell of the delights of Lordship Lane and ventured forth to investigate. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 The beast of Sydenham made an appearance in my East Dulwich garden once! I kid you not. It was not a pig though but it did nearly eat one of my cats and leapt my 7 foot fence when I chased it with my chef's knife! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asset Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 was it pot-bellied (or you?). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Wharton Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Asset Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> was it pot-bellied (or you?).From what i saw the pig wasn't "low riding". I will ask my wife who was in the car with me if she can remember anything unusual about the pig and report back. Although seeing a pig in itself was rather unusual. I will also ask her about my pot belly. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annasfield Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Spider Pig, Spider Pig, does whatever a Spider Pig does..... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spadetownboy Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 have we got a description Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Small, pink, cloven-hoofed, porcine quadriped. Answers to the name of Babe. Not known to be dangerous to humans unless under-cooked but approach with caution. Police advise that salt helps with the crackling. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 this pig is soooo going to be running around a lounge very soon Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostThePlot Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 ratty Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> The beast of Sydenham ... when I chased it> with my chef's knife!You have your own chef?...Sorry, must not be a pedant... ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spadetownboy Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 david_carnell Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Small, pink, cloven-hoofed, porcine quadriped. > > Answers to the name of Babe. > > Not known to be dangerous to humans unless> under-cooked but approach with caution. > > Police advise that salt helps with the crackling.does it have a curly tail and like wallowing in mud? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Wharton Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 I asked my wife and like myself thought this was a classic pig, as in pink, not an exotic breed. It probably was a foot off the ground, not massive, not young so it could run rather than waddle. Lost sight of it after we passed the school so who knows where it went. Is it possible to keep a pig as a pet? Could it belong to someone on ED grove? Anyone know a friend of a friend with a pig? My wife thinks i should let my pig fascination go and maybe get on with my life. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 There may be some Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall types in the area. Surprised they haven't posted any missing pig posts.Of course more likely to have been eaten by people than foxes. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 People do keep pigs as pets. The preferred breed is the Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig. One of my friends in South Africa had one. They tend to be favored by ?alternative? arty types who think it will make them interesting to have a pig as a pet. Then they realise that it actually takes an awful lot of training and looking after or else it eats your furniture. Unfortunately many of them end up being sent of to farms* where piggy wiggy becomes baky wacon. *The pigs not the ?alternative? arty types. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostThePlot Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Brendan Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> *The pigs not the ?alternative? arty types.Sadly.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Some decent barbie weather has finally turned up...anyone find this pig I'm gonna spit roast it in honey. All welcome. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spadetownboy Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 kind of makes me homesick all this talk of pigs etc roaming around the place,manys the time when i was living back home,the town centre would be closed off as some farmer ran his cattle,sheep,pigs through the town,mind you now when i think of it the place used to stink to high heaven afterwards,so maybe not so nostalgic after all. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1160-runaway-pig/#findComment-30445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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