Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-02-01 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:09 PM 1/30/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/30/2003 7:36:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As a practice it doesnt strike me as silly at all. > As legislation it seems quite silly, especially when you visualise a man in > a suit sportin

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > I brought 3 little ones up to full inflation > this afternoon. I have a > > > little basketball of similar size that I bought > today. I think that > > > even the basketball would hold up bette

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-31 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:03 PM 1/31/2003 -0600, you wrote: Julia wrote: What sort of a ball would be good to give a goat? One that you wouldn't mind getting chewed on. While it's not true that goats will eat almost anything, they are very inquisitive and like to investigate by nibbling. So some sort of ball w

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: What sort of a ball would be good to give a goat? One that you wouldn't mind getting chewed on. While it's not true that goats will eat almost anything, they are very inquisitive and like to investigate by nibbling. So some sort of ball with a very thick skin would be preferabl

Pig toy tale 'anti-Europe rubbish' (was Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys)

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 00:08 30-01-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003041504,00.html PIG farmers have been told they must put TOYS inside every sty - or serve up to three months in prison. Who would you rather believe: CNN or the sensationalist _The Sun_? http://www.cnn.

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 10:16:09PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:47:44PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > I brought 3 little ones up to full inflation this afternoon. I have a > > > little basketball of similar size that I bought today

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia Thompson wrote: Maybe if one of my friends gets pigs, I'll get a basketball to give the pigs. (I think my friends are more likely to get cats, dogs, rodents, maybe horses, or possibly goats before any of 'em would get pigs. What sort of a ball would be good to give a goat?) One that th

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/30/2003 9:11:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What sort of a > ball would be good to give a goat?) Something non-toxic and bigger than their mouth, but not just big enough to get stuck in their horns. What was the name of that Mad Magazine game

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:47:44PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > I brought 3 little ones up to full inflation this afternoon. I have a > > little basketball of similar size that I bought today. I think that > > even the basketball would hold up better. > > Your pigs

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:47:44PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > I brought 3 little ones up to full inflation this afternoon. I have a > little basketball of similar size that I bought today. I think that > even the basketball would hold up better. Your pigs will thank you! -- "Erik Reuter"

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: > *Midwest drawl* > Yeah, so we got a call that there's a pigpen up at Yasger's farm that are > bein' deprived of their rugby ball and we gotta check it out. Word is the > pigs are gettin' antsy and a little depressed. Y'know, nothin' messes up > a good link o' sausage like th

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:09 PM 1/30/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/30/2003 7:36:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As a practice it doesnt strike me as silly at all. > As legislation it seems quite silly, especially when you visualise a man in > a suit sporting

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/30/2003 7:36:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As a practice it doesnt strike me as silly at all. > As legislation it seems quite silly, especially when you visualise a man in > a suit sporting a pig toy inspection badge. Rather than a badge, wou

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >>http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003041504,00.html >>PIG farmers have been told they must put TOYS inside every sty - or >>serve up to three months in prison. > >As a practice it doesnt strike me as silly at all. >As legislation it seems quite silly, especially when

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:21 AM Subject: Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys > On 30 Jan 2003 at 0:08, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > http://www.thesun.co.

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 30 Jan 2003 at 0:08, Robert Seeberger wrote: > http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003041504,00.html > > PIG farmers have been told they must put TOYS inside every sty - or > serve up to three months in prison. Basically we're talking about stuff like footballs and rugby balls. Also stufff

Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-29 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003041504,00.html PIG farmers have been told they must put TOYS inside every sty - or serve up to three months in prison. Failure to get crackling could also mean a £1,000 fine under Brussels trotting-up rules. The law, which entitles the animals to balls, s