long ago, beffore sewer systems and plumbing, towns would let pigs roam free in the street, and the pigs would serve the town as a sort of garbage disposal system. Not the healthiest thing, but they realized the importance of having something around to clean up, and thus it was a capitol crime to hurt or kill one of these pigs
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Date: 2006-10-25 07:02 am (UTC)