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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/30/mosque.pig.ap/index.html

"I would be like a total idiot if I didn't. I'd be the laughingstock now because I've gone too far."

Well, looks like this just beat the buzzer to qualify as the stupidest thing ever said in 2006. :p

I also like this quote:

Resident Susan Canavespe said the pig racing wasn't mean-spirited -- "It's just Texas-spirited."


Imagine what else you can get away with by just being a Texan.

So, who won?

Nothing like sitting back on the porch with a cold beer, big steak and watching a pig race. Yee-haw!

"What a twat" comes to mind.

I also like this quote:

Resident Susan Canavespe said the pig racing wasn't mean-spirited -- "It's just Texas-spirited."


Imagine what else you can get away with by just being a Texan.
You can get away with a lot of rude behavior. Trust me. I deal with it nearly every day.

You can get away with a lot of rude behavior. Trust me. I deal with it nearly every day.

Ah. Texan Behavior.

Trilby63;12154361']So, who won?
There's a video. Although apparently I can't play it because I don't have WMP on my computer - which makes me wonder what I'm currently using to listen to music...

I like this:

"Baker plans to continue the weekly pig races until interest dwindles"

People will turn out in force to watch dogs, horses and people race, so why not pigs? I reckon with some good advertising he could get way more than 100 people there.

Okay, gang, enough laughing. The guy thought that they were asking him to get off of the land his family had been on for over 100 years. Read the article. He has a fair reason to try to get back at them with his pig races.

Lol.

"Resident Susan Canavespe said the pig racing wasn't mean-spirited -- "It's just Texas-spirited."

That has to be one of the dumbest/coolest thing anyone has ever said.

Okay, gang, enough laughing. The guy thought that they were asking him to get off of the land his family had been on for over 100 years. Read the article. He has a fair reason to try to get back at them with his pig races.
The guy’s an intolerant prick.

Okay, gang, enough laughing. The guy thought that they were asking him to get off of the land his family had been on for over 100 years. Read the article. He has a fair reason to try to get back at them with his pig races.
Actually, the whole matter was cleared up before he staged the pig race, then he went ahead with it anyway. Clearly, the man's a plonker.

The guy’s an intolerant prick.

They wanted to build a mosque on his land. He had every right to assume they wanted him off of it entirely.

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Oh fuck it, even I can't play Devil's Advocate for this asshole.

Actually, the whole matter was cleared up before he staged the pig race, then he went ahead with it anyway. Clearly, the man's a plonker.

Plonker lol. I resolve to use that word often in 2007.

They wanted to build a mosque on his land. He had every right to assume they wanted him off of it entirely.

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Oh fuck it, even I can't play Devil's Advocate for this asshole.

The important thing is you 'tried'...

Plonker lol. I resolve to use that word often in 2007.
I almost used 'wally'. Use that more as well.

I also like this quote:

Resident Susan Canavespe said the pig racing wasn't mean-spirited -- "It's just Texas-spirited."


Imagine what else you can get away with by just being a Texan.

Seems like the place for this.

http://www.qsl.net/w5www/top40.html

# 40. Oh I just couldn't, heck, she's only sixteen.

# 39. I'll take Shakespeare for 1000, Alex.

# 38. Duct tape won't fix that...

Okay, gang, enough laughing. The guy thought that they were asking him to get off of the land his family had been on for over 100 years. Read the article. He has a fair reason to try to get back at them with his pig races.

Except that he admits he was wrong and is going through with the pig races anyway. :p