A Trespass of Swine

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Considerations of humanity and hogritude, because an insufficiency of pigs is one of the great faults of all that the gods have made manifest to man.

The Votaries of Circe

The Votaries of Circe

Porkopolis.org recently added the works of 22 more poets to its Library. Poets who have considered the zeitgeist of Circe’s world and her preference for pigs over men.

Self-sacrifice

Self-sacrifice

It was with particular interest that I noticed how last week’s episode of $#*! (Bleep) My Dad Says on CBS television mentioned a pig that willingly went to slaughter.

Swine Are Sentimentalists

Swine Are Sentimentalists

Swine are sentimentalists in this essential sense – they are thoroughly soaked and swept away merely by the scents that awash their snouts. And it is as healthy to enjoy sentiment as to enjoy turnips. the Porcine Oracle

WordPress 3.0 Pigged

WordPress 3.0 Pigged

I am continually grateful that knowledgeable hard-working people take their personal time to create tutorials, detailed posts, and instructional articles that help total strangers succeed. the Porkopolis.org editor Today, Porkopolis.org has upgraded to the newest version – 3.0 – of WordPress. This is after a phenomenal 3,000,000 other folks, and an undetermined number of pigs, … Read more

Pigs Parachute into Pimlico

Pigs Parachute into Pimlico

We’ve always been English and we’ll always be English; and it’s precisely because we are English that we’re sticking up for our right to be Burgundians! Mrs. Pemberton (played by Betty Warren) in Passport to Pimlico We will perhaps forever debate the true aerodynamic potential of pigs; but here is a quite enjoyable 60-year-old example … Read more

A random image of a pig, hog, boar or swine from the collection at Porkopolis.