Why are pigs rotten helms?

[jimi]

Any idea?

 

[webcraft]

That's a swine of a question Jimi.

Could it be because they are too portly and so continually overcorrect to starboard?

- Nick

 

[KevB]

Because they are stiffled by the political correctness in the police force and too worried that they may offend someone and end up being sued or repremanded?

 

[Lakesailor]

Cos their trotters keep slipping off the tiller.

 

[Nauti Fox]

Make good boats though!

• Radio Star Set Fire to Dead Pig
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Norway Radio personality, Kristopher Schau, is under heavy fire from animal rights advocates. Last week, during the Norwegian Quart Festival, he attached an engine to a dead pig and used it as a boat.

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[Judders]

Unusual to get a thread about Sheffield United on here?

 

[jimi]

Cos they're hamfisted and get rasher as they mature..

Shall I boar you with a sensible answer?

 

[Colin_S]

Yep - best back this one up

 

[Lakesailor]

They have other skills

 

[Evadne]

I've always found Police launches well helmed and courteous. Wot's your problem?

 

[Twister_Ken]

coz the only place for pigs on a boat is in the bilges?

 

[BlueSkyNick]

cos they don't like it when it gets choppy ?

 

[Metabarca]

S'nout to do wi' their size; it's just that they're ham-fisted and always aim for the trough of the wave,

 

[BlueSkyNick]

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cos they don't like it when it gets choppy ?

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... or the wind and tide create a strong swill ? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[jimi]

... and end up making a complete pigs ear of it ..

 

[tugboat]

But some are more rotten than others (to paraphrase Geoge Orwell)

 

[FullCircle]

Perhaps their skirts get in the way of the wooden tiller thing?

 

[Peppermint]

Re: They\'re not.

It's just that they have very tricky berths, the tidal stream they claim, in Mercury.

 

[jimi]

Re: They\'re not.

Apparently pigs are unable to look up and therefore will not be able to see the wind indicator.

 

[capt_courageous]

They are as least as good if not better than wheelbarrows and naval officers.