One dozen dying pigs please
Duck army, surely
WHY, THIS RUBBER PIG HAS DIED! IT IS A LAUGHABLE NOVELTY! I AM AMUSED AND DELIGHTED, SIR!
whereas now in 2023 we’re much more sophisticated with our
:.|:;
Excluding all the terrible things about the past, it seems like it ruled.
They were balloons with ears and noses. The noise they made can be recreated by blowing up a balloon and pinching the hole as you let the air out.
Aren’t they more similar to a whoopee cushion than a balloon?
I heard in my head this ad as being read by a Brit
It could easily be a Monty Python skit
Huh. These things are a central plot point in Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. I always thought Agatha Christie just made them up.
The closest I could find https://www.amazon.com/Toysmith-Barnyard-Squealers-Balloons-Reusable/dp/B08VR9BJVM
Only $8 for 20? It seems inflation hasn’t hit Old McDonald’s farm yet. I always knew that bastard was a socialist.
Those are flying instead of dying, i want the real one!
Whenever I see these kind of posts, I wonder how many “dying pigs” I currently own.
How could you not know whether or not you own a squealing dying resurrectible pig?
Check whether or not your friends are amused and delighted. That should give you a hint.
The pigs are an anachronism. I just often wonder how many things I own today will be looked upon like this dying pig is.
anachronism? I think you mean analogy or metaphor.
a·nach·ro·nism: a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
Take my money now!
