Porker may have been world's biggest

Duluth Superior ^

[maui_hawaii]

BEIJING - Chinese officials figure a 1,980-pound pig that died from lack of exercise has a shot at being named the biggest pig ever. And they plan to apply for a listing in the Guinness Book of Records, the government's news agency said Monday.

The pig, which was 8 feet 3 inches long, is already the heaviest ever reported in China, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The beast had a girth of 7 feet, 3 inches and its tusks were 5 3/4 inches long when it died Feb. 5, the agency said. It cited the pig's keeper, Xu Changjin, a farmer in the northeastern province of Liaoning.

The pig lived to be 5 years old - considered long in China, where most pigs are slaughtered by age 3 - and was kept in a "nicely built sty," the report said.

But, "it had grown too big to move around," said Liu Mingyu, a professor at Liaoning University, who said it died from lack of exercise.

China's previous heaviest pig weighed in at 1,540 pounds, Liu said, in Xinhua's report.

[maui_hawaii]

Just Damn!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Jerry Nadler's obituary?

[camle]

yum! all them sausages! all that Ham! all that pork roast!! makes me mouth water just thinking of it!!

[maui_hawaii]

Who is Jerry Nadler?

[cyborg]

Wow he's the first person I thought of *LOL*

[maui_hawaii]

You could definately get some pork chops off of that monster...

[dead]

But, "it had grown too big to move around," said Liu Mingyu, a professor at Liaoning University, who said it died from lack of exercise.

I have to get out of this cubicle and get to the gym.

[Always Right]

I thought this was gonna be about Rosie...

[JeeperFreeper]

We now have a mascot for Congress.

[maui_hawaii]

OUCH!

Someone should stuff the thing and put it in the capital building...

[maui_hawaii]

Good idea. Go to Subway too.

[Chris Talk]

A visiting American congressman said Sunday that had any other country in the world faced the onslaught of Palestinian suicide bombings that have rocked Israel over the last three years they would be "carpet bombing" the Palestinian territories.

"If any country in the world would be attacked the way Israel is they would be carpet-bombing the Palestinian territories," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (Dem.-NY) Nadler said. "If this was America that was attacked we would be using B-52 bombers."

The New York Congressman, who visited the site of Sunday's Jerusalem bombing, blasted those who condemned Israel's construction of a security barrier, which zigzgas in and around the West Bank, and is meant to prevent suicide bombers from entering the country.

[SAMWolf]

Chinese officials figure a 1,980-pound pig that died from lack of exercise has a shot at being named the biggest pig ever.<P. Oh Oh! And Hillary thought she had the title hands down!

[freekitty]

That sure is one big pig.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Short answer: fatass liberal NY congressman.

[Gunslingr3]

Some Pig!

[uncbob]

Ought to be a mascot for our congress

[thoughtomator]

The world's biggest porkers all inhabit the halls of the US Senate.

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