I posted the video mainly because it has a boar, rabbits and the voice of Eddie Redmayne. I didn't think about the aspects you mention.
Animated films made by this company are popular with people of all ages. I hope that children will see this one as a joke and not take the messages seriously. The animals are made of clay and are not very realistic.
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Apparently the new Star Wars film is not very good, so I won't go and see it in the cinema. Maybe I will see Early Man when it is released in two weeks' time, then I can report on what happened to the rabbit!
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
“Since Millie Bobby Brown was certain she'd get a chance to see Jeffrey Dean Morgan, she shared videos on Twitter the day before where she impersonated Negan and his "Little pig, little pig" speech used during his arrival in Alexandria.“
I didn't understand the references, but learned that Jeffrey Dean Morgan says, "Little pig, little pig! Let me in!” in an episode of The Walking Dead.
The video is on her Twitter:
Little pig little pig LET ME IN! #TWD
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
This is revenge for his suggestion that by moving south of the river, the US Embassy is in a bad area.
The image was inspired by the giant flying pig balloon that Pink Floyd floated over Battersea Power Station in 1976.
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
The Forest of Dean is becoming overrun with wild boars. There are believed to be more than 1,500 of them roaming the forest, triple the amount four years ago. Some of them are becoming aggressive:
“When Clive Lilley took his dog for a walk in the woods it was lucky he was wearing gloves.
For as he strolled along a woodland track a wild boar burst out of the undergrowth and bit his right hand. Mr Lilley, 53, didn’t realise how serious it was until he took his glove off and found that the boar had bitten off the tip of his forefinger.,But because he was wearing gloves he didn’t lose the fingertip and doctors were able to stitch it back on.”
The Forest of Dean is close to the city of Gloucester, which has associations with Richard III whose device was a boar and where a wild boar was filmed in the city centre, where it had learned to tip bins over.
There is a video in the DM article that shows a boar swimming in a pool and breaking into a high school in Japan!
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
No, I hadn't seen this one. Miley Cyrus is in the picture.
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
The pig discussions started on the DIF after people learned that Peaches was obsessed with pigs. They continued on the CC Forum until it was closed down. Some of the posts are worth repeating.
Thomas Cohen took Peaches to London Zoo for her 23rd birthday in March 2012. This reaction seems a bit excessive:
“…she excitedly ran over to the pigs to coo over them and have her picture taken at their pen. And as she posted a photo on her page, she wrote: 'I FOUND THE PIGS!! My life is complete.'”
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
In September 2012, Peaches and Thomas Cohen had a International Travelling wedding ceremony in a C of E church in which pigs were featured.
"I'm obsessed with pigs – I just think they're adorable so they had to play a part in the wedding," explains Peaches, who wore three custom-made designer gowns on her big day.
The pig shrine attracted a lot of attention:
The reception featured a blue-and-cream-iced wedding cake, decorated with an array of edible pig characters depicting the story of their romance:
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Peaches Tweeted many pictures of Astala with his toy pigs, and some of them were published in the DM.
'Smiling little piglet': Peaches tweeted this photo of Astala surrounded by the pink cuddly toys:
“…she found it particularly hilarious when she left the room only to come back and see Astala with 'Snouty' draped over his head like a hat. She added: 'Oh my god! Just came back into my bedroom and Astala had placed Snouty on his head and was wearing him like Lol!!!!!!'”
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Aardvark is Afrikaans for earth pig or ground pig.
“A heavily pregnant Peaches Geldof, her husband Thomas Cohen and their son Astala meet the Zoo's aardvarks during a visit to ZSL London Zoo on April 2013 ...”
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
A poster on the DIF found a very strange picture on the nanny’s Twitter.
It shows Pixie Geldof and family friend Django Allott in pig masks at what the nanny said was a baby shower that she threw for Peaches in 2012.
The Twitter link no longer works.
I managed to get a copy of the picture, rather blurred but better than nothing:
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Here is a very lucky pig. I wish that they could all be treated like this one:
“A seven-year-old girl has struck up a very unusual friendship... with a 43-stone pig called Rocky.
Alice, from Walsall, West Midlands, has helped to raise Rocky since he was born, and enjoys nothing more than treating him like a human.
The schoolgirl plaits his hair, brushes his coat, and washes his trotters - and even feeds him cake when he's hungry. In fact, the two-and-a-half-year-old Gloucestershire pig is so close to his owner that he lets her apply sun tan lotion to his back, and listens to her when she sings and talks to him.”
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Unseenl this is unbelievable but true it seems. I dont know whatmto make of it but the symbolisms are sickening when one looks deeper into this tales of bygone days.
Lavender’s blue dilly dilly, lavender’s green dilly! When harry shall be king dilly dilly ! Meg shall be queen Dilly!
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
“…the central theme of the Eleusus mysteries centers on the abduction of Persephone into the Underworld by Hades… when bereaved Demeter tried tracing her daughter's footsteps she found them obliterated by those of a pig. As by coincidence at the time of the abduction a herd of pigs was rooting nearby…when the chasm opened to swallow up Persephone, the pigs fell in as well. This is, according to tradition, the reason that pigs play an important role in the rites of Demeter and Persephone. …The festivals included the sacrifice of suckling pigs in a manner suggestive of not only of a human sacrifice but of a gruesome one.”
“In preparation for the procession to Eleusis, ceremonies took place in the nearby Agora, including the bathing, bloodletting, sacrifice and burial of a pig by each initiate. This signalled the start of the symbolic process of letting go, or the death of one’s ‘self’.”
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
I wonder whether there is anything more to keeping pigs as pets than fashion, the hive mind and the Me Too game. It is a good way to attract attention and get publicity.
These two live in west London. They are called Crackling and Snout and go for walks just like dogs:
One of them appeared in the advertisement for a dating website with the Meghan Markle look-alike:
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Mavis is yet another pampered pet pig. She is huge. Her owner said this:
“…she can also be a bit of a madam and if she wants something, she won’t let anything stand in her way, including the wheelbarrow she overturned the other day to get past me to some feed.
And when she’s in season she has a thing for red-haired men…”
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Oz is getting into many threads, and there is a pig connection too. Dorothy falls and hurts herself here:
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
An article from 2014 gives details of how Judy Garland was forced to starve herself for the screen. She went through hell to fit into that blue dress:
“Seventy-five years after The Wizard of Oz was first screened, the way its child star was bullied into a life of dieting and drug addiction still shocks Garland's first feature film – in 1936, when she was 14 – was a musical comedy about college football coaches called Pigskin Parade. MGM let her know that they felt she looked like a "fat little pig with pigtails" on screen and she was put on her first of many diets. Because her calories were so restricted – executives would go so far as to remove a plateful of food when she was about to eat it – “
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
Three boars’ heads - and a bee on a thistle - appear in the Ferguson family crests, badges and coats of arms etc.
There are many different depictions. This is a good example:
"Data! data! data! I can't make bricks without clay!" - Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” - Sir Edward Leithen in "The Power House" by John Buchan
