No free lunch

Slow Fuse · 10-02-2007, 08:46 PM

CATCHING PIGS
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question.
He asked, " Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke.

"You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man told the professor that that is exactly what he sees happening to America . The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, Tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.
(One should always remember "There is no such thing as a free lunch"; and "You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.)

slow fuse

Broadside · 10-03-2007, 12:17 AM

Yep. Most American species of sheeple don't even care that the gate has been slammed shut many, many years ago. What they won't get until it's way too late is the fact that what can be given, historically, is always taken away.

A-10 · 10-04-2007, 06:19 PM

Ready for the slaughter.

Oxford · 10-04-2007, 07:18 PM

Great parable you related, Slow Fuse! I like your teaching style. It's easy to understand and it's happening all around us.

AK Hunter · 10-04-2007, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Broadside

Yep. Most American species of sheeple don't even care that the gate has been slammed shut many, many years ago. What they won't get until it's way too late is the fact that what can be given, historically, is always taken away.

One thing to remember, when the pigs get, scared, hungry,or mad. They will stamped right through that fence.

meatloaf · 10-05-2007, 02:48 PM

It happens over and over again through out history. The only question is how reinforced is that fence, and can we break through it when the gate is slammed shut.

Idaho Dave · 10-05-2007, 03:09 PM

The point is the pigs, so dependent on the free corn, don't even try to break through the fence. After all what would they do then? Where would they get thier next meal?
Very nice story. Think of that when you get more back for a tax refund then you paid in.

samuel · 10-05-2007, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by meatloaf

It happens over and over again through out history. The only question is how reinforced is that fence, and can we break through it when the gate is slammed shut.

Whats the difference,if we dont break free we will have the greatest freedom of all and no man will rule us. sam.

Cr@ckSH0t · 10-13-2007, 08:10 AM

I wonder....can you keep a pig fenced that can shoot back at you?

Big Dog · 10-13-2007, 03:26 PM

"I wonder....can you keep a pig fenced that can shoot back at you?"

Many in the high political strata are fast working to fix that little problem . . .

Reminds me of someday seeing a sign for "Mrs. Tweedy's Chicken Pot Pies" . . .

And we ARE the chickens . . .

10-02-2007, 08:46 PM	#1
Slow Fuse Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Just back far enough Posts: 77	No free lunch CATCHING PIGS There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government. In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, " Do you know how to catch wild pigs?" The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity. The young man told the professor that that is exactly what he sees happening to America . The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, Tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time. (One should always remember "There is no such thing as a free lunch"; and "You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.) slow fuse

10-04-2007, 06:19 PM	#3
A-10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 732	Ready for the slaughter. __________________ If there's nothing worth dying for, there's nothing worth living for.

10-04-2007, 07:18 PM	#4
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,022 Blog Entries: 4	Great parable you related, Slow Fuse! I like your teaching style. It's easy to understand and it's happening all around us. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

10-05-2007, 03:09 PM	#7
Idaho Dave Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 534	The point is the pigs, so dependent on the free corn, don't even try to break through the fence. After all what would they do then? Where would they get thier next meal? Very nice story. Think of that when you get more back for a tax refund then you paid in. __________________ Living the life

10-13-2007, 08:10 AM	#9
Cr@ckSH0t Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: I dont know, im kinda lost myself Posts: 182	I wonder....can you keep a pig fenced that can shoot back at you? Last edited by Cr@ckSH0t; 10-13-2007 at 08:36 AM.

10-03-2007, 12:17 AM	#2
Broadside Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 20	Yep. Most American species of sheeple don't even care that the gate has been slammed shut many, many years ago. What they won't get until it's way too late is the fact that what can be given, historically, is always taken away.

10-05-2007, 02:48 PM	#6
meatloaf Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lakewood CO Posts: 902 Images: 3	It happens over and over again through out history. The only question is how reinforced is that fence, and can we break through it when the gate is slammed shut.

10-13-2007, 03:26 PM	#10
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,208	"I wonder....can you keep a pig fenced that can shoot back at you?" Many in the high political strata are fast working to fix that little problem . . . Reminds me of someday seeing a sign for "Mrs. Tweedy's Chicken Pot Pies" . . . And we ARE the chickens . . . __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.