[Closed] So some firemen saved some pigs and subsequently got sausages made from them..

Yup.
Apparently the sausages were delicious.

I'm going to have sausages for lunch now.

Take that veggies!

Sounds reasonable - can't even see this as a "story"

Rachel

I'm a firefighter and am currently eating a sausage butty. Not sure I would eat sausages made from pigs I had rescued though. Saying that, probably would if I was hungry.

Radio 2 sees it as a story 🙄

As a farmers son we didn't eat lamb during lambing that was it...

Apparently it's a moral issue 😆

Radio 2

There's the problem!

The Greenfell Tower victims must currently be sh*tting themselves!!

Since getting sheep I don't eat lamb anymore 😥

I agree it's a none story but can appreciate why oeople are up in arms. What's next? Cat burgers made from a cat rescued from the top of a tree? Granny burger made from... well. You can see the theme developing. 🙂

People are stupid.

Should the pigs suddenly become pets because they survived a fire!?

It's a story because it has a delicious irony innit, much like the apparently delicious sausages they enjoyed.

I don't eat meat but realise that others do.

If they'd left them another 10 minutes they wouldn't even have to cook them.

Some pigs not surviving a fire, pictured recently.

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Seems like they wasted hard working British tax payers money on avoiding having a free hog roast.

Having just been quoted the price of said hog roast, I say heads should roll....

Reality Outrage!

Most folks think the shop Iceland is actually the island Iceland.

So actually it was actually "out of the fire and into the frying pan" all along

out of the fire and into the frying pan?

EDIT: Damn! Beaten by 37 seconds. (GSOH Zokes)

tomhoward - Member

I say heads should roll....

I say sausages should roll...

Mmmmm...sausages...

dougiedogg - Member

And people are outraged!

Is that not what the pigs were raised for?

To be fair, it's a big shock to people when they learn that sausages don't grow in tescos.

When I was around 11 I was with my dad when we called in to a pig farm so he could see how the damping down was going. It had been rather well alight the night before and it's not a sight or smell I shall easily forget!

When Harvey's brewery in Lewes had a fire they brewed a special beer to celebrate the event and the work of the fire brigade in saving the brewery. A good few bottles of that were distributed to the firemen. Better than a sausage any day.

I'm outraged that we are assuming people are actually outraged by this outrage.

The only issue I have with this story is I ended up spitting toothpaste all over my bathroom mirror when I heard it on the radio this morning

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Were the outraged people vegetarians or vegans? Would it have been OK if the farm had given the firefighters sausages made from different pigs?

I think there was a vegan on the phone in. They were ethically outraged.

What, sausages don't grow on trees? 😯

If I saved a {insert edible animal here}, I'm not sure how comfortable I would be eating it at a later date. Especially if each pig was named while alive and a label was put on each individual sausage to say which pig it was part of...

You'd be more outraged if you knew which parts of each pig were in your sausage.

beefheart - Member
You'd be more outraged if you knew which parts of each pig were in your sausage.

Lips, hooves and arseholes.

Tasty, though!

Great thing about pigs is that you can eat pretty much everything but the oink.

Especially if each pig was named while alive

We name all our pig club weaners. It's usually something sympathetic like Chop or Loin mind. 😆

Lips, hooves and [b]arseholes[/b].

Isn't the arsehole just a hole? How many holes do you get in the average sausage?

Classic conflict of interest - I'm surprised the revenue haven't been after them given the generally humourless world we now live in.

A few people moaned on social media, that's all.

It's social media - what do you ****ing expect? BBC should be above this kind of crap.

Since getting sheep I don't eat lamb anymore

You've realised how much more tastyful mutton is??

Smoked sausages?

The Greenfell Tower victims must currently be sh*tting themselves!!

That made me proper lol 🙂

beefheart - Member
You'd be more outraged if you knew which parts of each pig were in your sausage.
Lips, hooves and arseholes.

Tasty, though!

Great thing about pigs is that you can eat pretty much everything but the oink.

Subject to a debate about the status of fish and molluscs I haven't eaten meat for 32 years and I can't see any thing to be outraged or even mildly irritated about in this.

I found it a bit odd that she'd served the pigs they saved, I'd also love a job where I had time to cook sausages.

I found it a bit odd that she'd Service the pigs they saved

😯

I hope that was a predictive text fail.

Rebecca Loos?

I also failed to edit it in time. 😳

I'd also love a job where I had time to cook sausages.

From talking to a firefighter mate of mine there does seem to be quite a bit of dossing around, playing pool/cards/practical jokes, eating, sleeping that goes on when they are not on actual shouts or doing training/maintenance etc.

Cushy job apart from the crap pay, grim work and possibility of being burned alive.

Well, seeing as the firemen saved the farmer many thousands of pounds in lost revenue had they not saved all the livestock, which were intended for the table anyway, so it's only right that the firemen should have some samples.
Of course, the vegan contingent were suitably outraged, but I've yet to hear any rational explanation as to what would happen to the millions of animals should everyone turn vegan.

Of course, the vegan contingent were suitably outraged, but I've yet to hear any rational explanation as to what would happen to the millions of animals should everyone turn vegan.

I'm not even a vegan or veggie and I think this is a ridiculous thing to write.

And I'm sure most of the "vegan contingent" couldn't give a toss about this non-story.

I'm not even a vegan or veggie and I think this is a ridiculous thing to write.

And I'm sure most of the "vegan contingent" couldn't give a toss about this non-story.

Aside from the notion that it was only vegans complaining (I've no idea whether it was or not but I doubt it),

I've been veggie since the early 90s and I'd concur. "Pigs raised to be sausages are turned into sausages" is hardly news, unless people are oblivious / in denial as to where their food comes from. It's absolutely right that the firemen should get a share, seems like a nice thing to do (unless you're a pig, at any rate).

As ever with any demographic, it's the vocal minority giving the rest a bad name.

I'm neither veggie or vegan if it helps.

Is [i]anyone[/i] genuinely "outraged" at this?

Surely most people are just amused by the irony of the situation?

Yup I'm just bemused.

A quick look on the twit shows that some people are upset.

@mekosoff 8h8 hours ago
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i will NOT read the story about the pigs who got served to the firefighters who saved them as sausages WHY are you all sharing this sad news

@thehouseofcats 15h15 hours ago
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Seriously, how ****** up is this? Baby pigs rescued from a fire have been barbecued as sausages by firefighters' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-41012135 …

@thevnicelife 9h9 hours ago
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It's disgusting the heartless farmers slaughtered those pigs rescued by firefighters who risked their lives to save them!

This one nailed it for me, though!

Jenni Tilton-Flood? @jtiltonflood 9h9 hours ago
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#BreakingNews out of the U.K.: sausage comes from pigs.

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And I'm sure most of the "vegan contingent" couldn't give a toss about this non-story.

I'm not sure if that idea arose from my post wondering whether those outraged were vegetarians or vegans - I was more angling at the hypocrisy of those who aren't.

Though it does appear that PETA are outraged by this.

From talking to a firefighter mate of mine there does seem to be quite a bit of dossing around, playing pool/cards/practical jokes, eating, sleeping that goes on when they are not on actual shouts or doing training/maintenance etc.

Cushy job apart from the crap pay, grim work and possibility of being burned alive.

The sad thing is that in some torybot mind, the lack of regular fires is probably being factored into a justification for cutting funding. Before employing one of their management consultant mates at £1,000 a day to investigate whether the supply of fires could be better organised to maximise fire service capacity, of course.

Yep, clearly the best solution is to follow the NHS example: close local fire services and refer fires to a regional centre of excellence two hours away. 😆

Though it does appear that PETA are outraged by [s]this.[/s] everything, ever.

FTFY

Though it does appear that PETA are outraged by this.

PETA are idiots though.

vegan for almost 30 years here; don't see the issue of a pig farm that happened to have had a fire making sausages from its pigs. they'd have done it, fire or not. people (vegetarian, vegan or omnivore) being outraged by this are stupid.

No one was shocked that a pig farm turned pigs into sausage, the point is the sausage she served was from the pigs they saved. Why not just other pigs? It's a bit odd.

I really cant see the issue.

I'm off to play pool/snooker/wash car /eat some animal products/have a nap/ surf the internet/ shower/then go home

* Puts hand up* I must confess, when I first heard the story, my initial reaction was along the "that's grotesque!*" line. But, on reflection, it's me and I hope they were both A) delicious and B) enjoyed by the fire folk. 🙂

* For clarity I DO listen to Radio Two but I don't read the Heil. Mrs Pondo does, drives me mad.

I find it just odd she server the very pigs they saved, no issues with it as such just find it strange.

Why is it odd? Would it be odd if the firefighters saved some fruit trees and got given some jam made from the fruit they later produced?

It's a funny old world. But the outrage is symptomatic of a society that takes no responsibility for where its food comes from. My lad studies Rural Enterprise and Land Management at a Uni that is a vast working farm. On the open day for his course we were being shown the chickens which the guide told us were destined for Tesco. "Why do Tesco want your chickens?" asked a prospective student "They've already got loads of their own."

Why is it odd?

I said I find it odd I don't expect everyone to have the same thoughts. Like I said serving up the pig they saved is the issue for me.

Would it be odd if the firefighters saved some fruit trees and got given some jam made from the fruit they later produced?

You tend not to chop down fruit trees when picking fruit. 🙄

Maybe the pigs that were saved were the only pigs they had left? 18 piglets and 2 sows survived the fire according to the article, were they supposed to make sausages from the ones that didn't survive?

[quote=Drac ]I said I find it odd I don't expect everyone to have the same thoughts.

That's fine - I'm quite happy for you to find it odd, just curious why. Sorry if it came across any other way!

You tend not to chop down fruit trees when picking fruit.

Fair enough. How about they saved some fields of barley and got given the beer?

That's fine - I'm quite happy for you to find it odd, just curious why. Sorry if it came across any other way!

No it didn't but cheers for the apology anyway.

Fair enough. How about they saved some fields of barley and got given the beer?

Ah! Good one. Not sure why but more comfortable with that.

Maybe the pigs that were saved were the only pigs they had left? 18 piglets and 2 sows survived the fire according to the article, were they supposed to make sausages from the ones that didn't survive?

I doubt they were the only ones as it was just one barn and they would have been brought in for the birth of the piglets before going back out. If they were then they just slaughtered the only pigs they had which would be a bad move.

The solution to the 'problem' of inefficiency in the fire service has just suggested itself to me. I can't believe I hadn't thought of this before, it is the logical conclusion of the whole of society being one big market

Zero hours contracts!

We define the job as solely 'putting out fires' we work out, therefore, that fire service personnel are essentially casual temporary workers. We redefine the fire station as a social club where people gather on the off chance of some work. We impose a zero hours contract so that we don't pay them when they don't actually have a hose pipe in hand, but we insist they have to be ready and on call and can't be anywhere else. We might be able to chuck them a few replica football shirts to stitch on the quiet, maybe.

I thought about making them buy their own gear as well, but that's just stupid. The public purse can provide the gear, but we can outsource the maintenance of that gear to some of my mates in the private sector, maybe like Serco who will then charge £230 odd to put up a coat hook (real world example from the NHS).

This is what the Tories are doing to our public services.

We define the job as solely 'putting out fires

Excellent.

Who are you going to get to do the other stuff we do?

Who are you going to get to do the other stuff we do?

Contractors. G4S are meant to be awesome and they must be because they are in the private sector.

Please reread my posts on this thread and realise I am taking the piss and I am on your side. 🙄

Who are you going to get to do the other stuff we do?

Depends if you mean plumbing or tiling jobs?

As a vegetarian I think more of the outrage came from meat eaters having the dots connected for them on the telly box.

"WHAT? This thing I have to eat in every meal comes from an animal?! That's distrusting!!"

Except that isn't what happened.

Drac - Moderator
Except that isn't what happened.

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Depends if you mean plumbing or tiling jobs?

Nah No time! we're to busy doing EMR propping up the failing ambulance service.

Too true.

So DannyH you're telling me that meat eaters didn't think that the meat from animals?

Was telling a farmer mate of mine about this story and my 7 year old daughter overheard.

[i]"[Farmer], do you eat your pigs?"[/i]

He looked at her innocent wide-eyed expression, looked at his petting area with children cooing over the pigs, and lied [i]"Oooh no, our pigs are just for show."[/i]

To which my sweet daughter replied "[i]Oh you should. I like pig, especially bacon"[/i] 😆

Don't mention Bacon on STW!

Drac - Moderator
So DannyH you're telling me that meat eaters didn't think that the meat from animals?

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**** me! If everyone is so determined to completely miss my point, I give up.

The point of putting up a pic of King Canute was to draw a comparison to the mods' job of holding back a tide of ignorance, stupidity and entrenched opinions and to do so with a straightforward and sensible refutation is probably a waste of time.

If people are so up for an argument that they jump on someone who is actually supporting them, I don't know where to go next.

Tell you what, shall I meet you and bruneep for a pint? I can then deliberately spill your drinks so you can have a pop? 🙄