June 29, 2007: Pig toys

[monster]

Oh i'd forgotten -the Brit and American versions differ. When the two pigs are touching (and you lose all your points) it's called "Makin' Bacon" in the UK version, but something a little cleaner here -"Pig Out" maybe?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Two different games, one you throw dice and one you through the pigs. The more I see the "big brother" rules being imposed by the EU, the more I wonder about it's future.

[monster]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Two different games, one you throw dice and one you through the pigs.

Eh? You throw the pigs in both versions of the pig game, you throw the dice in craps. What's your point?

The more I see the "big brother" rules being imposed by the EU, the more I wonder about it's future.

huh?

I'll have whatever you're smoking.....

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by monster

Eh? You throw the pigs in both versions of the pig game, you throw the dice in craps. What's your point?

Pass the Pigs is a commercial version of the dice game, Pig
Each turn involves one player throwing two model pigs, each of which has a dot on one side only.

PIG OUT is a party game in which players take a pig character (including Burnt out Boaris the drunken lout, Lady Gammon Steak a toffee nosed sow ...) and place them at the start which is at the center of a playing board that spirals outwards to the finish.
Players move from start to finish, based on dice rolls attempting to collect a total of six donuts on the way.

You were saying?

Originally Posted by Bruce

The more I see the "big brother" rules being imposed by the EU, the more I wonder about it's future.

Originally Posted by monster

huh?
I'll have whatever you're smoking.....

Pig farmers in Britain are worried about increasing government regulation as a European regulation requiring hogs to have access to "manipulable material" is about to be enshrined into U.K. law.

This is just one of the EU regulations, from beer in Germany to Denmark having to give Ireland the 900 year old ship they salvaged from a fjord a few years ago just because the timber came from Ireland, that grate on one country or another. If this sort of thing continues, I wonder how long the EU will survive.

[monster]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You were saying?

Oh, I see, sorry. I misunderstood your comment, I see now it was aimed at BigVs comment.

This is just one of the EU regulations, from beer in Germany to Denmark having to give Ireland the 900 year old ship they salvaged from a fjord a few years ago just because the timber came from Ireland, that grate on one country or another. If this sort of thing continues, I wonder how long the EU will survive.

Fair point. However, your original comment was in the same paragraph so appeared to be about the games, not the pig care laws and that was a bit wtf.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Your right, I just typed what I was thinking without giving context. My bad.