Yes, the state of Mississippi is the pilot for the newest of the official Olympic© events. That's right, the state where, according to Charlie Rangel, nobody in their right mind would live, is the premier location for the Overhand Pig Toss!
WEST POINT, Miss. – When pigs fly, indeed. Kevin Pugh, 20, of Cedar Bluff, has been fined $279 for tossing a pig over the counter at the Holiday Inn Express in West Point on Nov. 12. Pugh pleaded guilty Tuesday in city court to a charge of disturbing the peace.
West Point Police Lt. Danny McCaskill has said Pugh didn't know the employees of the hotel. There was no evidence intoxication was a factor.
No one was hurt, including the pig, officers said.
"This was the silliest thing I've ever seen," McCaskill said. "Almost every officer we had was involved because the incidents kept happening at different hours."
McCaskill said Pugh was accused of walking into the hotel and throwing the 60-pound pig over the counter.
"He said it was a prank," McCaskill said. "It must be some redneck thing, because I haven't ever heard of anything like it."
The West Point police also said there have been more incidents, one involved another pitched porker, but another two involved a pegged possum. Now under official Olympic® rules, the substitution of a possum for a pig is only allowed when a) there are no available pigs or b) when bacon was on the menu at the official Olympic§ breakfast for Official Olympicƒ Officials (see rule a). This has caused the Mississippi Inaugural Overhand Pig Toss to be invalidated. On the bright side, the pig who was tossed over the counter at the Holiday Inn Express has resolved the equations for the Unified Field Theory. After all, he stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night.
