Still More Bad British Bacon

Even though the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or RSPCA is in a state of denial about it, the fact is that British bacon is going bad at an astonishing rate. The Animal Uprising™ is using pigs as shock troops in Britain. In the latest incident, a herd of sinister savage swine acting like soccer hooligans attacked and beat a man. Um. Actually, it is awfully hard to tell them apart at this distance, isn't it? But back to our story:

The 51-year-old man was knocked over by a sow at a Norfolk farm, prompting the rest of the herd to attack him.

"It seems that when he fell, he was attacked by one of the sows and then the other pigs joined in," a Norfolk police spokesman told Reuters.

"He suffered bumps and bruises and a head injury though it is not considered to be life-threatening."

Police spokesmen also are playing dumb. They say they have not heard of any other incidents involving pigs attacking humans. Ahem. Perhaps they should read Blue Crab Boulevard so they would be up to date on all the really important news. We appear to be better informed than the British authorities. We're not really surprised. Or modest.