Our town has the "Ham Festival" every year in October. It is in its 36th year of celebration.
Along Main Street, companies have concrete pig statues painted in a variety of ways on display. All the other people just do a fancy paint job. For example, the bank has the pig painted like money is stuck to it. One business has a paisley pattern painted on the pig.
The developer I share office space with has always had an interesting display set up for the festival. He usually adds extra things to stage a scene. Here are some of the displays from years past:
"Hogwash" - He constructed bubbles and a wash brush that attached to the pig. It looked pretty realistic.
"Swine Flew" - Strapped a jet pack and wings to the pig.
"Swine-ry" - The year the county went wet, he made it look like the pig was stepping in a bucket of grapes to make wine. Fake grapes in a large bucket w/ a pump recirculating colored water.
Anyone have some good ideas to share to try in the future?
Hamcoming Queen - Dress up a real or fake pig.
Pig-in-a-Blanket
Bring a real pot-bellied-pig, with a blanket!
Hamstrung, hang him by a string like a plumb bob.
Hamper, covered in dirty laundry.
IstHamBull, surround hammy with a mosque.
Ham Radio, with knobs and antenna.
Getting HamMered, with a bottle of booze.
Ham Solo, dressed up or frozen in Hambonite.
Hame' Descartes, I pink, therefore I ham.
Making Bacon, two pigs, um, embraced.
Transporkers, Pig turns into that Ham Radio or a truck full of pigs.
Hameo and Juliet, Oh Hameo Hameo, where for art thou Hameo?
Hamlet?
Hambo, with guns and knives and post porkmatic stress disorder.
Igpe Atinle.
Mystery Meat, dressed like Sherlock Holmes or a spy.
Dr. Frank n Swine, or his monster.
Hogtoberfest.
Four pigs going to Europe after winning Pig in a Poke.
Sorry for repeats, took a while to write this list.
I like the Ham Radio and the Hambo suggestions.
James
Kinda dull, but, exceedingly correct. Go with the simple hog structure with lines drawn thereon showing the location of the various cuts of pork, i.e. bacon, ham, cutlets, pig's feet, etc. Label the simple entry as "DINNER".
You can put lipstick on a pig; and it is still a pig....
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Haming it up again Thadd.....
Thanks for all of the replies.
I think there are enough suggestions to keep the pig outfitted for many years to come.
Some very creative ideas.
I did think of an addition to Ham Solo, his sidekick Cowbacca.
Get an outdoor speaker and have it play Mooo in a tone rather like Chewbacca's growl.
