I thought that the little piggy who "went to market" was just doing a bit of shopping until about two years ago. I'm 52. - ThreadSky

soapachu.bsky.social • 15 days ago

I thought that the little piggy who "went to market" was just doing a bit of shopping until about two years ago. I'm 52.

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scientits.bsky.social•15 days ago

I found out the real meaning a few years back and I'm not happy about it at all so I am going to continue to believe it was just doing a bit of piggy shopping

soapachu.bsky.social•15 days ago

I always imagined him with a little wicker basket and everything

stopfordianneil.bsky.social•15 days ago

When they were younger (4/5 years old) both my daughters had a competition dance called ‘French taking a lamb to market’

It was only a couple of years ago that I inadvertently let the cat out of the bag about why said lamb was going to the market.

awp.christies.org.uk•15 days ago

He wanted a fresh baguette?

stopfordianneil.bsky.social•15 days ago

Du pain. Du vin. Du Boursin. Et un lamb.

awp.christies.org.uk•15 days ago

You'll never take him alive

awp.christies.org.uk•15 days ago

See, I think children's nursery rhyme books play into this. I'm *sure* it's always illustrated with little piggy taking his bag for life and cheerfully waving goodbye to his chums.

And not, y'know, the other thing.

soapachu.bsky.social•15 days ago

I have a very strong visual memory of a colourful, cheery illustration which looked exactly like this, rather than piggy hanging in the back of a Luton

awp.christies.org.uk•15 days ago

Exactly. It's not that we were all painfully naïve, it's that we were being lied to!

soapachu.bsky.social•15 days ago

That's childhood in one pithy sentence.