I ask you, dear local readers, because my wife and I are completely flabbergasted by the pigs on the port signs. No explanation is offered for what appears to be plagiarism of Seattle's shtick. Occult symbol? Historical reference? Political favor? Why pigs?
Jun 16, 2007
why are there pigs on Port of Olympia signs?
I ask you, dear local readers, because my wife and I are completely flabbergasted by the pigs on the port signs. No explanation is offered for what appears to be plagiarism of Seattle's shtick. Occult symbol? Historical reference? Political favor? Why pigs?
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It has to do with the Flying Pig of the farmers market. It is a cryptic element, I'll admit, but it did remind me. But, if I was a new visitor to Olympia (who I assume would be the only people who don't know their way around town enough to know where we keep our port), using the pig is pretty senseless.
You can kind of see the pig in this apron.
I guess that makes some kind of sense. Last night, when stumped for the pig signs' origin, I told my wife, "I'm going to blog this, and Emmett O'Connell is going to know the answer." How right I was.
Best part of my day so far was reading the above comment.
Thanks Jim.
Hi don't know if this is an active blog still but I saw this post and had to comment. I grew up in Portland and we have Fleet Week during our Rose Festival. "Pig in a port" is an old naval term for a contest where sailors in port on leave would go out and find the least attractive girl and bring her back to the ship to show their shipmates and then maybe vote which girl was the most least attractive. I highly doubt this is the reason why there are pigs on the Port of Olympia signs. It's a cruel thing. I mention this just because your blog entry reminded me of what I had heard about pigs in port. I think it's kind of ironic as well because there is a superstition about pigs on a boay. Many sailors won't transport pigs on their boats or even allow the word to be spoken. Pigs are considered to be bad luck because they can't swim.
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