Sometimes I wish I hadn't learned the truth! When I was a little kid I thought that "This little

[Floyd R. Turbo]

piggy went to market.” meant it went shopping!

[Walleye]

1. I thought the same thing

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 😢

[dchill]

3. What did "This little piggy had roast beef" mean?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. Pigs are omnivores and will eat anything.

[dchill]

5. Maybe not all of them. One of them had none.

And what about the little French one?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Had none" meant it wasn't ready for slaughter. I'm not familiar with the French one.

[dchill]

7. The one who cried "Oui, oui, oui" all the way home!

[Permanut]

8. You'll be here all week, right?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Ha! 😁

[debm55]

9. That's because in the children's poems and books, animals are humanized. We associated went to the market and shopping

as the same. The reality was that going to the market was not the same as shopping. But in our young minds it was.

[Scrivener7]

10. Oh crap!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. 😢

[Mad_Dem_X]

13. Yeah, I just learned the truth a few days ago!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. 😢

[sl8]

15. Sorry, but that's just silly.

I thought everyone knew he really went to a nice farm. Upstate, if I'm not mistaken.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

16. You wouldn't tell porkies now would you? 🐷

[sl8]

17. If a porky is like a fib, no, of course not.

Well, hardly ever. On Saturday mornings, between 8 & 9, anyway. And, excepting autumn, winter and spring, of course.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. It is! Cockney slang: "Tell a lie, porky pie."

[sl8]

19. You tricked me.

I didn't plan on learning anything today. It's Saturday!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. Mea culpa!😇

[Scrivener7]

21. WAIT!!! JUST WAIT!!! You mean my pet rabbit DIDN'T go to a nice farm upstate???

I feel faint...

[sl8]

22. Hey, talk to Floyd - he's the one telling awful truths this week. :) nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

24. 😢

[Laffy Kat]

23. Of course the piggy went shopping!!! nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. 😬