On one wall of my kitchen I have five pigs. One is a little copper pan, one is a framed woodcut, two are carved bowls and the last is a carved and painted wood relief. And I have a framed print of a survivor of seventy cock fights, the Yorkshire Hero ( and no, I do not like cock fights but I love this print ) .
Today, as I was filing my glass with some cheap red wine, I glanced at the wall and realized, for the first time, that all the pigs are looking the same way, to the right.
The fighting cock is looking to the left.
What are the odds that all the pigs are looking one way and the sole chicken the other ?
It struck me funny, but then it was not my first glass of cheap red wine.