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Title: Pig Fart, Australia Post by: dystopia on November 30, 2009, 02:03:49 PM Pig farts spark Australia gas scare http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiaanimalpigoffbeat Quote SYDNEY (AFP) – A flatulent pig sparked a gas emergency in southern Australia when a farmer mistook its odours for a leaking pipe, according to officials. Fifteen firefighters and two trucks were called to a property at Axedale in central Victoria state after reports of a gas leak, the Country Fire Service said. "When we got there, as we drove up the driveway, there was this huge sow, about a 120-odd kilo (265-pound) sow, and it was very obvious where the gas was coming from," said fire captain Peter Harkins. (more...) ... |