Weird News Video #43 -- Wisconsin Hillbilly
Episode #43: So She's Loadin' Up the Truck for a Move to Bev-er-lyyyyy -- from True's 29 March 2009 issue.
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Posted by Michael, Portland, OR on April 6, 2009:
Your editor must be from Oregon. That's how our Milwaukie is spelled. It's a suburb of Portland.
Posted by Becky, True Headquarters on April 6, 2009:
I am from Oregon. D'oh!
Posted by John, Arlington, VA on April 6, 2009:
This is actually happening around the country. Someone had a pet miniature goat in Arlington - it helped keep the grass short and they liked it as a pet.
Then the "I have no control over rules and regulations" people made them get rid of it.
I don't know what a modern review would find, but it might well find that some of these pot-bellied pigs and miniature goats are better than many of the dogs out there.
Posted by Gilbert, Irmo, SC on April 7, 2009:
I have less problem with the pigs and goats people keep as pets than those they elect.
Posted by Jean, Grants Pass OREGON on April 10, 2009:
I was going to write Randy and ask if his title person was from Oregon, and if so, must be forgiven! For those of you who don't get it, Oregon has it's own Milwaukie, and we spell it correctly.
Posted by Jay, CA on April 11, 2009:
This is a rather presumptuous bit of elitist bigoted trash. How about showing a picture of the actual woman and her actual home?
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I didn't compare her to Ellie May, she compared herself. You must think I'm near Milwaukee and can pop over there and take photos. Yeah, I'm in the Coloraddy Territory, but contrary to your presumption it isn't all that close. -rc
Posted by Steve in Waukesha Wisconsin on April 18, 2009:
I live fairly near them and the critter is small and rather cute. Looking at the article as an outsider, yeah, it does sound rather "hickish" but locally it does hurt a bit to be the butt of ridicule. No pun intended. The political side of the story is in the same vein as the kid being kicked out of school for having an allergy pill in their locker. Does anyone question that elected officials can be absolute "asses"? Yet they are allowed to live in the city.
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You don't "allow" them in, you invited them in by electing them! -rc