🐷 The Pig Story

A perfect name to call a pig that always talks too much is Hogwash.

 

    One day, two pigs named Earl and Ernie were working at their jobs at an insurance company.

Ernie and Earl worked all day long and were in desperate need of a break or at least something different in their lives. This particular day started as normal. Earl and Ernie clocked in, went to their respective cubicles, and worked until it was time for lunch. Ernie sat at the lone table in the breakroom slowly eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich he had prepared that morning while staring at the clock on the wall. 

"Earl oughta be here any minute now", Ernie thought to himself. Earl walked in and joined him at the table just as he'd finished that thought.

"You got any plans this weekend?", Earl said opening his lunch box. Ernie looked at him across the table and frowned. Earl knew that Ernie didn't have any plans. He never did. So, he decided to not even answer the question, and instead take another bite of his sandwich.

 "I'll take that as a no", Earl said with a chuckle. Earl went on to ask Ernie if he'd like to go camping with him. They'd leave on Friday and return Sunday night. Ernie didn't see anything wrong with it. He'd gone camping once as a piggy and had a good time, so he figured why not.

So Friday finally came around. Ernie and Earl had taken the day off and Ernie was at home waiting for Earl to come pick him up. Earl told him earlier that week that he wouldn't need to bring anything. Eventually, Earl arrived at Ernie's house and blew the horn to let Ernie know he was there. 

"Come on out let's roll!", Earl shouted from his truck. Ernie rose up from his chair and made his way to his front door, but before he got there he accidentally kicked a ball. 

"We could play catch with this when we get to the campsite", Ernie said to himself. After hearing Earl blow his horn again, Ernie quickly picked up the ball and ran outside.

The two pigs arrived at the campsite, and they immediately got to work setting up everything. Ernie was genuinely surprised at how prepared Earl was for this trip. He was fully prepared for Earl to tell him that he'd forgotten something, but that never happened. Earl worked on building the campfire using firewood he'd purchased while Ernie worked on setting up the tent. The pigs were fully set up before the sun even began to go down. At this point, there was nothing more to do but relax until the next morning.

Eventually, Earl's stomach began to rumble, and naturally, he went back to this truck to grab some snacks. It was at this moment that Ernie decided to throw the ball he brought at Earl while his back was turned. Ernie threw the ball, but Earl turned around to ask what snack Ernie wanted him to bring back. 

The ball hit Earl squarely in the chest and bounced into some nearby bushes. A massive smile appeared on Earl's face and he immediately went into the bushes to retrieve the ball. No words needed to be exchanged the two pigs were now in a game of dodgeball.

The game went on well after the sun went down, but it was abruptly cut short by Earl. Earl called for the game to pause for a moment because he had to do something in his truck and immediately went to do it before Ernie could even say anything. Fearing that something might be wrong, Ernie went over to the truck and opened the door to the backseat to see Earl sitting there fumbling through a first aid kit.

Earl looked up at Ernie and explained, "My arms and legs have been pretty itchy since I came out of that bush earlier, so I came in here to get some oink-ment."

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