What is it with humans and pigs?

From Napoleon to Babe, people are obsessed with talking pigs. (You will only know who Napoleon is if you have read George Orwell's Animal Farm.) The English language even has an idiom that involves pigs with aviation capabilities. But for me the prize winning absurdity is the 'Piggy-Bank.'

Let me start by saying that, since I was a knee-high runt. Any kind of pig portions that came into my home were sliced, diced, fried or cooked and eaten with much appetite and swiftness.I have never owned a Piggy-Bank and let me just say that if God blesses me with children some day, I absolutely won't buy Piggy banks for them either. Why?

Let's look quickly at the physical functions of a Piggy-Bank shall we? You give your children lunch money for school... etc, etc... The Piggy-Bank is there for them to toss their spare change into it, for the purposes of teaching them the value of money and the pleasure of saving it. I understand this and agree. But, here comes the part that totally blows this notion out of the water for me...

When the Piggy-Bank is full and your kid wants the money... What does he have to do? Break the Piggy-Bank open. Now correct me if I am wrong... But doesn't this send the wrong message to children? Doesn't it show them that when you need money, you BREAK the bank open and take it? Therefore making you responsible of raising potential bank robbers?

Lol... I'm just kidding guys, don't go and throw away your child's most prized piggy's now.
But I still won't buy them for my kids, you know... Just in case... ;)

It feels good to be back and I guarantee the weirdness continues.

Ciao.