saucissons du cochon prodigue
Translation: “You’ll eat with pleasure, and without fatigue. The good sausages of the BOUNTEOUS PIG! Sausages from Auvergne. Absolute alimentary purity.”
This poster is absolutely brilliant. It manages to provoke disgust and laughter at the same time. I don’t know what is scarier: the fact that the pig is standing on his feet, his evil and/or innocent smile, the grip with which the pig holds the knife, the surgical and clean cut of the knife, or the patterns on the meat that look like your mom’s meatloaf.
The more perplexing question is, is the pig cutting himself to please you or horrify you? And which is more disturbing? That the pig would suffer that much pain and torment just to please you, or just to disgust you?Â
And is the poster actually trying to sell ham? Or is it vegetarian propaganda? All these questions seem to be converging to create an aura that is distinctive for this poster. And while we’re on the subject of self-mutilating pigs, how about this one?:
Wow, I need to get more sleep. This week’s been rough.
