Don't try to teach a pig to sing.

[yesthattom]

it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Comments

[cinema-babe.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting this; when I was a kid, there was a variation of this that involved lipstick.

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but don't use that expression now, because if you do, you'll OBVIOUSLY be making sexist comments about Sarah Palin. *grumble*

(In case you don't know what I'm talking about, read here (http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/09/09/obama-mccain-spar-over-pigs-and-lipstick/).)

[jayeye.livejournal.com]

Pigs are intelligent animals. Very tasty, too.