Wild Pigs

Mom: I finally figured out why they trap the wild pigs on all those shows.

Me: (just staring at my mother)

Mom: You know, I've been wondering why they trap them instead of killing them.

Me: I'm sorry, did you say "shows", as in plural?

Mom: Yes. It's okay to hunt them, because they're overpopulated-

Me: No, let's start with these multiple shows you're watching with people hunting wild pigs. Why are there more than one, and please tell me what shows these are.

Mom: You know, hunting shows.

Me: Hunting shows? On what channel?

Mom: The hunting channel.

Me: Why are you watching the hunting channel?

Mom: I don't know.

And that, my dear friends, is how most of my conversations with my mother go. It's like an adventure, you never know where she's going to take you. And in case you need to know, the reason they don't kill them, is because the meat is valuable and they can't store it, so they pin them up and keep them alive until they are ready to slaughter them so the meat won't go bad. Knowledge is power.