Jolly_Ball_4360 t1_jd9nggg wrote on March 22, 2023 at 8:43 PM Reply to comment by confidence_basket in TIL of the Pig War, a border dispute between the US and the UK, around Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and Washington State. The only casualty was a pig, owned by an Irish farmer, which was shot by an American farmer for eating his potatoes. Both countries deployed military troops. by drak0bsidian Well, unless you're the Irish pig farmer who lost his beloved spud-eating companion. Permalink Parent 21
Jolly_Ball_4360 t1_jd9nggg wrote
Reply to comment by confidence_basket in TIL of the Pig War, a border dispute between the US and the UK, around Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and Washington State. The only casualty was a pig, owned by an Irish farmer, which was shot by an American farmer for eating his potatoes. Both countries deployed military troops. by drak0bsidian
Well, unless you're the Irish pig farmer who lost his beloved spud-eating companion.