Sorry Helen but this story will hurt you more than it hurts me.
The UK's Comic relief is like the US Comic relief only, you know, funny. And they do some strange things in pursuit of money to help the helpless. Apparently it was formed by Richard Curtis (the director of Richard curtis and a guiding brain behind black added0 and its reason for being? Helping poor and disavantaged people, always a worthy cause.
And that is people not animals and certainly not pigs as because as Comic Relief leads on its way to the million tweet mark for charity, Lily allen -yes, Saint Joe's God child, has promised to slaughter a pig to the higest bidder… or something. Ah yes, the arrogance of humans. According to Gigwise::
"The highest bidder on my #twittermillion pade will get a pig named after them and bacon from it when it's killed. or the choice to save the pig's life," she tweeted.
In an effort to ensure vegetarians don't feel left out, she said they'd be able to bid to spare the pig's life instead.
She later changed her mind about rewarding the highest bidder, realising it favoured the rich, and said the winner would instead be picked at random.
"Ok, can I change my mind and make it 'pick at random' instead of 'highest bidder' or will I get done for false advertising @emmafreud help!, " she posted."
Ugh, that isn't in the best of taste now is it? I bet PETA would have a field day with this. Though what Lily should do is keep it for the highest bidder and let the Vegans of the world save the pig. To paraphrase the Torah, he who saves a Pig saves the world entire.