Perhaps the pig has always been a comical animal because it's so much like us--a college graduate with 2.3 children, yacking away on a cell phone while it's stuck in traffic in its rotten SUV.
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Pigs are considered staples of comedy because we can see the similarities between them and us.
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The pig has always been a comedic animal due to the fact that it's so different from human beings.