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The Song Challenge:  An Official Double Dip Dare . . . -- Dare One:  When This Pig Gets Pumped . . . -- A pot-bellied pig sank his teeth into the leg of a burglar who was trying to rob his owner.   Arnold, who weighs 21 stone, also stopped a burglar from getting into a neighbour's house by biting him.   The animal has become a celebrity among police officers in his home town of Minneapolis.   Arnold first showed his crime fighting abilities when his owner Becky Moyer spotted burglars in her garage.  She told the Star Tribune: "There were two guys in there.   One of them put something in my back that felt like a gun, and they said they wanted my purse.  I said my purse was in the house.  When we went in, I screamed for Arnold, and he got up and grabbed the guy by the leg.  He yelled, 'There's a pig in here!' and ran.  There was blood all over."  She added: "The police gave him that 'crime-fighter' name.  When they're in the neighbourhood, they like to stop by and pet him."  Arnold was a present from her boyfriend.   "Some people get lingerie," she said. "I got a pig."  Dare Two:  . . . The Police Get Pissed . . . -- A Florida policeman who caught a trouble-making pig after a 300-yard chase had to call for back-up to help him keep it under 'arrest'.  Ocala officer Carl Dunlap managed to hold on to the 14-stone pig's ears and hind legs but said he was afraid the pig would wriggle free.   Three fellow officers arrived on the scene and managed to herd it on to a trailer.   Residents had complained the pig had been destroying property.  "He spotted the hog, chased him for about 300 yards and finally was able to wrestle him to the ground,'' said Captain Robert Douglas, who heard his shouts for help over the radio.  Minutes later, Captain Douglas, Captain Mike Deen and Deputy John Shivley arrived on the scene to help Dunlap end the struggle.  "The first thing Dunlap said was that he sure was glad we showed up because he really didn't know how much longer he was going to be able to hold on," Captain Douglas said.  The four men loaded the pig on to a trailer and took it to Marion County Animal Control buildings, where officials placed the pig in a dog pen.


Arnold by Deda and Jack the Sailor
(Tune:  Kenny Roger's The Gambler)

Deda's Comments:  This isn't as full a job as I'd like but I wanted to put some kind of an offering on this lovely table.  Sorry it's so short.   If anybody's tempted to perform it I'll put together another verse. (VBG!!)


On a warm summer's evening
Back in old Minnesota
Two thieves were out thievin'
When it got too dark to see

So they took turns a-starin'
Into the darkness of a garage
Till Arnold overtook them
And they began to squeal

Chorus:
Arnold knows when to fight 'em
Knows when to bite 'em
Knows who to chase away
Knows who to save.
He doesn't pull his punches
When he's facin' down the bad guys
He's a full-sized old pot-belly
Not a little Babe.

Well the bad guys weren't too thankful
With a pig stuck on their ankles
The cops they came and took them
to the station house to book them

And somewhere near the doughnut shop
You can hear them sing

He knows when to fight 'em (knows when to fight 'em)
Knows when to bite 'em (Knows when to bite 'em )
Knows who to chase away
Knows when to grunt.
He doesn't ask for glory
When he's facin' down the bad guys
He's the porker known as Arnold
He ain't no litter runt

Chorus:
Arnold knows when to fight 'em
Knows when to bite 'em
Knows who to chase away
Knows who to save.
He doesn't pull his punches
When he's facin' down the bad guys
He's a full-sized old pot-belly
Not a little Babe.

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