To get the weight of a pig, you measure the animal’s circumference just behind the forelegs, called the heart girth. Then you measure the pig’s length, from the base of the ears to the base of the tail. Square the heart girth, then multiply it by the length, and divide the total by four hundred for weight in pounds.) Each time they saw Howard, the beer store employees would calculate how much beer they thought the pig could drink before getting drunk. “Oh my God, he could drink two six-packs!” came the realization after Chris topped 250 pounds. Before long, our pig was an object of some envy.
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