What does it take to be a HOG?

[JohnTheTexican]

You are a true hog if you can read this:

Oink!

Can you say that outside the Cove?

 

[Eric Isaacson]

One other thing that hasn't been mentioned, while a HOG will always put attaining INFI above almost everything that same HOG will always go above and beyond to help a friend/HOG in need. Often giving them support, assistance or just being helpful. They will also help new piglets coming to the trough by answering questions, explaining things and being generally helpful on the forums.

It really does have a lot to do with that camaraderie and trying to be part of this family.

 

[Mulder]

They will also help new piglets coming to the trough by answering questions, explaining things and being generally helpful on the forums.

This is sooooooo true. :thumbup: :thumbup:
The HOG's around here have been and continue to be extremely helpful.
I would just like to say thanks to all the HOG's that have helped me become the fat piglet that I am.

 

[Autococker07]

In which case, I'll never be a hog.

They'll get my INFI only when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!!

Muahahaha!!!! the true mark of the HOG!!! :thumbup:

 

[Progunner]

One other thing that hasn't been mentioned, while a HOG will always put attaining INFI above almost everything that same HOG will always go above and beyond to help a friend/HOG in need. Often giving them support, assistance or just being helpful. They will also help new piglets coming to the trough by answering questions, explaining things and being generally helpful on the forums.

It really does have a lot to do with that camaraderie and trying to be part of this family.

Well said brother and that really does matter more than how many blades a guy can snag up. You could have a thousand blades, but it you are stand offish to new guys and waste other people's time on the forum in various ways then you are no hog and will likely get voted down at the next induction, if a quorum of hogs are there to do so.

 

[papathud]

I have given away as gifts a pretty good number of Busse knives.

Maybe a couple dozen.

I have more than fifty, prolly less than seventyfive left.

I started several of the "Hogs" here on their Busse path.

Sold them their First.

I have been called "Hog" by a few but never inducted.

I am just an "Enthusiest" even if I cannot spell the word.

Some of the Finest Hogs, real Black Holes of INFI never even go public or post here.

Folks that pay out the Snout at the last minute on Ebay.
People with full time Ebay watchers set up to catch the early "Buy Now" Rare Busse knives

The Secret Busse Knife collectors Association, Got to have the Secrt Decoder Ring.

 

[thatmguy]

Eric hit it a long time ago.

More a mindset/way of interacting than a number.

The level of camaraderie amongst hogs still amazes me. It is sad Blade (Atlanta) is only once a year, but it is good that other venues like Blade West, Knob Creek, and other shows allow porkers to get together, break bread, feast, tell tales, and scoop the INFI.

I think there are quite a few simply uninducted hogs out there.

Just 'cause your name isn't on the roster doesn't mean you don't fit the bill...

But it does mean you don't know the secret hoof-shake....if there is one....

 

[RokJok]

Here's a cut 'n paste of a post from long ago defining a Hog:

You may be an INFI Hog if:

- Satellites passing overhead in space speed up due to the gravity field exerted by the mass of INFI you've hoarded.

- You have to clear a path through the INFI just to get to the bathroom and you schedule extra time into the trip just to accomodate this activity.

- You have so much INFI that even your dental fillings and artificial hip are etched "Busse Custom Shop".

- You have so much INFI laying around that you can't sleep due to all the light reflecting off your knives in an infinite loop, even after you've turned off the light.

- You have leased a T1 or T3 line straight to the Busse shop for faster internet & phone access to the source.

- Your security system for guarding your INFI makes Ft Knox look about as safe as a wet paper sack.

- Your INFI hoard is worth more than your house & car combined.

- Your life savings, children's college funds, your 401(k) plan, and investments have been totally ransacked and sent to Jerry for more goodies.

- You've hocked either your wife's wedding ring or your wife to buy a Busse new release.

- The people at the blood bank know to simply send the money to the Busse shop rather than hand it to you.

- To get more INFI, you've sold relatives you don't even have.

- Your closest friends cross the street when they see you coming to avoid hearing about your latest Busse acquisition.

- Your name appears regularly in this forum with a "pork" or "oink" derivative in it.

- It isn't a question of whether or not you'll get anything Jerry releases (or ever made), but only a questin of how many you can feverishly get your hands on before the other INFI porkers find out about it.

- You have a spreadsheet of all your Busse knives, including who you got them from, when/where/how/why you got them, how much you paid, what number of that model you had at that point in time, and how low your dead body temperature will have to be before you will sell that particular Busse.

- You've sold essential, irreplaceable parts of your body to get more INFI.

- When it came to the Busses in the divorce settlement, you told your ex-spouse that the only way they'd get them was "one at a time, unsheathed, point-first, and with excessive speed and force behind the thrust!"

- You name your dog INFI, your cat MOFO, and try to get your wife to legally change her name to "Battle Mistress". And after she doesn't do it, you'll find out why it would have been really appropriate if she'd gone along with the idea.

- You have more INFI value than money (including credit card available balance) on your body at any given instant.

- At the mention of any word that sounds even vaguely like "INFI" or "Busse" your eyes glaze over, you begin to hyperventilate, tremble, sweat, palpitate, your speech facility abandons you, and one hand automatically starts speed-dialing the Busse shop while the other impulsively reaches for your wallet.

- Your shower fixtures or automobile bumper are made of INFI.

- Every time a friend reminds you how hideous you look with all the bald spots & cuts on your hands and arms, you say with great pride, "Got that with a Busse" and he knows better than to ask you which one it was because he doesn't have enough days of vacation accrued to listen to you tell him.

- Whenever Jerry is going to have another batch of INFI made, he calls you to see just how many tons he should get.

 

[Yager]

papathud, you should not have spilled the beans about the Secret Busse Knife collectors Association, no you will have to pay penance!