Pig in a Poke

[BigAl]

Becuase we want to seem politically correct and really modern thinking and be green and love the planet and not think Muslims are terorists and bush was

really such a bad christian.

WE BOUGHT A PIG IN A POKE< BIG TIME>

Barrack Hussein Obama.

Best example so far this century of a pig in a poke.

ALthough he told you he was a pig in a poke and squealed like mad you all did not listen because some of you all voted for him according to statistics.

This term goes way back in to the middle ages.

Caveat Emptor would be a better phrase to use, but less understood by the populace.

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Please Note Skinhead I can spell with the best of them, but can't type very well.


[edit] EtymologyThe scheme entailed the sale of a suckling pig or pup in a poke (bag). The bag would actually contain a cat or dog (not particularly prized as a source of meat), which was sold to the victim in an unopened bag. The French idiom acheter (un) chat en poche (to buy a cat in a bag) refers to an actual sale of this nature, as do many European equivalents, while the English expression refers to the appearance of the trick.[5]

[edit] Relation to other idioms and expressionsThe common English colloquial expressions such as turn out to be a pig in a poke or buy a pig in a poke mean that something is sold or bought without the buyer knowing its true nature or value, especially when buying without inspecting the item beforehand. The phrase can also be applied to accepting an idea or plan without a full understanding of its basis. Similar expressions exist in other European languages, most of them referring to the purchase of a cat in a bag, with some exceptions:

[Dubsvalk]

Amen, Big Al!  You Da Man!
dubs

[Fritz The Cat]

He's hoping Americans won't make it a double.