Comments on: Utah House Passes Bill to Rename Hog Hollow Trail

By: Random Reviewer

Random Reviewer — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:42:08 +0000

that tears it. i used to ride the hog with my dog, maisey, but i’ve switched her out for a killer hog, borrowed from the set of hannibal. if i see any of you twits out there, i’m turning her loose.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:22:14 +0000

I’m just glad I was not at work when I read this. I startled my son half out of his high chair, I was laughing so hard. Between this and Fatty’s review of the terror ride mural, it has been an epic last couple of days in blog’s hollow. A truly brilliant piece of news, KYB. Congratulations on the scoop.

By: Random Reviewer

Random Reviewer — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:15:58 +0000

This Hollow is mine, dag nabbit!

I hereby demand y’all call it Hogg’s Hollow from this time forward or I’ll get Roscoe to come after you!

By: BotchedExperiment

BotchedExperiment — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:01:03 +0000

Dateline: Alpine, Utah
Hog Hollow re-naming turned on its ear.
The hotly debated re-naming of Hog Hollow to ‘The Hollow’ was infused with new controversy today when an Alpine bike mechanic, known only as Superledge found an 1897 deed to the land stuffed into the frame of an early prototype mountain bike. The deed, signed by Alpine pioneer LaVerle Willey Hoaglund leaves the area to his prized hog, Charlotte. Although the deed has been certified as authentic, local historian, Bob Bringhurst, speculates that the deed may have been a hoax perpetrated by Hoaglund to try to regain control of his 17 unruly wives by threatening to leave them nothing when he died.
Utah State Senator Elden Nelson, who sponsored the original house bill to change the name of the area said he would rescind the bill and author a new one renaming the park Hog’s Hollow, “Although in the vernacular of most locals the area is already known as Hog’s Hollow, many resisted calling it that because clearly, it would be ridiculous to imply that a hog owned the hollow. However, now there is concrete evidence that a hog really did own the hollow, and the name change is justified.”

By: BIg Mike In Oz

BIg Mike In Oz — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:35:44 +0000

I can not begin to fathom how the politicizing of such a contentious issue has distracted all and sundry from the true issue. Sadly a bunch of simple minded politicians have distorted the debate and turned it into some oversimplified punctuation Jihad.

The whole saga is really about ownership and pluralism. Hog/Hog’s/Hogs’ Hollow is an institution that needs to be heritage listed and entrusted to the care of a foundation with no political affiliations.

A public awareness campaign would also assist with rectifying the issue. Signage in prominent locations in the area with the correct spelling and a brief history to assist with a deeper understanding of that spelling would be a good starting point. $12,000,000 should prove adequate during the set up stage. As long as it is followed up with ongoing fortnightly letterbox drops within a 200 mile radius of the trailhead.

By: Jsun

Jsun — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:26:15 +0000

Hollowed be thy name

By: Unknown

Unknown — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 19:01:17 +0000

A post worthy of the Fat Cyclist Fake News Service. Sounds like you did a lot of fake research! Good Job, KeepYerBag!