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This is a 4-panel black and white hand-drawn comic with dark ironic humor. Panel 1 shows a content, hopeful pig looking up at geese flying in the sky, with text reading "HOW I WISH I COULD FLY". Panel 2 shifts to a slaughterhouse, where multiple pig carcasses hang from hooks as an impassive worker takes inventory, implying the wishing pig has been slaughtered. Panel 3 shows cargo being loaded onto a commercial airplane, meaning the pig's meat is being transported via flight, literally fulfilling its wish to fly in a grim way. Panel 4 is set inside an airplane cabin, where a passenger asks a flight attendant "HAM SANDWICH PLEASE", revealing the pig is now the food being served on the flight it is "flying" on, delivering the final punchline.
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HOW I WISH I COULD FLY
HAM SANDWICH PLEASE

Overview

This is a 4-panel black and white hand-drawn comic with dark ironic humor. Panel 1 shows a content, hopeful pig looking up at geese flying in the sky, with text reading "HOW I WISH I COULD FLY". Panel 2 shifts to a slaughterhouse, where multiple pig carcasses hang from hooks as an impassive worker takes inventory, implying the wishing pig has been slaughtered. Panel 3 shows cargo being loaded onto a commercial airplane, meaning the pig's meat is being transported via flight, literally fulfilling its wish to fly in a grim way. Panel 4 is set inside an airplane cabin, where a passenger asks a flight attendant "HAM SANDWICH PLEASE", revealing the pig is now the food being served on the flight it is "flying" on, delivering the final punchline.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS feed, as indicated by the provided additional information. It is an original hand-drawn 4-panel comic that plays on the common idiom "when pigs fly", subverting expected lighthearted wish fulfillment tropes with a dark, unexpected outcome that became popular for its shocking, ironic twist.

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