To Paraphrase an Old Joke: "That Pig Would Bite You."

Washington is one of twelve states that has no law against bestiality.

So come to Seattle--where you can't get a lap dance, but it's a-ok to blow a pig.

Recent cutbacks have left the Department of Tourism a little shorthanded. Nowhere is that more evident than in their marketing department. (See above.)

In a year in which State coffers overflowed, sure, that slogan would've been sent back for a re-write, but that's not the case in 2005. This year finds us a little short and, as a consequence, in a more accepting mood.

Besides, when you get down to it, it does get our message across, that message, of course, being, we're so desperate for your vacation dollar, we'll turn a blind eye to the carnival of sin you've got planned for our farm animals. That's the same as "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" -- just less ambiguous.