"When pigs fly” is an old saying about an impossibility and a time that never comes. “Until pigs fly, all pork is ground pork” was posted on Twitter by Ejigantor on October 15, 2016.
A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on August 11, 2019:
Q: When will people stop eating ground pork?
A: When pigs fly.
Other “when pigs fly” jokes include “Pigs can fly…They just gotta pay for two seats” and “What would happen if pigs could fly? Bacon would go up.”
Wikipedia: When pigs fly
The phrase “when pigs fly” (alternatively, “pigs might fly") is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication of such a phrase is that the circumstances in question (the adynaton, and the circumstances to which the adynaton is being applied) will never occur. The phrase has been used in various forms since the 1600s as a sarcastic remark.
Twitter
Mike
@birdcharmer
Sick of ground pork, friend recommended sky pork. When pigs fly!
12:54 PM · Mar 24, 2013·Twitter for Android
Twitter
Ejigantor
@Ejigantor
Until pigs fly, all pork is ground pork
9:32 PM · Oct 15, 2016·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Gritty
@giroux2808
The day we stop serving ground pork is the day pigs fly.
6:24 PM · Aug 29, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Raevix August 11, 2019
When will people stop eating ground pork?
When pigs fly.
Twitter
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@hahadotcafe
When will people stop eating ground pork?
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2:00 AM · Aug 12, 2019·Haha.Cafe
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