“My attempt to make the perfect halal sandwich failed, when I made a pig’s ear of it…..” was posted on Twitter by Sickipedia Official on May 14, 2014. The joke originally was posted on the Sickipedia website.
“Make a pig’s ear of” means to do badly, or to make a mess of something. A pig is not halal, so a pig’s ear sandwich is not a perfect halal sandwich.
Wiktionary: make a pig’s ear of
Verb
make a pig’s ear of (third-person singular simple present makes a pig’s ear of, present participle making a pig’s ear of, simple past and past participle made a pig’s ear of)
1. (Britain, idiomatic, transitive) To do badly; to make a mess of.
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Damn Nolan
@damnnolan
My attempt to make the perfect halal sandwich failed, when I made a pig’s ear of it…..
12:33 PM · May 14, 2014
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Sickipedia Official
@sickipedia
My attempt to make the perfect halal sandwich failed, when I made a pig’s ear of it…..
1:20 PM · May 14, 2014
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Fresh Stand Up
@FreshStandUp
My attempt to make the perfect halal sandwich failed, when I made a pig’s ear of it….. http://bit.ly/1mYkEKK via @sickipedia
1:30 PM · May 14, 2014
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Peter Biddlecombe
@Horseytalk
Tried to make a genuine halal sandwich. But I made a pig’s ear of it.
4:51 AM · May 15, 2014
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andrew simpson
@andrew_simpson3
My attempt to make the perfect halal sandwich failed, when I made a pig’s ear of it…..
7:02 PM · Mar 15, 2018
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El Presidente
@elldivino
I tried to make the perfect halal sandwich once, but I made a pig’s ear of it…..
3:02 PM · Jun 15, 2022
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Robert Wilkinson
@robertwlk
I tried to make a halal sandwich but made a pig’s ear of it.
2:32 AM · May 17, 2023
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