My Google searches aren't turning up anything to explain the origin or meaning of this odd bit of slang. Anyone out there know what it means, what its origin is, is it Naval or submarine lingo?
Thanks,
Janie
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kick+This+Pig
Says the meaning is : A phrase used when leaving a drinking establishment.
A old navy nickname for submarines esp diesel subs was "pigboats" One posible explanation is the aroma caused by poor ventilation on the old subs as displayed by the fart scene in "Down Periscope".
shareWWII Diesel subs also earned the name "pigboat" because their freshwater stills only had enough capacity to provide sailors one shower per week.
Combine one shower per week, a lot of people crammed into a confined space, poor ventilation while surfaced and none while submerged, hard physical work and the heat & humidity of the South Pacific and I think you get the idea.
Cooks were the privileged few; they got a shower every day.
I always thought it was a football reference. Pigskin = football.
Kick this pig(skin). I thought it ment lets get started, or lets get going. Something to that effect.
They were called pig boats because of the resemblance of the old ones to a real pig. In other words they had a blunt nose, no neck and were shaped like a pig's torso minus the legs.
Update: My brother told me also that in the old days during WWll they had little ventilation so they also got to smelling of body odor and other funks that develop from human bodies being in close proximity to each other for extended periods of time.