SESAME STREET (AP) — CDC officials confirmed today that Miss Pigathius “Piggy” Lee, widely known as “Miss Piggy,” has been involuntarily detained and quarantined pending the outcome of testing to determine whether or not she has been infected with the swine flu virus.
Officials were alerted to the potentially deadly situation by Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy’s common-law husband. Kermit became alarmed after Miss Piggy developed flu-like symptoms shortly after returning from a vacation trip to Cancun, Mexico.
“Miss Piggy just kept saying, ‘Oh, Kermie, Oh Kermie,’ and smothering me with kisses, even though I kept asking her to stop,” said Kermit. “Then I saw the news reports about swine flu.” As a precautionary measure, CDC officials have also quarantined Kermit the Frog.
Sesame Street police reported that Miss Piggy, who holds a pink belt in Pig Kwon Do, actively and violently resisted detainment, assaulting officers with a series of karate chops and kicks while shrieking, “HAI-YA!”
Ultimately, police were forced to use a taser to subdue Miss Piggy.
