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Lessons Learned from Porcine Construction

Lake Eerie

You are standing in the wreckage of Bigby's Landing, which used to be one of the happiest communities of anthropomorphic animals anywhere. But now the roof is gone from every single building, and walls have been blown down all over town. There's no doubt about it—this was a Big Bad Wolf attack.

In the rubble filling the intersection of Acacia Boulevard and Dragon Lane, you find some papers and an envelope full of photos. Maybe they can help you piece together what happened?

An error was corrected at 9:15 AM on Saturday TIMEMIT. The 33rd image has been replaced. That image, which shows the words "Working the hardest doesn't mean you get the most!" should be numbered 147, not 124.

Bigby's Landing Homeowner's Association
First HOA Meeting (January 12, 2022)
Official Minutes
All 11 homeowners present

Bigby's Landing Homeowner's Association
First HOA Meeting (January 12, 2022)
Official Minutes
All 11 homeowners present

  1. Developers' Welcome
    Owners of the Three Pigs Construction Company welcomed all new residents to our new community, Bigby's Landing!
    1. Practical Pig ensured the homeowners that the houses were well-built and would definitely withstand a Big Bad Wolf attack, even though no one needs to be afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.
    2. Pebbles Pig requested that every member of the Community submit photos of all four walls of their home, once they are decorated.
    3. Perry Pig announced that he has opened a side business selling wall art with inspirational sayings on them, in a variety of styles, with almost 600 sayings to choose from, and he'll be offering deep discounts to anyone who orders wall art after the meeting.
  2. Officer Election
    By unanimous consent, Susan Swallow elected President, Francis Fox elected Treasurer, Secretary will rotate because no one wants to be Secretary.
  3. Rules
    HOA community rules and guidelines were debated. The results of the debate:
    1. All homeowners will furnish their homes with one (1) couch; one (1) coffee table; one (1) corner decorative table; one (1) desk; one (1) decorative vase; and one (1) bookshelf; and
    2. These items will be arranged as shown in Appendix A.
  4. At this point, Practical Pig interrupted and said, "Hey, again on the wolf thing, if anyone was worried before, really, the walls of these houses are super-strong with no defects that we're aware of. And that wolf won't come here anyway." Homeowners assured Practical that they were not worried about wolf attacks.
  5. Rules Part 2
    1. Ms. Swallow proposed that residents may purchase as many of Perry's Wall Art as they wish.
      1. At this point Perry mentioned he had a "buy one, get a second for half-price" promotion going, so let's be honest, nobody's buying less than two.
      2. Mr. Fox proposed that we cap it at four for the time being; eveyone's really excited about the art and he didn't want it to get out of hand.
    2. Regulation passed: residents may purchase between 2 and 4 of Perry's Wall art, but no more than one copy of any piece of art.
    3. Residents may choose any combination of interior walls that they wish. Available options are red brick, orange wallpaper, blue plaster, white cement, or brown wood.
  6. At this point, Pebbles Pig mentioned that he also sells disco balls, and would anyone like a disco ball for their house?
    1. HOA passed a special exemption allowing homeowners to hang a disco ball from their ceilings if they so choose.
    2. Mr. Bull, Mr. Crow, Mr. Lion, and Ms. Tortoise placed orders for disco balls.
    3. Pebbles Pig added that residents don't need to include the disco balls in the photos of their walls.
  7. The HOA passed the following resolution:
         RESOLVED, that Decorative Wicker Balls are the classiest of home décor; and
         RESOLVED, that any surface becomes more visually interesting if one or more Decorative Wicker Balls are on it, whether just sitting out or in a little bowl;
         RESOLVED, that it doesn't matter what size or color they are; if you've got a Decorative Wicker Ball in your house, you are oozing trendiness;
         THEN BE IT RESOLVED that every member of the Bigby's Landing Housing Community will place at least one Decorative Wicker Ball in their home in an aesthetically pleasing location.
         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is no maximum number of Decorative Wicker Balls a house may contain.
  8. A brief side conversation occurred about how Ms. Swallow was, like, really passionate about Decorative Wicker Balls. Is she in some sort of Wicker Ball Multilevel Marketing club?
  9. Practical Pig returned yet again to ask if we could all agree that the houses seem really sturdy, and if there was a problem during a big storm, or, like, he didn't know, a wolf attack or something, that it wouldn't be the pigs' fault. The HOA reassured him that they weren't afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, except he keeps bringing it up; does he know something? Because it's starting to seem like maybe we should be worried. He acted shocked that we would even suggest such a thing and left.
  10. The image in Appendix B was approved, by unanimous consent, as the Official Map of Bigby's Landing.
  11. Vote to adjourn was passed.

Appendix A

The Three Pigs
BETr-THAN-BrICK™
Prefabricated Houses!

Appendix A

The Three Pigs
BETr-THAN-BrICK™
Prefabricated Houses!

ONE EXCITING LAYOUT TO CHOOSE FROM!
ONE EXCITING LAYOUT TO CHOOSE FROM!
Image showing restrictions on house layout in Bigbys Landing

Appendix B

MAP OF BIGBY'S LANDING

Appendix B

MAP OF BIGBY'S LANDING
Image showing layout of streets and houses in Bigbys Landing

Envelope of PhotosEnvelope of Photos