This happened four years ago, and I still laugh about it:

My wife needed to have her wedding dress taken in, and there was a local woman knowned for that. She did this on the side, her husband was a pig farmer, they didnt really need the money.

So, while waiting on the dress fitting, I decided to go "hang" out with the farmer. He was a very queit fellow, he did not have much to talk about. Being from the city, this is the first time I was on a pig farm. Never have I seen pigs so big in my life, I mean HUGE!

So, I manage to get him talking about his experiences on the pig farm, and got some information about raising the pigs. He started to do his chores, feeding, and changing their "beds", which was just bales of hay spread out.

I decide, since I'm not doing anything but wasting this man's breathe, I'll just help him out with his chores and learn a few things about farming that way. We started out unloading the hay, and throwing them in the pens. He slightly told me about this pit that they scrape all the urine and pig poop into, never stated where the "Pit" was.

He was done loading the hay, and I guess this is his serenity, he rushed to feed them right away, kinda telling me that I was getting in the way. I left him to feed his pigs, and wandered about his farm. I checked out his mini water tank, barns and looked at the rustic tractors.

I round this fence, to head back to chat with the guy, since he's at the last barn of feeding time, I instantly sink.

I sink, Knee Deep.

Shit!

This calm farmer walking out with the seed bags, looking down at my dismay, slightly grins. As I ask "this isnt mud is it?" He starts uncontrolably laughing, and trys to hold it in, but it doesnt help.

"Well you found the pit" He directed me the easiest and cleanest way to get out, without making more a shitty situation.  He then shows me the "beware of the pit" sign, as I'm getting out of it.

As he laughs and we walk back to his house, he informs me, it wasnt such a bad deal, I was at the shallow end. The other end was 60 inches deep. This pit was easily 25 ft wide, 4 ft width, from 2ft deep to 5 ft deep.

Appearently, I wasnt the only one that fell for the pit, he had a shower setup in the basement, as i wash the pig stench off my legs, I hear him call up for some extra pair of boots and socks. My wife and the farmer's wife come down, as soon as the farmer's wife seen his facial expression, she knew.

The 10 mile drive home, was the worst drive I've ever smelt.

I can now say, Ive been knee deep in shit.