Pig balloon marks launch of Pink Floyd expo in London

An inflatable pig from the band Pink Floyd floats over the Victoria and Albert Museum to promote The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, which will open next May in London. Photo: Reuters

A pink inflatable pig the size of a bus floated above London's venerable Victoria and Albert museum recently but unlike an infamous outing above Battersea Power Station in 1976 it did not break free and ground planes at Heathrow.

Instead, it perhaps slowed traffic a bit, but most certainly caused passers-by to exclaim: “The pig!”