Bravo, Steve Gherke of The Salt Lake Tribune. Perfect lead sentence in the following news story from this past Tuesday.

I added the sub-heads and excerpted the full story. Please note that no one was injured in either accident.

As of this posting, we have no reports of incidents involving onion rings.

We added this to Map-A-Spill (the first Utah site!)

I asked my curmudgeonly fellow Pigger, Curmudden, if he’d heard about Procter & Gamble’s plan for a new national chain: Mr. Clean Car Wash.

He nodded and frowned. “Times are tough when Procter & Gamble can’t skate by selling all their other stuff: Bounty, Crest, Gillette, Pringles.”

“Dawn, Nice ‘n Easy, Olay,” I said.

He squinted at my naming these namby-pamby products.

I added manlier brands: “Folgers, Zest, Pepto-Bismol.” He relaxed into a fresh scowl.

“Wi-fi, flat screens, colored soap guns for kids,” he sneered about the amenities a Mr. Clean Car Wash will offer. “Just gimme a hose.”

“The EPA prefers car washes,” I said, “because they recycle water and capture chemicals.”

He made a face but also a little grunt of concession.

“And car washes can use a number of PIG® products: Barrel-Top Mats and Secondary Containment for chemical drums, Wash Water Recycling Systems, Wipers and Rags.”

“Hey, local car washes can use all that! The little guy, ya know?”

I nodded and let him simmer down before mentioning that Procter & Gamble will also be rolling out Tide Dry Cleaning Stores nationwide. It’s better to space out the controversial topics with Curmudden.

I also held off mentioning that another of our fellow Piggers is really looking forward to using a Mr. Clean Car Wash. See Tony below.

Yeah, baby, you read that headline right. Judges in Jackson County, Illinois, are all wet.

That’s because their offices and courtrooms have leaks. The County Board is studying estimates for roof repairs.

In the meantime, New Pig would like to offer Jackson County a $50 credit toward any of our Leak Diverters for Roofs, Ceilings or Pipes. They’re easy to install and will drain away drips so they don’t interrupt proceedings, make floors slippery or damage documents.

I’m going to email Jackson County to make sure the officials know how to take advantage of this offer. You may want to email them as well to urge them to take us up on it.

Yes, this could be considered a bribe. But if you don’t take it, Your Honors (all together now) …

YOU’RE ALL WET!

Drips image © Tomislav Stajduhar – Fotolia.com
Gavel image © Volodymyr Vasylkiv – Fotolia.com

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Headline: Government Announces New Pig Task Force. But it’s not about us, it’s about helping the UK pig meat industry. Whew.

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Read here about how SPCC applies to mobile refuelers and portable tanks, including tips on using portable secondary containment and spill kits.

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The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) has released new standards for manufacturing hard hats. There’s more information concerning high-visibility products and those that are sometimes worn backwards.

Click here to watch a new video at newpig.com. Nifty shapeshifting.

Form-A-Funnel™ = Coolest. Funnel. Ever. Mold it to do all kinds of jobs.

Just etch a housefly near the drain holes to decrease spills by 80%. Keep providing a urinal mat for that remaining 20%.

I feel so predictable.

A local customer (call them Company X) called about a spill this afternoon. Customer Service immediately started working with Distribution on an emergency delivery.  Tim in Facilities was even working on getting the order on a New Pig truck until we confirmed that it could ship with one of our shipping partners, Ward Trucking. The Ward Truck got there so fast with the PIG® products needed that the people at the front gate of Company X hadn’t been informed yet that the delivery was coming. A Pigger in our Distribution area placed a call to Company X to please open the gate.

Appreciative emails started flying around here, aimed largely at Piggers in Distribution for making this happen. Ya gotta love this email from Janet in Distribution:

Thanks for all the praise but keep in mind “THIS IS WHAT WE DO” not just for [Company X] but for all of our customers.  Monday, [Company Y] had a spill and needed our product ASAP. We got the call at 3:00 and the product was on a truck leaving New Pig at 3:45. We appreciate our customers and give them all the same New Pig service.

Right on, Janet: THIS IS WHAT WE DO.

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