Last week Cakes.com created the biggest cupcake ever (151lbs.) and displayed it at the Mall of America. They decided not to hack it up for mall patrons because most pieces would lack frosting. Instead, they shipped it to a pig farm.

Don’t get any ideas, Fruitcakes.com.

The world needs more of what you see below: Smiles being created.

That’s marketing guru Lois Geller in the PIG® Hat sent to her by yours truly. She’s talking about The Pig Blog at a marketing conference (see me in the slide???!!!). She said everyone wanted her hat.

Good news, you Lid Lovers! We’re always offering some kind of gift with a purchase at newpig.com. That PIG® Hat could be yours yet!

Lo, thanks for talking up New Pig and for giving permission to post this photo! See ya on Twitter!

Happy 120th Birthday today, Wall Street Journal! If not for pigs, you wouldn’t exist.

Whoa, whoa, this isn’t a rant about capitalism. It’s about the origin of the name “Wall Street.”

By some accounts,* early settlers of Manhattan Island grew tired of free-roaming hogs trampling their grain fields and built a long wall to keep them out. The street that eventually bordered this wall became—you guessed it—Wall Street.

Whaddya think of that, Rupert Murdoch!

*Other accounts say the name comes from a stockade wall built as a defense against Native American tribes. Don’t believe ‘em.

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I’m kickin’ back …

I’m catchin’ rays …

I’m lovin’ what I’m seeing at the beach!

x

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Notebook image © kmit - Fotolia.com

Here’s what I’m talking about.

Wait, what were YOU thinking??

She tweeted nicely about New Pig.

I tweeted back.

She needs a new lid.

She’s getting one.

This kind of thing happens when you show the Pig some love.

Brad: Sexiest Man Alive 1995 and 2000

Me: Alive

Brad: Fight Club

Me: Fat Club

Brad: Stays clean with pre-moistened wipers

Me: Stays clean with PIG® Pre-Moistened Wipers

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Time for a quick quiz!

Which of the following subjects you to the loudest noise?

1. Electric drill
2. Tractor cab
3. A pig squealing just before lunch

You guessed it—the pig. Decibel ratings from this article are listed at the end of this post.

This doesn’t apply to me, mind you. I’ve acclimated myself to my workplace. That’s just the kind of swine I am.

But if you’re wheeling chow from one regular ol’ barnyard pig to another—for hog’s sake, use hearing protection!

Earplugs
Earmuffs
Noise Blankets

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1. 87
2. 90
3. 100+

Click here for an Mike Rowe’s advice on how to simulate handling a pig. It involves a garbage bag, large quantities of jello, yogurt, marbles, petroleum jelly and dog poo, plus squealing and kicking.

Well, what did you think we were made of? Sugar, spice, snips, snails and puppy dog tails??

Seriously, we all know how things can be staged for “reality” shows. We’re not THAT bad. Well, not all the time. See below for a different image.  That’s my cousin Judson with a friend heading into a jazz concert.