A New Pig customer happened to mention to his account manager, Robbin, that his seven-year-old son had an impossible Christmas wish: a Hulk Hogan action figure with Barbie-type hair.

Wait, did I say impossible? Not for Andy James, New Pigger extraordinaire armed with materials including PIG® Repair Putty. Watch the video, Brother!

And you thought Toyota only made cars.

Nope. A subsidiary has announced a way to cut the stench from composting pig manure.

Hey, SOMEONE has to do something about that smell.

Two years ago, the PIG® logo got two New Piggers admitted to the site of the Kentucky Derby.

This past weekend, two PIG® Snout Hats were at the big race itself. They rode in on the heads of New Pig’s friends Julie and Mike. Julie works for one of our important international brokers. She knew that we’d be happy to see her answer to the famous tradition of noteworthy hats at Churchill Downs (see an example over her left shoulder). She received many comments on her hat … and many requests to know where she got it!

So the National Pork Board gave up on calling pork the other white meat after only 24 years.

The new slogan, meant to highlight the versatility of pork, is:

I kind of like that, but you watch—in 2035, they’ll just change their minds again.

If there even is pork in 2035. By then, meat will probably be virtual. Some kind of app.

Pigs become obsolete. Herds dwindle and hover near extinction.

Our company’s name, New Pig, comes to refer to a mythical animal.

For that matter, leaks and spills are optional because we all live in the Matrix, where liquid is controlled with a few lines of code.

Rest assured … New Pig will bring you that code.

Today, our innovations are along the lines of the PIG® Absorbent Valve Wrap with Color Flare™ Technology, a breakthrough aid to maintenance that reveals oil leaks by a color change.  Because today we still live in the physical world, where pipes will sometimes fail.

After many tomorrows, when the pipes fail, we’ll be the ones keeping Neo from getting all wet like this:

… because we’ll still be Inventing For You.

Now’s your chance to influence the menu at a minor league baseball park.

This caught my attention only because the team is named the Iron Pigs. Fans (or even random online visitors like me) get to vote on four possible additions to the “Pig Out” food lineup:

• The “Three Little Pigs” Sandwich – Feast on this: Three different types of meat featuring four strips of mouth-watering bacon, two 1/4-inch thick slices of ham and four ounces of succulent pulled pork.  A rich barbeque sauce compliments the meat that is served on a fresh Kaiser bun.
• Diggity Dog – The hot dog has been reinvented with Black Angus beef, two slices of hot-off-the-grill bacon and melted American cheese on a hearty steak roll.  Savor the taste with ultimate array of toppings including fried onion straws and barbeque sauce.
• Double Blast Burger – Imagine the double cheese-burger flipped on its head!  Two, half-pound beef patties, two slices of American cheese, French fries and coleslaw on a fresh Kaiser bun.
• Loaded Fries – French fries crammed with cheese, pulled pork barbeque, chopped bacon, sour cream, chopped tomato and heart-pounding spicy jalapeno peppers.  Don’t forget to grab some napkins!

(Okay, I’m officially drooling. Good thing I have a stack of these on my desk.)

Voting closes Friday, February 11 at 5 p.m. So click now, people, click now! Go to the bottom of this page and look for this poll:

Who is the only car-talk host on commercial radio named to the “Talkers 250,” the list of the top 250 talk-show hosts in the U.S.?

Bobby Likis!

And which two New Piggers just appeared on his “Car Clinic” show?

Dan Silver and Andy James!

Click here to hear them discuss General Motor’s recycling of PIG® Oil-Only Absorbent Booms (mentioned in our previous post) as well as the PIG® Form-A-Funnel® Flexible Draining Tool and PIG® Absorbent Mat, available at vehicle service suppliers nationwide.

New Pig has a small part in some creative recycling by General Motors .

GM has found a way to convert 100 miles of oil-soaked boom used in the Gulf Spill response—including PIG® Oil-Only Absorbent Booms. This will yield enough plastic for particular under-hood parts to supply the first year production of the Chevrolet Volt. It means 100,000 pounds that won’t be incinerated or landfilled.

You go, GM. Below is a good quick video overview:

… so

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baaaaaaaaaaaad.

The Wake ‘n Bacon! Gets the strips going 10 minutes before the alarm sounds.

Wait, what? It’s only a CONCEPT for an alarm clock? Grrrrrr.

Then again, new products do have to go through the concept stage …

I’ll try to be patient.

I just received the picture below from Robin, a member of the New Pig family reporting for jury duty on a rainy morning. She noted that a PIG® Chat Mat® Runner is helping citizens stay safely on their hooves!