But do you have any products that absorb spilled bacon grease?
Here's an interesting idea:
Say you want to start a company that makes industrial absorbants for oil spill cleanup. You've worked out the formulas, created the business plan, secured the capital, built a factory, hired your employees, and worked out the sales and distribution channels. What's left? Creating a corporate image. You hire a design firm, run focus groups and ultimately decide what your brand will be.
Naturally, you'll choose a porcine theme, with a large cartoon pig as a mascot and a facility located on Pork Avenue. Because that idea isn't completely wacko. Well, think again, Porky, that idea's taken.
(From the website: "We're fun, crazy, and literally insane about our marketing, but when it comes to the quality and performance of our products, we're totally serious.")
12 Talked Back:
At December 15, 2005 at 4:45:00 PM CST, Jim said...
it's a great company, with terrific products and fast service -- I order from them every year, for the garage floor, to absorb the snow melt off of the car -- I've used both the gray universal mat pads and the mat rolls, they suck up water like crazy -- this year I ordered the absorbent socks. they are long and yellow and Rooty thinks they are stuffed toy snakes
At December 15, 2005 at 5:08:00 PM CST, stan said...
I took a closer look at their website. It looks like they have some pretty cool, useful stuff there. I'm glad I checked out a second time, because I noticed that we had their e-mail address misspelled in our vendor records - see, I've been working!
The 20th Hamiversary Pig Hat is now at the top of my list of things I don't want for Christmas. But a company T-shirt would be awesome.
At December 15, 2005 at 6:29:00 PM CST, Jim said...
but...it's a really odd name
At December 16, 2005 at 12:57:00 PM CST, kristen said...
love the new photo of you shaving. was that taken with the crappy camera phone?
At December 16, 2005 at 1:07:00 PM CST, stan said...
Actually, I have tiny cameras implanted into my eyes, just like in the movie The Final Cut. This was just me looking in the mirror. :)
At December 16, 2005 at 4:15:00 PM CST, Jim said...
shaving? I thought someone hit you with a pie! too bad
At December 16, 2005 at 4:30:00 PM CST, stan said...
Well, they did, but it was blackberry pie.
At December 16, 2005 at 8:08:00 PM CST, Jim said...
I had forgotten about your beard, thanks for reminding me
At December 16, 2005 at 9:38:00 PM CST, Samuel John Klein said...
Ah ha! So that's why he doesn't have his beard anymore!
Give him his beard back, Jim!
At December 16, 2005 at 10:58:00 PM CST, Jim said...
SJK -- stan bought some absorbent pads from NEWPIG and they sucked the whiskers right off his face
At December 18, 2005 at 10:53:00 AM CST, Samuel John Klein said...
Oh, my.
NEWPIG's startin' to scare me, man.
At December 21, 2005 at 3:39:00 PM CST, Jim said...
here is what the newpig water-sucking tubes look like -- absorb-tubes
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