Comments on: Whence Cometh “The Pig”? http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/06/whence-cometh-the-pig.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/06/whence-cometh-the-pig.html/comment-page-1#comment-165027 Sheila Ryan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:15:34 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11295#comment-165027 So! The Pig has been rooting around northern Illinois for a good long while. Logli? Is that some Abruzzo chain store moving into the American Heartland? Can you get good olive oil there? Figs? So! The Pig has been rooting around northern Illinois for a good long while.

Logli? Is that some Abruzzo chain store moving into the American Heartland? Can you get good olive oil there? Figs?

]]> By: Rick Neece http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/06/whence-cometh-the-pig.html/comment-page-1#comment-165022 Rick Neece Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:10:54 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11295#comment-165022 I believe it later became an Eagle, then perhaps most recently a Logli. I believe it later became an Eagle, then perhaps most recently a Logli.

]]> By: Rick Neece http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/06/whence-cometh-the-pig.html/comment-page-1#comment-165019 Rick Neece Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:09:41 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11295#comment-165019 My first memory of a supermarket was The Pig in North Park (Rockford), IL. Circa 1960-ish. My first memory of a supermarket was The Pig in North Park (Rockford), IL. Circa 1960-ish.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/06/whence-cometh-the-pig.html/comment-page-1#comment-165005 Sheila Ryan Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11295#comment-165005 "[Clarence] Saunders' reason for choosing <a href="http://www.pigglywiggly.com/cgi-bin/customize?aboutus.html#allin" rel="nofollow">the intriguing name Piggly Wiggly ®</a> remains a mystery; he was curiously reluctant to explain its origin. One story is that he saw from a train window several little pigs struggling to get under a fence, and the rhyming name occurred to him then. Someone once asked him why he had chosen such an unusual name for his organization, and Saunders' reply was, "So people will ask that very question.' He wanted and found a name that would be talked about and remembered." “[Clarence] Saunders’ reason for choosing the intriguing name Piggly Wiggly ® remains a mystery; he was curiously reluctant to explain its origin. One story is that he saw from a train window several little pigs struggling to get under a fence, and the rhyming name occurred to him then. Someone once asked him why he had chosen such an unusual name for his organization, and Saunders’ reply was, “So people will ask that very question.’ He wanted and found a name that would be talked about and remembered.”

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