RE: Pig - Just a curiosity

During the days of the the first pigs the operators could actually follow the pigs as
they travelled through the pipelines because they squealed.

To:              "‡" <PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com>
From:            Christopher Wright <chrisw@skypoint.com>
Subject:         RE: [PipingDesign] Pig - Just a curiosity

> >Joke apart, there should be some reason to call this thing PIG.
> >Any inputs ?
> The first ones were inflatable and barrel-shaped like a pig's body to
> confine contact to a small area near the large OD. No floppy ears or
> kinky tail. New ones don't look like that. I imagine it's an unfortunate
> term in some places. The notion of cleaning drinking water pipes with a
> 'pig' is probably as unpleasant to the residents of Riyadh as using a
> 'carp' would be to people in Minneapolis.
>
> Dietary rules aside though, pigs are intelligent and engaging and not as
> careless about hygeine as people think. They only eat garbage (and
> contract trichinosis) when they're fed garbage, and like hippos and a lot
> of people, they do enjoy bathing in mud. It helps them stay cool in the
> summer. And like some, they've been known to pee in the bath or the pool,
> rather than climb out and pee elsewhere. Large pork operations, of which
> there are many here in Minnesota, really can stink like hell, but in
> small numbers it's no worse than any other farm.
>
> Not that I'd be interested in a pig as an alternative to a housecat, but
> some people keep small ones as novelty pets, like llamas. Doesn't seem
> any more disgusting than a goat or a pool full of carp...
>
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Bruce Parsons
Chief Draftsman, Gas Liquids Eng.
(403) 250-2950 Received on Thu Sep 11 11:31:00 2003