for you northeasterners and west coasters, who don't have a piggly wiggly

Ava

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:08 AM
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for you northeasterners and west coasters, who don't have a piggly wiggly

Edited on Wed Dec-31-08 12:37 AM by Ava

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly

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Skittles

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:10 AM
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1. I remember them from when I was a child up north

yes INDEED

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Ava

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:13 AM
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2. really?

guess they just don't have them up north anymore :shrug:

http://www.pigglywiggly.com/cgi-bin/customize?storelocations.html

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PeaceNikki

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:32 AM
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12. Wisconsin is "north".

We have 'em here. I shop there all the time. In fact, they know me by name.

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Ava

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:36 AM
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13. by north i mean NE

the new england area (which is why i said "yankee"). sorry for the confusion! :hi:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:13 AM
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3. My dear Ava!

I remember them from "Driving Miss Daisy"...

None here in California...

:hi:

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swag

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:16 AM
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4. I remember the one in Madison, Wisconsin in the period 1965 - 1969

when I lived there and in the vicinity from ages 4 - 8.

I guess I won't take "yankee" or "west coaster" as derogatory, just as "other" to you.

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Ava

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:22 AM
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9. it certainly wasn't meant as derogatory

"west coaster" - i don't see how it could be seen as derogatory :shrug:

yankee maybe, but it certainly wasn't meant that way.. if you prefer, i could change it to "northeasterners"

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swag

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Wed Dec-31-08 10:39 AM
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15. Don't know why I was so easily snittable last night.

Sorry.

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Skittles

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:31 AM
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11. THAT'S THE ONE I WENT TO

YES INDEED :D

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swag

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Wed Dec-31-08 09:13 PM
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43. It was a special place, the Madison Piggly Wiggly.

Honestly, though, I have vivid memories of the place from when I was 4, 5, 6 . . .

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RetroLounge

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:30 PM
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28. You lived in Wisconsin?

That explains your "coolness." :D

:hi:

RL

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swag

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Wed Dec-31-08 09:14 PM
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44. Wisconsin is so cool, the Crucifucks named an album after it!

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Critters2

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:52 PM
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42. There was one in West Bend until maybe 10 years ago, maybe less.

It was within walking distance of my folks' house, so my mom was pissed when it closed. She was legally blind, and got around mostly on foot. Yep, I remember the Piggly Wiggly.

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Rhythm

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:16 AM
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5. They had them in the Hampton VA area when my grandmother was still alive...

I remember many a time when we were visiting, her looking at my dad and saying "Rod-neh, can you carry me ovah to tha Piggleh Wiggleh?"

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Aristus

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:17 AM
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6. I grew up around Piggly Wigglys in Texas.

I was too young to go there to scope for cleavage, though. B-)

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kentauros

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Wed Dec-31-08 11:40 AM
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21. I seem to recall them as a child here on the Third Coast, too

(Texas on the Gulf Coast, that is. ;))

These days, they only seem to be in small towns in Texas, and none of the cities:

http://www.pigglywiggly.com/cgi-bin/zipLocator?state.TX

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texanwitch

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:22 AM
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7. We don't have Piggly Wigglys either.

We have super Krogers and Super HEBs, and other fine food stores.

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Chan790

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:22 AM
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8. There's something remarkably morbid about a happy pig in a butcher's cap.

We used to go and get ice cream at the PW when I was a kid during vacations in Jacksonville and the logo creeped me out then even.

They had a nice ice cream selection though.

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Ava

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:23 AM
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10. it is creepy

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MorningGlow

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:05 PM
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34. Comparable only to the old Price Chopper logo

It was a coin with an ax wedged in it, but the old logo was of a quarter, so it looked like George Washington had been murdered with his own cherry tree-chopping tool. But it didn't quite look like Washington, so we used to call it "lady with an ax in her head". Real classy. They've since changed the coin to a plain one with stars around the edge. I kinda miss the old murderous-looking logo, though.

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Chan790

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:22 PM
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36. Price Chopper.

Edited on Wed Dec-31-08 02:22 PM by Chan790

We've got those here...it's the only thing I'm going to miss when I move.

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MorningGlow

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:35 PM
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38. That's the one!!

Thanks, Chan! I was trying to find it but could only locate the new, boring logo. Hee.

P.S.: Why in the world does that timeline go forward, and then backward?
:rofl:

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Chan790

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:37 PM
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40. Because it's one slice out of a larger one...

Edited on Wed Dec-31-08 02:39 PM by Chan790

which runs top to bottom and not left to right, the dots correspond to the pictures where they could fit them.

http://tinyurl.com/PriceChopperTimeline

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MorningGlow

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:42 PM
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41. Nah, that thing's going left to right

Down a row and left to right again. I think they got the wrong date on it. Just a giggle for me.

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mitchum

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:20 PM
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35. Barbecue joints throughout the south almost always have happy little pig...

figurines scattered around the place.
It is weird. Deliciously weird.

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SeattleGirl

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:39 AM
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14. I used to shop at a piggly wiggly in Washington when I was a kid.

I loved going to that store.

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geardaddy

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Wed Dec-31-08 10:43 AM
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16. I remember one in Iowa

when we used to visit my grandma.

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NewJeffCT

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Wed Dec-31-08 10:45 AM
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17. Are they infringing on Porky Pig's copywright with that logo?

but, it looks about how I imagined.

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Burma Jones

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Wed Dec-31-08 10:47 AM
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18. Piggly Wiggly Birdbath Pie Cat Hips Fish Lips Poke You In The Eye........

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Bucky

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Wed Dec-31-08 11:03 AM
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19. Define what you mean by "have a piggly wiggly"

Casual innuendo can get your thread locked

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unpossibles

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Wed Dec-31-08 11:38 AM
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20. IBTL!

my bad - the title sounded dirty.

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Taverner

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Wed Dec-31-08 11:42 AM
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22. Ahhh I remember them from when I was a child in Georgia during the depression...

Wait - I never lived in Georgia

And I wasn't born until thirty years after the depression...

:silly:

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Road Scholar

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:10 PM
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23. Our small town Clinton NC has two Piggly Wigglys and one Food

Lion. There's not many towns in eastern NC that doesn't have at least one Piggly Wiggly. A lot of northern visitors go by the "Piggly" on their way back north to take some fresh grown veggies back home with them. We like the "Piggly".:toast: :toast: :toast:

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Fire Walk With Me

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:19 PM
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24. I hear that place is like Hooters.

You don't really go there for what they sell. :shrug:

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Road Scholar

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:39 PM
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30. Yeah, but the melons are for real. LOL

:rofl: :rofl:

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Shell Beau

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:23 PM
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25. We don't have one where I live in MS but I do see them in the smaller towns!

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SacredCow

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:28 PM
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26. There's only one left in Baton Rouge....

and it's WAY up in the north part of the city (and in a bad neighborhood) so I never go.

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graywarrior

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:29 PM
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27. I went to one in South Carolina one time

Freaked me out.

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RetroLounge

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:31 PM
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29. We didn't have these in Illinois

But we would stop in Winona, MN on our way fishing and stock up for the week at Piggly Wiggly.

As a kid, the name cracked us up.

We have them here in Wisconsin.

RL

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Gidney N Cloyd

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:41 PM
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31. There was one in DeKalb, Il. 40 years ago. My grandmother used to shop there.

May still be there for all I know.

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LeftyMom

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:44 PM
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32. I've never even seen one. But like every good California girl, I've thrown up in a Waffle House.

I think it's the grease and the humidity that does it. :puke:

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Chan790

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:26 PM
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37. I thought it was the propensity to go to WH at 3am...

after drinking because it's the only thing open.

Here it's Denny's or the local diner but it's still a rite of passage. One I've never fulfilled. Joyfully. :D

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LeftyMom

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Wed Dec-31-08 02:37 PM
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39. Nah, I did it stone sober in the middle of the day.

I do think it's the humidity. We're not used to it.

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Gidney N Cloyd

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Wed Dec-31-08 12:46 PM
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33. Movie trivia >>>

Look for a Piggly Wiggly truck in the secret government caravan heading to the landing site in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Don't try to tell me you're not fascinated by that.

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unsavedtrash

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Wed Dec-31-08 09:16 PM
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45. It's the Pig!

Friends up North have asked me to send tee shirts.

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Wed Dec-31-08 09:19 PM
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46. There used to be a Piggly Wiggly in Sturgeon Bay, WI.

Don't know if it's still there.

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Captain Hilts

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Wed Dec-31-08 10:50 PM
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47. Memories of Charleston, SC. BAD memories. nt

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Patiod

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Wed Dec-31-08 10:58 PM
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48. Who needs Piggly Wiggly when you have Wawa

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Flying Dream Blues

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Thu Jan-01-09 12:15 AM
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49. Or as we lovingly called it, "Hoggly Woggly"...nt

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Kceres

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Thu Jan-01-09 12:25 AM
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50. Oh, Piggly Wiggly! My sister and I used to LOVE going to the Piggly Wiggly's at my grandmother's in

Crossett, AR. Such memories. You know, the brother of the Piggly Wiggly guy opened a competing chain of his own and called it "Hoggly Woggly." Really. A true story. But there were only a few and they didn't do well.

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