# The wee little piggy - he just won't go away. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625 "2012-02-12T20:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/1 "2012-02-12T20:57:41Z")
Maxwell, the Geico piggy, that is. What a little adrenaline junkie. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf2AmA-Y50A) Looks like Geico’s found a new secondary mascot. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/2 "2012-02-12T21:26:24Z")
I like this one. 😉 The piggy is a lot better than the caveman or the smart talking guy. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/3 "2012-02-12T23:21:29Z")
Annoying as f\*\*\*, which is par for the course for Geico. Also saw a brand new ad today-given the inherent idiocy (details fortunately escape me), I instantly knew that it had to belong to Geico as well. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/4 "2012-02-12T23:48:48Z")
The new commercials with the piggy just don’t capture what worked about the first one. For one thing, anybody who got such a thrill from sticking his head out of a minivan window would be scared shitless by ziplining and street luge. And he seems to be able to defy the laws of physics. He’s coasting down the zipline catching up to the guy on the other line, slows down for a bit to chat with him, then speeds up again. I don’t think ziplines work like that. ---
**Author:** ![slowlearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowlearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowlearner)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/5 "2012-02-13T00:23:49Z")
do the laws of physics apply to the little piggy that went weewee all the way home? is the little piggy that had none going to be in the suffering animal commercials? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/6 "2012-02-13T00:31:57Z")
I like the original well enough, hate the sequels. (squeals?) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/7 "2012-02-13T04:09:23Z")
I can stomach the piggy much better than that fucking gecko. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/8 "2012-02-13T04:15:03Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I can stomach the piggy much better than that fucking gecko. Well, of course. You can’t make bacon from a gecko. 😃 I really liked the original. The new ones, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/9 "2012-02-13T06:18:12Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Well, of course. You can’t make bacon from a gecko. 😃 Well, not _one_ gecko. You’d need a few dozen at least. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/10 "2012-02-13T09:13:14Z")
I’m not proud of the fact that I’m simple simple creature\*, but the piggie cracks me up. \*Dogma ref ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/11 "2012-02-13T13:12:13Z")
Yea, I liked the first ad, but the joke doesn’t really work extended past that. (and don’t knock Geico, I’m pretty sure they’re single-handedly paying for about 50% of television) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wee-little-piggy-he-just-wont-go-away/612625/12 "2012-02-13T14:25:20Z")
[He must be popular. We’ve had two threads on him in less than months.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637380)