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To: Thomas M. who wrote (935)	9/12/2000 2:56:27 PM
From: bill meehan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1401

Swine teaser of the week (I forgot): Jints +8.5 and Seahawks pick 'em

To: Thomas M. who wrote (935)	9/12/2000 3:24:30 PM
From: bill meehan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1401

Calling all swine...be on the lookout (Don't know why the swine didn't swill Bud...those folks know how to care for animals.) Symbol(s) PEP & Date Use Page Up, Page Down, +, -, or press Ù -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/10 11:31P (WJ) WSJ(9/11): Prized Pig Disappears With Empty Bottles Of Cola Story 0979 (KO, KOLA-D, PEP, PEPS-D, I/BVG, I/SFT, N/DJN, N/DJWI, N/JNL...) By Carrick Mollenkamp Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal The tale of the pig who loved soda pop appears to have reached a sad end. As reported in this space in 1998, Snoot the piglet lived in a little white shed in back of Pat's Bait & Tackle on the Altamaha River in Jesup, Ga. It was his habit to sniff and root around for a Coke, and the shop's owner, Pat Brantley, would lower the spout of a bottle. The pig, whose name at the time was reported as Snoop, would chug-a-lug, with brown foam dribbling down his cheeks. Told of the thirsty swine's preference for Coke, PepsiCo. Inc. officials in Purchase, N.Y., acted boldly, hustling a case of Pepsi One, a diet drink it was launching at the time, down to Jesup. Snoot was converted. But despite his switch to diet soda, Snoot turned into a bit of a porker. "He could beg so pitiful for that Pepsi," says Ms. Brantley. "A man that raised hogs said he looked like he weighed 700 pounds . . . He wouldn't get on a scale." Ms. Brantley was picturing fame and fortune for Snoot, maybe even a TV commercial. But several months ago, the pig ran off and hasn't been seen since. Ms. Brantley is resigned to her loss. "I didn't make a nickel off him," she