A few months back while driving through Littleton, MA I saw a Cranberry Pearl PT Cruiser like mine (but not a turbo) with whitewall tires  and a curious hood ornament--a pig with wings.  I wouldn't want such an ornament on my PT, but I was always curious to know why the owner selected that ornament.

I've since seen the PT parked in the same place in Littleton a couple of times, and a few days ago I found myself driving behind it.  The owner waved at me and I waved back.  She pulled into the grocery store across the street from where I work, and I was late for work so I pulled into my office parking lot.  I was disappointed that I didn't have time to park next to her for a minute just so I could say "hello" and find out what the "flying pig" ornament means to her.  I bet it is an interesting story.

Today my coworker Dennis came into my office and said "Hey Chuck, there's a PT like yours parked out front with a huge hood ornament on it."  I checked the front window and sure enough, parked down there was the winged oinker, looking like a honey with its fancy whitewalls.

The ground floor of our office building contains a hardware store (an Aubuchon's) and I figured the owner must be in the store.  So I went downstairs and wandered through the store to try and find the owner.  It occurred to me that I wouldn't know her if I saw her so I should just go out front and wait by her car.  When I got out there her hatch was up and she was just driving away.  We looked at each other, but I'm sure she didn't know what to make of me.  I felt that waving to her and trotting over would be too awkward and I didn't want to alarm her, so I just watched her drive around the building.

As her hatch was up, I figured she was driving around the back of the store to pick up some potting soil or something, so I wandered around the other side of the building to see if I could catch up with her.  But alas, when I got back there she was not there.  There was an Aubuchon staff member standing there having a cigarette.

"Looking for someone?" he asked.  "Yeah, the lady in the purple PT Cruiser." I said.  "Oh, she just got a bag of lime and drove right back out the way she came." he explained.

 So I walked back to my office, feeling a little silly and somewhat disappointed to have my curiousity unsatisfied yet again. Ah well.  Maybe another time.  While writing this however, I came up with another plan.  I'll print a copy of this article and keep it in my PT, and the next time I see the flying pig parked somewhere, I'll leave the article on the windshield.

So if you just came out of someplace and found this on your windshield, don't be alarmed.  I'm just another happy PT driver and I wanted to let you know how awesome your car looks, but I'm curious about the flying pig hood ornament.

You can read about my PT at: http://tinyurl.com/32hyu.  Other articles about my car can be found at http://tinyurl.com/2wmxt.  Feel free to come and visit the article you are reading right now online at http://tinyurl.com/ysock and leave a comment (anonymous if you like) and say hello.  Or you can e-mail me at flyingpig@plastereddragon.com.