Curiously enough, a company is selling a toy pig called rasher. This had me quite amused for a while after I was pointed to this scan (53 kB) from some shop-catalogue. I found on their online shop an even better picture. Unfortunately, the shop no longer sells the Rasher. The full description of Rasher was the following:
A battery-operated 5" (13cm) furry piglet who strides purposefully forward stopping from time to time to shake his tail, snuffle his nose and emit mechanical oinking noises. Soft and pink, he seems to appeal particularly to young females. Requires 2 x AAA batteries.
I'm still waiting for young females to flock around me.
This was all very interesting, so naturally I had to own one. The obvious way was to buy one from the online shop, but that required a credit card - something I didn't have (and my parents wouldn't let me use their credit card). That was when my brother announced "one of my friends has one". "Fun", I thought. My next move was to try and persuade my brother into buying it, but he couldn't really be bothered, so my father asked the friend (my father is a teacher at the school my brother's friend attends). A few days later I got a phonecall from the guy and we arranged that my father would pay him and bring the Rasher home. I've recorded a small movieclip (1302 kB) and taken two pictures (1 (27 kB) 2 (29 kB)) of it.
This was too good to let it pass. Apparently someone who isn't me, but is called rasher, stumbled across this site, with hilarious consequences. Look: It's hilarious.
Also, a sprite-ish rendition has been made by Jon:
