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title: Nobody loves a hot water hog
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nobody-loves-a-hot-water-hog-army-1941/
description: Small Army conservation card with a cartoon pig shaving in front of a steaming sink while a smaller pig stands under a shower head.
section: Collection
---

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[![Nobody loves a hot water hog, 1941 US poster: Small Army conservation card with a cartoon pig shaving in front of a steaming](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/nobody-loves-a-hot-water-hog-army-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/nobody-loves-a-hot-water-hog-army-1941.jpg)

# Nobody loves a hot water hog

Small Army conservation card with a cartoon pig shaving in front of a steaming sink while a smaller pig stands under a shower head. The slogan labels the man who overuses hot water a 'hot water hog', a name-calling tag aimed at fellow servicemen; 'Post in latrines only' is printed at top. The scan shows two copies of the card.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
POST IN LATRINES ONLY
NOBODY LOVES A
HOT WATER HOG
[imprint:] SAVE ACP NO 115 E 25 C OF E GPO 609203
```

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