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posted October 15, 2008 09:55
What does porcelain have to do with pigs? Why are cowries not called porkeries? Why do members of Harvard's male-only final club, the Porcellian Club (link), wear golden pigs around their necks?

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posted October 15, 2008 11:51Hide Post
Dunno. Is there one answer or many? Can you give us a clue?


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posted October 15, 2008 12:09Hide Post
Is there one answer or many?

A quest more honored in the rhetorical than in the historical. In a word, no. I just noticed and was wondering out loud.


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