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October 15, 2008, 09:55
zmježd
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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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October 15, 2008, 11:51
arnie
Dunno. Is there one answer or many? Can you give us a clue?


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
October 15, 2008, 12:09
zmježd
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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