when pigs fly

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Sat Sep 18 14:48:36 UTC 2004


On Sep 18, 2004, at 7:40 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Subject:Re: when pigs flyTo:ads at listserv.uga.edu [input]   [input]
> [input]   [input]  Not the same "Pigasus" who ran for president in
> 1968 on the Youth Interantional Party ticket?
>
> Whippersnappers: The "Youth International Party" was a media hoax
> created by the late antiwar-activist-hippie-anarchist-absurdists
> Abb[i]e Hoffman and Jerry Rubin for the purpose of messing with the
> Democratic National Convention in Chicago...

just in case the whippersnappers missed the reference, these are the
once-famous Yippies.

arnold



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