"pig" as policeman

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Aug 10 15:56:20 UTC 2006


At 10:05 AM -0700 8/11/06, Robert Fitzke wrote:
>Who was it who said. "Anyone who can remember the sixties wasn't there".

often attributed to Wavy Gravy, whence my allusion below

LH

>
>I do, I have three kids who started the sixties ages 2, 5, and 12. Yes I do.
>
>Bob
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Laurence Horn" <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 5:48 PM
>Subject: Re: "pig" as policeman
>
>>  >I remember the PIG acronym as well.  It may have been in 1969 or ' 70.
>>>
>>>   I do not look back to the '60s fondly.  Does anyone - born before,
>>>say, 1956?
>>>
>>>   JL
>>
>>I do.  To the extent that I remember them.
>>
>>LH (1945-    )

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