sow's ear

[Susan Kline]

At 02:10 PM 10/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Steve wrote:
>> ... "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear".  
>>
>Well now that could be challenged. How many of you know the most valuable 
>part of the pig carcass by weight is the ear - dried and sold in pet 
>stores for dog chews. True fact.
>
>Stephen
>
>Stephen Birkett Fortepianos
>Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos
>464 Winchester Drive
>Waterloo, Ontario
>Canada N2T 1K5
>tel: 519-885-2228
>email: birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca
>

So, maybe the old saying should go:

You _can_ _fill_ a silk purse from a sow's ear.

(One never knows what one will learn from this list.)

Susan

Susan Kline
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