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muriel_volestrangler

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6. Hmm, "The Blue Boar" is a common pub/inn name in England

Reply to Jamaal510 (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 03:32 PM

Sep 2015

See https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="blue+boar"&oq="blue+boar"

I have no idea why, though - it might just be that some noble has a boar painted in blue as his emblem (which is why certain other combinations, like "The Red Lion", are common).

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"Why The Hell Is This Pig's Flesh Bright Blue?!" [View all] Jamaal510 Sep 2015 OP

Wasn't there a bear recently that had a blue head? Jamastiene Sep 2015 #1

Here's the bear article at least. Shandris Sep 2015 #2

Blue bacon! KamaAina Sep 2015 #3

And fricaseed Smurf patties! pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #4

Pigs are omnivores. hunter Sep 2015 #5

Hmm, "The Blue Boar" is a common pub/inn name in England muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #6

That's what my wife calls me when I wear a blue suit. Glassunion Sep 2015 #7

Is it Blue Boar or Blue Bore? lunatica Sep 2015 #10

The latter Glassunion Sep 2015 #11

This happens all the time. The answer is really quite simple... Glassunion Sep 2015 #8

Got into a box of Blue Cheer. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #9

Actually, this is pretty simple. The pig ate poison. Xithras Sep 2015 #12