# Buried treasure? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017 "2011-07-06T11:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/121 "2011-07-11T12:07:41Z")
> [@Toucanna](#): > > Psssst…read the link’s url.😛 This is what I get for browsing on my iPod. Where’s the pig? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/122 "2011-07-11T12:33:29Z")
_Sets down War and Peace_ Well, that was a good read. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/123 "2011-07-11T14:46:45Z")
_Completes scale model of house in Australia, complete with tiny pig, deadly serpents and corpse in basement_ Have we got the pig yet? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/124 "2011-07-11T15:21:52Z")
_Sooooooieeeee!_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/125 "2011-07-11T15:59:18Z")
_Completes scale model of Australia, complete with tiny house, tiny pig, deadly serpents and corpse in basement_ Have we got the pig yet? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/126 "2011-07-11T16:29:38Z")
I’m thinking that by now **Cicero** very much regrets telling us about said pig… ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/127 "2011-07-11T16:29:39Z")
Pig in da house?? or still under it? ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/128 "2011-07-11T20:23:20Z")
Go get that pig!! RIGHT NOW!! I mean it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/129 "2011-07-11T20:47:53Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Just to be clear, my offer to retrieve the pig in return for a trip to Australia was conditional on the pig being under the house. Mine ain’t! I got a nose clip and some rubber gloves and I’ve always wanted to go to Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/130 "2011-07-11T20:49:03Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Let’s hope it’s not the Interstellar Pig! Wait, somebody else read that as a kid? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/131 "2011-07-11T20:57:26Z")
So… what was in the pig? Are you having trouble breaking it open after fetching it? (You’ve fetched it by now, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/132 "2011-07-11T23:04:22Z")
[http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/whopper-of-a-truffle-on-the-menu-at-burswood/story-e6frg3pu-1226089123345?from=public\_rss](http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/whopper-of-a-truffle-on-the-menu-at-burswood/story-e6frg3pu-1226089123345?from=public_rss) I think he’s started cashing in already. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/133 "2011-07-12T00:25:13Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > _Completes scale model of house in Australia, complete with tiny pig, deadly serpents and corpse in basement_ > > Have we got the pig yet? Very few houses in this country have basements. The pig and corpse are in the crawl space. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/134 "2011-07-12T00:30:15Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Wait, somebody else read that as a kid? I read it as a teenager, and I’ve read most of the authors other stuff as an adult 🙂 I still keep hoping they’ll make the boardgame ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/135 "2011-07-12T01:22:12Z")
Well, you guys shamed me into it. I rugged up like the Michelin man and went to the opening today. There were two cement slabs covering it and they were damn heavier than I thought. There were also two mummified mice to look at me as soon as I opened it. I disposed of them. And there was the pig- about six feet into the cavity. I managed to get it out. I knew immediately it was empty. It was so light. I would add that it was no where near the kitchen so I have no idea why he thought that. It seems the mystery will remain as to how it ever got under there. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/136 "2011-07-12T01:28:06Z")
Maybe there’s another pig under the kitchen? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/137 "2011-07-12T01:29:14Z")
This is just his way of getting out of it. “I got it and it was empty.” Suuurrrre you did. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/138 "2011-07-12T01:30:25Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Maybe there’s another pig under the kitchen? 😉 Oh thanks. That will forever haunt me. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/139 "2011-07-12T01:32:12Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > This is just his way of getting out of it. “I got it and it was empty.” Suuurrrre you did. :dubious: Actually, I did think of saying that so I could weasel my way of getting out of under the house. However, I am about to post pictures of the pig on Google +. One thing I did think of- say it had about $20,000 something like that- what on earth would you do? Report it to the police? ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/140 "2011-07-12T01:39:31Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I knew immediately it was empty. It was so light. Well he would say that, wouldn’t he. Version 2. > [@Cicero](#): > > At the urgings of SDMB colleagues and despite my personal misgivings I have collected the piggybank without undue difficulty or inconvenience. The extraction was performed expeditiously and at no stage was I in any risk of harm. Inside the ceramic pig was a diamond ring, several gold bands and a substantial sum of small denomination and unmarked notes, but no evidence as to whom it may have previously belonged. > > I have resolved to share my windfall gains with those who encouraged me. > > Please send me BSB and bank account details so that I can lodge your share electronically. Well done cobber [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017.md?page=8)