# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/161 "2011-07-12T17:13:26Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I knew immediately it was empty. This little piggy played the market. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/162 "2011-07-13T03:22:55Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > 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. All that trouble and you could have used explosives. Under certain circumstances pigs can fly ya know. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/163 "2011-07-13T03:38:30Z")
It seems that the two mummified mice, which **Cicero** so cavalierly discarded, did a poor job of guarding the riches of the tomb. And even if **Cicero** didn’t rob the grave he is associated with the desecration. I imagine he will now be haunted by two ghostly mice. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/164 "2011-07-13T06:58:30Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Oooo, intriguing idea! **Cicero** , go on back under the house and dig around in the area where you found the pig. Then dig around under the kitchen, just to be sure. Don’t dig, just get some of that ground penetrating radar, such as they use to discover dead bodies buried in the gardens of serial killers. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/165 "2011-07-13T12:18:47Z")
> [@blindboyard](#): > > Don’t dig, just get some of that ground penetrating radar, such as they use to discover dead bodies buried in the gardens of serial killers. Not that **blindboyard** is any way attempting to make anything that at all resembles an insinuation. _ **Cicero.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/166 "2011-07-13T12:22:48Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Oh thanks. That will forever haunt me. :mad: Say, by any chance is your pig named… _looks to the left__looks to the right_ … Jodie? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/167 "2011-07-13T14:15:18Z")
You know, if you don’t put the pig back, rat guy is going to know that he got you. I feel certain he’s going to remember and check for it next time he comes. Heck, I wonder if he keeps a supply of these things and leaves them at the homes of poor tippers? While you’re putting it back, check the direction in which the pig’s nose was pointing - just in case there’s an “X” of some sort on the wall. . . \*ETA and could somebody please explain the Jodie reference? ---
**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 13, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/168 "2011-07-13T15:23:04Z")
Jodie was the pig-like entity from the Amityville Horror. ---
**Author:** ![Hennessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hennessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hennessy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/169 "2011-07-15T04:14:48Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Cicero lives in Australia. Everything in Australia is poisonous. The snakes kill. The spiders kill. Platypussies are poisonous. I think kangaroos carry guns in their pouches. Excellent! Very entertaining thread for the most part, if only it had a catchy title, it could become a classic. We all knew it was empty from the get go though, right? Does anyone really think that guy didn’t shake it up first, shine a light through the slot and check first? Natural instincts for all of us… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/170 "2011-07-15T06:21:33Z")
It was the 8th horcrux. . ---
**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 15, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/171 "2011-07-15T06:38:34Z")
Catchy title? _sniff_ (Actually, I never expected there would be this much interest in a stupid plastic pig. Guess we’re all romantics hoping for a windfall.) ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/172 "2011-07-15T07:27:45Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > {snip}Guess we’re all romantics hoping for a windfall.) Either that or we’re gleefully howling at our ability to talk some random bloke on the other side of the world into crawling into a dark dirty dangerous dugite-infested hole to retrieve a plastic pig. 😃 Actually, it was the spirit of adventure that moved me. All kidding aside, you’re a good sport for playing along and humoring us. Many thanks, and I tip my hat to you, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/173 "2011-07-15T10:52:23Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Good job, Cicero! Thanks for relieving our curiosity. I was afraid it was going to be like the 14 k f g in a p f d or whatever. 14 k of g in a f p d. 14 kinds of grossness in a fake pig dungeon. ---
**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 15, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/174 "2011-07-15T10:56:37Z")
That said dear! I saw it. And Tru Celt, I just saw your post. I heard the rat guy retired to the Bahamas. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/175 "2011-07-15T10:57:00Z")
Your pig had amused me greatly. Thank you for sharing. ---
**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 15, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/176 "2011-07-15T11:08:11Z")
Thanks folks. Now I have a really chintzy, cruddy pink pig for the next white elephant exchange. Except it is now a cultural icon. ---
**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 15, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/177 "2011-07-15T11:30:18Z")
Who wouldn’t want The Pink Pig come their way in the white elephant? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/178 "2011-07-15T11:45:36Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Thanks folks. Now I have a really chintzy, cruddy pink pig for the next white elephant exchange. > > Except it is now a cultural icon. It’s going to be in the Smithsonian one day! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/179 "2011-07-15T14:41:43Z")
> [@Hennessy](#): > > Excellent! > > Very entertaining thread for the most part, if only it had a catchy title, it could become a classic. > > We all knew it was empty from the get go though, right? Does anyone really think that guy didn’t shake it up first, shine a light through the slot and check first? Natural instincts for all of us… You know, I never thought of that. Of course he did! He brought it up specifically to test whether the OP knew what was in there and would report it stolen. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017/180 "2011-07-15T14:49:23Z")
Of course! Now it’s all so clear! Y’know what I’d do, **Cicero** , if I were there and not many thousands of miles away? I’d go back into the crawlspace and check the ground all over very, very carefully, just in case some of the treasure fell to the side when the rat guy was shaking it out of the pig. You should totally do that right now, there’s a good lad. We’ll wait here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buried-treasure/588017.md?page=10)