# "Periwinkle"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periwinkle/614266>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 28, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periwinkle/614266 "2012-02-28T17:25:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periwinkle/614266/21 "2012-03-01T21:16:00Z")

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They should have used the term [cowrie](http://www.boneroom.com/misc/images_shells/cowrie_leopard_medium.jpg) if they were going the shellfish route. Maybe they’re confused because when I saw “periwinkle” I mistakenly thought of the cowrie.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periwinkle/614266/22 "2012-03-01T21:23:37Z")

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> [@Dung\_Beetle](#):
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> And you also drive a Volvo! It’s like we’re twins today. 😛

So _you’re_ the other one  
😉

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periwinkle/614266/23 "2012-03-01T23:35:41Z")

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Hmmm. For some reason, I’m thinking of a human-sized doctor’s hand trying to hold back the birth of a gigantic anti-christ. “No! Dear god, no!”

Sarah Palin’s hometown, you say?

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