Could Somebody Hold the Pig?

When I was visiting a college with my son last winter, we had an impromptu meeting with the Vice-President of Admission. When the question of my son’s academic record came up, I quickly offered, “To be honest, you can put lipstick on a pig…” - you know the rest. This controversy between the two camps amounts to nothing other than another example of personalities, not issues, capturing the attention of the media and those who follow the stories (the VP of Admission loved the metaphor and my son was accepted).