alt Hacker NewsI mean, I like puns but they're a flash in the pan. Jokes get old after a while and you don't want to embed them in something fairly permanent like a building name.
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cucumber3732842 • yesterday at 5:28 PM
"Surely you've all heard of the Hoare house on campus?" seems like a pretty timeless way to a) keep people from dozing off during that bit of lecture b) cause a whole bunch of people to remember who this guy was and what he did.
This particular word for the oldest profession goes back to Old English. I am fairly sure it would outlive the building.