Harvard band gives unwanted anatomy lesson, claims it wasn’t on purpose
The Harvard marching band formation pictured below, created during the Harvard vs. University of Pennsylvania football game this past Saturday, does not say what you think it says—at least, that’s what Paul Meosky, manager of the Harvard Band, told The Boston Globe.
Jacob Adler, who attended the football game at Harvard, tweeted a photo of the band’s formation, which has since gone viral. Adler and many others on social media wrote on Twitter they believed the band had purposely spelled out “penis.’’
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Not the case, Meosky told the Globe. “We meant to spell ‘Pen ‘15’ with both a space and an apostrophe before the number,’’ he said. (As in, the abbreviated name of Harvard’s opponent…minus the additional “n’’ needed to get the correct spelling?)
“The formation may have appeared indistinct due to lower attendance than expected,’’ Meosky told the Globe. “However, we believe it still clearly spells ‘Pen ‘15,’ as we intended.’’
Harvard through the years:
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