The Crown Jewels (Divertimenti, volume 1) by Walter Jon Williams

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A flamboyant thief fulfills a seemingly minor commission and wins the attention of an alarming number of patriots from two empires.

The Crown Jewels (Divertimenti, volume 1) by Walter Jon Williams

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[(Anonymous)]

The word mascotry sometimes refers to all the practices surrounding mascots, but it also applies to students from various universities "nicking" each others' mascots. Web searching finds references to this among the various London institutions, and an instance at least as late as 2019.

CGCU's nickable mascots are Bolt and Spanner (a giant bolt and a giant spanner); RCSU's is Theta (a giant thermometer).

[(Anonymous)]

And there's the (formerly) long lost Platypus Trophy, which was traded (and stolen) between the Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State Beavers for decades until it vanished and was forgotten, only to be rediscovered by pure accident.

It's a platypus because combine a duck and a beaver and what do you get?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus_Trophy

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