Drop the Dead Lion
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World’s oldest unchanged brand finally removes dead lion from logo
As a kid, I was fascinated by this logo of a decaying dead lion surrounded by bees. The syrup is absolutely delicious, at least it was when I was 8 years old, it's probably a bit sweet for a man of my advanced age. We used to put it on our breakfast porridge as a way of making the famous Scottish delicacy taste of something better than porridge.
Anyways, they're getting rid of the hideous logo, some say to pacify the leftist woke hive-mind. Others because they want to sell more honey substitute.
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What is the history of the logo? I unerstand the bees, but why are they feeding on a dead lion? LOL
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What is the history of the logo? I unerstand the bees, but why are they feeding on a dead lion? LOL
@taiwan_girl said in Drop the Dead Lion:
What is the history of the logo? I unerstand the bees, but why are they feeding on a dead lion? LOL
It's a story from the Bible - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson's_riddle
Abram Lyle, the inventor of the syrup, was a very religious person, and chose the slogan
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@Mik said in Drop the Dead Lion:
All the more reason to keep it.
I think it's a reminder of what an asshole Samson was, if nothing else. That poor lion hadn't done anything wrong.
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It (the Samson story and riddle) could also be further proof that the ancient world was visited by extraterrestrials. The Bible among other notable ancient texts document describe many encounters with what can only be interpreted as aliens from another world. Probably in the Pleiades.
Elbows up!
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Samson doesn't get his hair cut, big fucking hero.
I don't get my hair cut, apparently I look like a homeless person.
Why, why, why, Delilah?
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It (the Samson story and riddle) could also be further proof that the ancient world was visited by extraterrestrials. The Bible among other notable ancient texts document describe many encounters with what can only be interpreted as aliens from another world. Probably in the Pleiades.
@Renauda said in Drop the Dead Lion:
It (the Samson story and riddle) could also be further proof that the ancient world was visited by extraterrestrials. The Bible among other notable ancient texts document describe many encounters with what can only be interpreted as aliens from another world. Probably in the Pleiades.
God is an extraterrestrial by definition.
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Genesis 1 reads like a description of terraforming.
The Brad
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Indeed and Erich Von Daniken and Giorgio Tsoukolos are his prophets!
Samson doesn't get his hair cut, big fucking hero.
You’re right, all that hair. Bet he even sported gawdy Harley-Davidson jewellery and tasteless tattoos. Must have been a textbook narcissist. They say he killed 30 men for their clothes. Imagine that! Probably had a mouth on him like a Joe Pesci gangster character.
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Genesis 1 reads like a description of terraforming.
@LuFins-Dad said in Drop the Dead Lion:
Genesis 1 reads like a description of terraforming.
“Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
Except for cats, obviously. He really fucked that bit up.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Drop the Dead Lion:
Genesis 1 reads like a description of terraforming.
“Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
Except for cats, obviously. He really fucked that bit up.
Except for cats, obviously. He really fucked that bit up.
That now brings us full circle.
Lions are cats, big ones. Samson allegedly killed one when it was a kitten. Only bad people kill kittens and puppies, not supposed mythical fucking heroes.
