"zxcvbob" wrote in message
...
That's a biblical reference to Sampson in the Book of Judges, where he
ate honey from the carcass of a lion. I'm not sure what chapter and I
don't feel like looking it up right now.

You're right though, it is odd.

Chapter 14:5-14

Sampson had killed the lion and returned after a time to see a swarm of bees
and honey in the carcass.

Gabby

"Dog3" dognospam@adjfkdla;not wrote in message

I dunno about that. We have some fairly strange labels in
the US. I did
not believe this existed. I even told my friend PJ she
was full of shit
when she said she found 'em on a supermarket shelf in NC.
Feast on this:
http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpages/003.htm

http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpages/023.htm
Beep! Beep!

http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpages/042.htm
Is pretty bizarre too. "Beef & Iron Wine"?

In fact the whole http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com is well
worth a visit.

This thread is most definitely not OT. My thanks to the OP
for starting it.

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"Petey the Wonder Dog" wrote in message
...
Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less.

It isn't dead, it's restin'.

(Or maybe it's pining for the fjords.)

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Apparently "The panel depicts the firm's trademark, the lion killed by
Samson, surrounded by bees and, from Judges XIV in the Bible, the answer to
Samson's riddle: 'Out of the strong came forth sweetness' "

Not that that explains much, really!

Jo


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"Petey the Wonder Dog" wrote in message
...
Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less.

It isn't dead, it's restin'.

(Or maybe it's pining for the fjords.)

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Apparently "The panel depicts the firm's trademark, the lion killed by
Samson, surrounded by bees and, from Judges XIV in the Bible, the answer to
Samson's riddle: 'Out of the strong came forth sweetness' "

Not that that explains much, really!

Jo


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In article , "Darkginger"
wrote:

"Petey the Wonder Dog" wrote in message
...
Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less.

It isn't dead, it's restin'.

(Or maybe it's pining for the fjords.)

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Apparently "The panel depicts the firm's trademark, the lion killed
by Samson, surrounded by bees and, from Judges XIV in the Bible, the
answer to Samson's riddle: 'Out of the strong came forth sweetness' "

Not that that explains much, really!

Except that it does. The story from Judges would have been quite
familiar to the people in Victorian times. The association between
Samsen's riddle and Lyle's would be both the sweetness and "out of the
strong." They want to associate their company with strength, regality,
etc, very likely. They probably also wanted to associate themselves
with a clever little riddle.

Regards,
Ranee

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heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man." Acts 17:24

In article , "Darkginger"
wrote:

"Petey the Wonder Dog" wrote in message
...
Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less.

It isn't dead, it's restin'.

(Or maybe it's pining for the fjords.)

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Apparently "The panel depicts the firm's trademark, the lion killed
by Samson, surrounded by bees and, from Judges XIV in the Bible, the
answer to Samson's riddle: 'Out of the strong came forth sweetness' "

Not that that explains much, really!

Except that it does. The story from Judges would have been quite
familiar to the people in Victorian times. The association between
Samsen's riddle and Lyle's would be both the sweetness and "out of the
strong." They want to associate their company with strength, regality,
etc, very likely. They probably also wanted to associate themselves
with a clever little riddle.

Regards,
Ranee

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"The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of
heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man." Acts 17:24

"Ranee Mueller" wrote

Except that it does. The story from Judges would have been quite
familiar to the people in Victorian times. The association between
Samsen's riddle and Lyle's would be both the sweetness and "out of the
strong." They want to associate their company with strength, regality,
etc, very likely. They probably also wanted to associate themselves
with a clever little riddle.

Regards,
Ranee

I stand..erm...educated! Thanks!

Jo


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Ranee Mueller writes:
In article , "Darkginger"
wrote:

"Petey the Wonder Dog" wrote in message
...
Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less.

It isn't dead, it's restin'.

(Or maybe it's pining for the fjords.)

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Apparently "The panel depicts the firm's trademark, the lion killed
by Samson, surrounded by bees and, from Judges XIV in the Bible, the
answer to Samson's riddle: 'Out of the strong came forth sweetness' "

Not that that explains much, really!

Except that it does. The story from Judges would have been quite
familiar to the people in Victorian times. The association between
Samsen's riddle and Lyle's would be both the sweetness and "out of the
strong." They want to associate their company with strength, regality,
etc, very likely. They probably also wanted to associate themselves
with a clever little riddle.

OK, thanks to both yourself and Jo for this. The bees are so small on
the tin, they are just dots, just like flies would be, and my
recollection of the story of Samson is so dim that it never occurred to
me.

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Opinicus writes:
"Dog3" dognospam@adjfkdla;not wrote in message

I dunno about that. We have some fairly strange labels in the US. I
did
not believe this existed. I even told my friend PJ she was full of
shit
when she said she found 'em on a supermarket shelf in NC.
Feast on this:
http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpages/003.htm

http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpages/023.htm
Beep! Beep!

http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/meatpages/042.htm
Is pretty bizarre too. "Beef & Iron Wine"?

In fact the whole http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com is well worth a
visit.

Egad! That's some odd stuff there. Thanks for this.

This thread is most definitely not OT. My thanks to the OP for starting
it.

You're welcome. It's been bugging me for a while, ever since someone
mentioned it on a newsgroup somewhere. As you know, as soon as you hear
about something like this, you just *have* to go and have a look,
because it's so *weird*. So I went and I looked, and it bugged me until
I posted here.

Thanks to everyone who answered.

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SteveR
(throw away the dustbin, send to stever@... instead)

Darkginger wrote:

Apparently "The panel depicts the firm's trademark, the lion killed by
Samson, surrounded by bees and, from Judges XIV in the Bible, the answer to
Samson's riddle: 'Out of the strong came forth sweetness' "

Not that that explains much, really!

To my mind, sugar cane is really strong.
blacksalt

kalanamak writes:
To my mind, sugar cane is really strong.

Try applying it orally rather than intracranially; you'll find it
rather more mild.

kalanamak writes:
To my mind, sugar cane is really strong.

Try applying it orally rather than intracranially; you'll find it
rather more mild.

kalanamak writes:
To my mind, sugar cane is really strong.

Try applying it orally rather than intracranially; you'll find it
rather more mild.

Ranee Mueller wrote:

Except that it does. The story from Judges would have been quite
familiar to the people in Victorian times. The association between
Samsen's riddle and Lyle's would be both the sweetness and "out of the
strong." They want to associate their company with strength, regality,
etc, very likely. They probably also wanted to associate themselves
with a clever little riddle.

Instead they associated themselves with a dead rotting lion.

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Ranee Mueller wrote:

Except that it does. The story from Judges would have been quite
familiar to the people in Victorian times. The association between
Samsen's riddle and Lyle's would be both the sweetness and "out of the
strong." They want to associate their company with strength, regality,
etc, very likely. They probably also wanted to associate themselves
with a clever little riddle.

Instead they associated themselves with a dead rotting lion.

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| |__ / | \| |- | |- / |"Making the bazaar more commonplace"
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