I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork on the
packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate & Lyle): a lion, but not
just any lion, of course. It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less. And the
motto, "Out of the strong came forth sweetness" written below it.

If you don't believe me, take a look at this, on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...52023?v=glance

What makes it worse is that the packaging on the tins of golden syrup is basically
unchanged since *1883*. Did the Victorians like buying things with pictures of dead
lions on them? Here's a link to an interview on "The Grocery Trader" about the company,
where the uniqueness of the packaging is (very) coyly discussed:

http://www.grocerytrader.co.uk/April...ldenSyrup.html

I also wonder slightly about the mascot on their children's website. I reckon that
"Lyle the Lion" should be a ghost or something.

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

SteveR wrote:
I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork on the
packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate & Lyle): a lion, but not
just any lion, of course. It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less. And the
motto, "Out of the strong came forth sweetness" written below it.

If you don't believe me, take a look at this, on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...52023?v=glance

What makes it worse is that the packaging on the tins of golden syrup is basically
unchanged since *1883*. Did the Victorians like buying things with pictures of dead
lions on them? Here's a link to an interview on "The Grocery Trader" about the company,
where the uniqueness of the packaging is (very) coyly discussed:

http://www.grocerytrader.co.uk/April...ldenSyrup.html

I also wonder slightly about the mascot on their children's website. I reckon that
"Lyle the Lion" should be a ghost or something.



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.

Bob

SteveR wrote:
I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork on the
packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate & Lyle): a lion, but not
just any lion, of course. It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less. And the
motto, "Out of the strong came forth sweetness" written below it.

If you don't believe me, take a look at this, on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...52023?v=glance

What makes it worse is that the packaging on the tins of golden syrup is basically
unchanged since *1883*. Did the Victorians like buying things with pictures of dead
lions on them? Here's a link to an interview on "The Grocery Trader" about the company,
where the uniqueness of the packaging is (very) coyly discussed:

http://www.grocerytrader.co.uk/April...ldenSyrup.html

I also wonder slightly about the mascot on their children's website. I reckon that
"Lyle the Lion" should be a ghost or something.



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.

Bob

SteveR wrote:

I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork
on the packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate &
Lyle): a lion, but not just any lion, of course. 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.)

Bob

SteveR wrote:

I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork
on the packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate &
Lyle): a lion, but not just any lion, of course. 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.)

Bob

Dog3 wrote:
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

Michael

You wanna see something scary? Look at the *back* label (where the
nutrition info is.) Brains are pretty much made out of cholesterol.

Bob

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!

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!

"Bob" wrote in message
...
SteveR wrote:

I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork
on the packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate &
Lyle): a lion, but not just any lion, of course. 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.)

No, it's bloody well snuffed it!

Gabby

"Bob" wrote in message
...
SteveR wrote:

I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork
on the packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate &
Lyle): a lion, but not just any lion, of course. 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.)

No, it's bloody well snuffed it!

Gabby

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:55:22 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:

SteveR wrote:
I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork on the
packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate & Lyle): a lion, but not
just any lion, of course. It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less. And the
motto, "Out of the strong came forth sweetness" written below it.

If you don't believe me, take a look at this, on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...52023?v=glance

What makes it worse is that the packaging on the tins of golden syrup is basically
unchanged since *1883*. Did the Victorians like buying things with pictures of dead
lions on them? Here's a link to an interview on "The Grocery Trader" about the company,
where the uniqueness of the packaging is (very) coyly discussed:

http://www.grocerytrader.co.uk/April...ldenSyrup.html

I also wonder slightly about the mascot on their children's website. I reckon that
"Lyle the Lion" should be a ghost or something.



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.

Bob

Them's bees, not flies, then.


modom

"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:55:22 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:

SteveR wrote:
I think the most odd label is here in the UK. I reckon it's the artwork on the
packaging for Lyle's Golden Syrup (and related products of Tate & Lyle): a lion, but not
just any lion, of course. It's *dead*, with flies buzzing around it, no less. And the
motto, "Out of the strong came forth sweetness" written below it.

If you don't believe me, take a look at this, on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...52023?v=glance

What makes it worse is that the packaging on the tins of golden syrup is basically
unchanged since *1883*. Did the Victorians like buying things with pictures of dead
lions on them? Here's a link to an interview on "The Grocery Trader" about the company,
where the uniqueness of the packaging is (very) coyly discussed:

http://www.grocerytrader.co.uk/April...ldenSyrup.html

I also wonder slightly about the mascot on their children's website. I reckon that
"Lyle the Lion" should be a ghost or something.



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.

Bob

Them's bees, not flies, then.


modom

"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore

"Michael Odom" wrote in message
...


Them's bees, not flies, then.

That what I thought when I first looked at it. Then I thought that there
were so many of them that they'd stung the lion until he died - making them
stronger than the lion thus explaining the motto. Then I remembered that
this product wasn't honey.

Gabby

Gabby wrote:

That what I thought when I first looked at it. Then I thought that there
were so many of them that they'd stung the lion until he died - making them
stronger than the lion thus explaining the motto. Then I remembered that
this product wasn't honey.


But it is sweet like honey which might be the association the makers
were trying to make in the consumers' minds.

--Lia

Gabby wrote:

That what I thought when I first looked at it. Then I thought that there
were so many of them that they'd stung the lion until he died - making them
stronger than the lion thus explaining the motto. Then I remembered that
this product wasn't honey.


But it is sweet like honey which might be the association the makers
were trying to make in the consumers' minds.

--Lia