Today in our house: the Golden Syrup conundrum.

[mr_e]

After a minor debate in which we wondered whether or not the Lion on the Golden Syrup tin is actually dead or just resting whilst surrounded by flies in the hot, hot heat of Kenya, I actually remembered to look it up.

The answer is on the Lyle's Golden Syrup site. And they aren't actually flies at all! Who would've guessed?

For people who don't like clicking, here's the to-the-point extract:

...Abram Lyle had strong religious beliefs, which is why the Lyle's Golden Syrup trademark depicts a quotation from the Bible. In the Old Testament (Book of Judges 14:14) Samson was travelling to the land of the Philistines in search of a wife. During the journey he killed a lion, and on his return past the same spot he noticed that a swarm of bees had formed a comb of honey in the carcass. Samson later turned this into a riddle: "Out of the eater came forth meat and out of the strong came forth sweetness"...