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Things I never knew...
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:09 pm
by Gob
Do you know why Kellogg's Corn Flakes have a cockerel on them?
It's all thanks to the Welsh language!
During a tour of America, Welsh harpist Nansi Richards met the king of cereal, W.K. Kellogg. She told him that his name sounded like the word ceiliog - the Welsh for cockerel - and he liked it. Soon after, there was a cockerel on the box and, according to legend, he even coloured the bird to match the flag of Wales.
Re: Things I never knew...
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:14 pm
by Big RR
I always thought it was because they were a breakfast cereal and were eaten in the morning when the rooster crowed. But your story is much more entertaining, and I don't recall ever seeing a green rooster, so it wouldn't surprise me.
Re: Things I never knew...
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:19 pm
by BoSoxGal
The morning connection was there, too - I just looked the story up online. They marketed the cockerel as needing his corn flakes to get crowing in the morning.
Re: Things I never knew...
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:30 pm
by Big RR
That makes sense; if I recall correctly, the cartoon roster used to say something like "wake up to breakfast" in TV commercials, then it changed to have him just crowing, and later he was just silent.
So, both stories are true?
Re: Things I never knew...
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:39 pm
by dales
Kellogg had some "interesting ideas about sex and masturbation:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/320 ... on-crusade
Things I never knew...
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:40 pm
by RayThom
I suspect corn on his cob would act as a good deterrent.
Re: Things I never knew...
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:56 am
by MajGenl.Meade
What would life be without flakes?
Re: Things I never knew...
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 6:52 pm
by Joe Guy
Flakeless.
Things I never knew...
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 7:32 pm
by RayThom
Flake news.