This may sound really dumb...
But Cingular's logo, the little orange guy, does he have a name?? lol. 🤣 I've been wondering that for a while. He's sort of the mascot for Cingular, and mascots usually have names, does anyone know if he has one? Sorry for the stupid question. 🤭
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Thanks! 🙂 And thanks for not thinking of it as a stupid question, or if you did, thanks for not pointing that out! 😁
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But thats the thing.... It is NOT a stupid question. Trust me, when people here started to talk about Jack, I was like "Who THe F*ck Is That?"
Alot of Non-industry people come here. Employees seem to forget that sometimes...
Alot of Non-industry people come here. Employees seem to forget that sometimes...
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And no... Your question was not dumb. Many people dont know that. I just found out like 2 weeks ago.
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I'm glad you don't think it's dumb, and thanks for letting me know! 😁
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I've always known that the name was "Jack" but what I've always wondered is where the design and the name come from. I wonder is there is a story behind it...
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He is shaped like a "jack", like the old game of Jacks. That's what we were told like 5 years ago when they thought him up. 🙂
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In the words of an old platoon sergeant I had in Cali, ' The only stupid question is the one you don't ask; and, that's the one that usually gets me shot at.'
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"his" name is not jack. He is a jack as in the game of jacks that you played when you were little? or at least i played it
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cinggirl said:
"his" name is not jack. He is a jack as in the game of jacks that you played when you were little? or at least i played it
Okay, now this explanation doesn't work too well. The shape of the trademark is an asterisk, usually referred to by geek types as a "splat." So the last name makes sense, but if it were named for a jack like in the game, it would have to be three dimensional rather than flat. I always just figured that "Jack" is a generic first name that worked with the descriptive last name "Splat." Possibly from the "Jack Sprat" nursery rhyme...
Etymology of trademark nicknames--I must be going insane... 😉
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there you go aleq we just came up with a name for him. Well, I am going to use it anyway..
JACK SPLAT
JACK SPLAT
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