Go Monarchs

Butterfly-Lion-Ruler...It's always possible to get confused...especially if you are me...I get confused easily and this confession takes me back a few years...around thirty when I opened a business of decorating clothing with embroidery and screen printing.

We attempted to target high school sports programs with the thought that it was a business that repeated year after year. Create a customer, do a good job, make them happy and they will be back next year.

One of my first opportunities came when a local coach called and said he wanted some coaches shirts with his high school mascot and the school name embroidered on them. The school called themselves, "the Monarchs".

I had to attend a 3 day training conference so I gave the order to the young lady the I had hired to help me. She did a great job of getting some very nice polo shirts and getting the logo embroidered on the left chest. She was very proud of herself.

The only problem was that she chose the Monarch Butterfly as their logo and the school's mascot was a lion not a butterfly. The shirts were for the football coaching staff, a bunch of very macho men. Fortunately, the coach had a great sense of humor and he let us correct our error and replace the shirts.

Go Butterflies...no I don't think there is a football team in the world would call themselves the "Butterflies" but with the new rules coming down in the NFL, I wouldn't be surprised if all the teams were mandated to choose a butterfly as a Mascot.

"Ladies and gentlemen, here come the Baltimore Butterflies staring Ray Lewis"...sorry about that Ray.


written for Sunday Scribbling


9 comments:

  1. I can only imagine the looks of the faces of the mighty Monarchs when they first viewed their new shirts! A delightful story, I think they should have gone with it, just for laughs!

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  2. Delightful tale. I would have loved to see the first look on the coach's face.

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  3. I liked the humor in this one. There is a NBA team that is changing their name to the Pelicans so you never know. Nice story here!

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  4. If a team can be named the Ducks, and there is such a team - a good one, actually - there could well be "The Fighting Butterflies."!

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  5. A very amusing story! A know an actual college where the mascot is a geoduck (a long-necked clam).

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    1. And of course I had to Google the Geoducks and see what that was al about. Now thanks to your knowledge I have broadened my horizons. Yesterday I never heard of a Geoduck and I am a a fan and I wrote a little something on my blog.
      Thank you...thjank you...than you

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    1. Please don't let the media over here know...they will accuse the US of invading Australia. I can see the headlines now...US MONARCH BUTTERFLYS CONQUER AUSTRALIA...AUSTRALIA COUNTER ATTACKING WITH WOMBATS...

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  7. very very interesting read. haha. this made my monday night awesome. flying monarchs! :-)

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