The World Cup Mascot without Pants Strikes Again

July 2nd, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

Apart from a few shelves hidden in the back aisles of souvenir shops, Germany has done an excellent job of shielding its visitors from the official World Cup mascot Goleo. The lion without pants was not well-received before the tournament began and on Wednesday the company licensed to make Goleo products laid off 128 workers.

Goleo’s unpopularity has reached new levels and we almost would feel sorry for the thing if he weren’t such a lame mascot.

Apparently a school in Germany banned the “Pervert Lion” from making a guest appearance because of his lack of trousers.

Bear in mind, this comes from a country that is far from prudish and where there are building-sized billboards for brothels and no shortage of shops selling items that would make even the pant-less perverted lion blush.

After this less than stellar reception, we are starting to think we might have to knock Goleo even further down in our rankings of World Cup mascots.

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Claude

You’d think that the country that came up with the most famous stuffed animal in the world, the Teddy Bear, would come up with something decent. Looks like it will be the stuffed animal of choice for pedophiles.
Dave Hamilton

Get some BRITCHES on that feline! KIDS are watching this Cup!!!
Matt

well, i guess kids just see a lion with a German jersey… only adults could notice he LACKS pants !
Sam

I can’t really see what the big deal is about the guy not wearing any pants. Every Disney or Warner Borthers cartoon caracter either wears just pants or just a shirt.

The more decent ones, like Micky, just wear their pants. The rest of them, all the Ducks and McDucks, Chip and Dale, Porky Pig, Winnie-the-Pooh… Sooner or later, all anthropomorphic animals are going to end up running around with no pants on.