The World Cup Mascot without Pants Strikes Again

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.