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Travel Bug Dog Tag Axeley's Bibendum

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Released:
Friday, June 1, 2012
Origin:
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Der TB soll allen den Namen dieses fetten Herren näher bringen und die Welt sehen: BIBENDUM!

This TB will bring the Name of this fat man out into the World: BIBENDUM!

 

About This Item

Das Michelin-Männchen (Bibendum, oder kurz Bib) ist die Werbefigur des französischen Reifenherstellers Michelin.


Auf der Weltausstellung 1894 in Lyon fiel dem Firmengründer Édouard Michelin ein Stapel Autoreifen verschiedener Größen auf, die in weiße Stoffhüllen verpackt waren. Er machte seinen Bruder André darauf aufmerksam: „Wenn er Arme hätte, sähe er fast wie ein Mensch aus.“ Dann fiel ihm ein Plakat ein, das einen dicken Bayern mit einer Maß Bier und dem lateinischen Spruch „Nunc est bibendum!“ („Nun muss getrunken werden!“) zeigte.

Daraufhin ließen die Brüder ein Plakat mit einem Reifenmann entwerfen, der eine mit Glassplittern und Nägeln gefüllte Schale hochhebt und der Inschrift: „Nunc est bibendum! À votre santé! Le pneu Michelin boit l'obstacle!“ –auf Deutsch: „Nun werde getrunken! Auf Ihr Wohl! Der Michelin-Reifen schluckt das Hindernis!“

Bibendum bestand zuerst aus 40 weißen Reifen, später magerte er ab auf 26. Auf den ersten Plakaten war Bib noch mit Zigarre zu sehen, die aufgrund vermehrter Nichtraucherkampagnen jedoch später entfernt wurde.

 

Bibendum, commonly referred to in English as the Michelin Man or Michelin Tyre Man, is the symbol of the Michelin tire company. Introduced at the Lyon Exhibition of 1894 where the Michelin brothers had a stand, Bibendum is one of the world's oldest trademarks. The slogan Nunc est bibendum (Drink up) is taken from Horaces Odes (book I, ode xxxvii, line 1). He is also referred to as Bib or Bibelobis.

Michelin dominated the French tire industry and was one of the leading advertisers; to this day its famous guidebooks are widely used by travellers. Bibendum was depicted visually as a lord of industry, a master of all he surveyed, and a patriotic expounder of the French spirit. In the 1920s, Bibendum urged Frenchmen to adopt America's superior factory system, but to patriotically avoid using the "inferior" products of those factories. As automobiles diffused to the middle classes, Michelin advertising likewise shifted downscale, and its restaurant and hotel guides likewise covered a broader range of price categories.

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Discovered It 12/23/2019 Taucher07 discovered it   Visit Log

Entdeckt, vielen Dank fürs Zeigen.

Discovered. Thank you.

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Discovered It 11/8/2019 WiHö discovered it   Visit Log

discovered - danke für's Zeigen

Discovered It 12/12/2018 RakasF discovered it   Visit Log

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Discovered It 1/16/2018 Rev600 discovered it   Visit Log

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Retrieve It from a Cache 6/10/2017 GPSJoseppi retrieved it from Undercover New York   Visit Log

I plan to help this fat man see the world! I will be sure to hide it in a geocache a ways away, soon.

Dropped Off 5/29/2017 nitro25 placed it in Undercover New York - 603.8 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/29/2017 nitro25 retrieved it from The Pointless Bridge New York   Visit Log

The kids and I went on our first Geocaching trip at the local park. First ever cache and we find a travel bug!! BONUS!!

Dropped Off 5/20/2017 gypsyandme placed it in The Pointless Bridge New York - 603.35 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/21/2017 gypsyandme retrieved it from The New Art Loeb Trail Cache North Carolina   Visit Log

Visiting the area from Rochester NY. We spent the day hiking on Black Balsam Knob in the Pisgah National Forest of North Carolina. My husband and his brother had backpacked on the Art Loeb trail and brought us back to experience it as well. Found your little man in a cache right along the Art Loeb trail. Will take him back to New York State with us to find him a new home.

Dropped Off 10/30/2016 bfaulkne placed it in The New Art Loeb Trail Cache North Carolina - 44.76 miles  Visit Log
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