SiPが始まった頃、レストラン・バーが閉じてお酒が売れなくなったディスティラリーが機転を利かせて蒸留酒からアルコールハンドサニタイザーに切り替え、というニュースが流れていた。
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The award winning and historical famous dog duo labeled gin makers of Bummer and Lazarus have started production of hand sanitizer to help meet the urgent needs during the Covid-19 crisis. Carter Raff the Co-Owner and Master Distiller of the dog adorned gin company commented, “Once we realized certain restrictions were now allowing distilleries to produce hand sanitizer, we knew we too had to react.”
今日寄ったCostcoで、
おお、スプレー用リフィル売ってる。WHOお墨付きフォーミュラ。ロゴの犬かわいい、と思って調べたら、
Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, United States, in the early 1860s. Recognized for their unique bond and their prodigious rat-killing ability, they became a fixture of city newspapers, were exempted from local ordinances, and immortalized in cartoons
1860年代のサンフランシスコにいた仲良し野良犬2匹、その天才的ネズミ捕獲力を高く評価されていて有名だったんだそう。 うんうん、ロゴも確かにネズミ咥えてるし。それにしても名前が可哀想。"Bummer"は文字通り、"Lazarus"も昔調べたけど、
たぶん「乞食」の方だな。まあ愛称なんだろうけどｗ。
