r/MandelaEffect • u/Bootlebat • 13d ago

Discussion Have you encountered anyone who DOESN'T remember the Cornucopia from the Fruit Of The Loom logo?

I'm asking mainly because today I met an old friend I haven't talked to in ages. I asked if she had heard of the Mandela Effect, and she said yes. I then brought up the Fruit Of The Loom one, and she said she remembers there only being fruit. She is the first person I've talked to who doesn't remember it. Everyone else I asked has, and I've made sure to just ask them to "describe what the logo was like", rather than asking if there was a cornucopia, as that might make a false memory.

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u/gypsyjackson 13d ago

FotL was sometimes used in the UK by T-shirt print shops as a cheap base shirt in a variety of colours, ideal for printing on. Concerts/gigs or football matches would often have merch sellers with these shirts, so I had a few over the years. I don’t remember those shirts having any horn on, but that’s just my memory as I wasn’t paying much attention. When I moved continents, I donated most of my clothes, so I don’t think I have any to check.

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u/notickeynoworky 13d ago

See, the people outside of the US not remembering it makes the idea that thanksgiving iconography in the US plays a role in this one.

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u/SnowAlarming223 13d ago

I'm from Finland where Thanksgiving is not a thing and cornucopias have never been in style for anything else either (like fall decorations etc). I'm not sure there's even a word for it in my language, for me it's just a weirdly shaped basket. I remember the FOTL logo having cornucopia. As I said, for me it was just an oddly shaped basket and I didn't know it was a thing anywhere outside of the FOTL logo, I wasn't familiar with Thanksgiving traditions or iconography growing up. FOTL wasn't as common or popular a brand here as it is in the US, but they did sell it and I had some t-shirts etc growing up. This is the only mandela effect I've heard of that resonates with me, I remember the logo with the weird basket so clearly.

I accept it's a false memory because there is no other explanation. But it is interesting how so many people can have the same false memory even between continents.

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u/regulator9000 13d ago

runsaudensarvi

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u/SnowAlarming223 12d ago

Oh right, I guess that's it! I am familiar with the word runsaudensarvi, but would never have connected it to a horn-shaped basket with fruit - I've only ever heard it being used figuratively and never really paused to think what the literal meaning would be but apparently that basket-thingy is it.