Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Illinois > Chicago
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
 
Old 07-28-2012, 06:55 PM
 
Location: Powell, Oh
1,846 posts, read 4,743,012 times
Reputation: 1089

Advertisements

Keep calm and bear down.

What does that mean? Is it just a saying on a hoodie? Obviously it's for Da Bears. Just curious
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 07-28-2012, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC
15,323 posts, read 23,933,292 times
Reputation: 7420
I'd like to know too, haha. Obviously for the Bears though. Where did you see it?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-28-2012, 07:08 PM
 
Location: Powell, Oh
1,846 posts, read 4,743,012 times
Reputation: 1089
http://chicagohoody.spreadshirt.com/...down-I11832413
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-28-2012, 07:26 PM
 
Location: River North, Chicago, Illinois
4,619 posts, read 8,173,422 times
Reputation: 6321
It's been popular lately to create spins on or parodies of a British pre-war poster that said "Keep Calm and Carry On".

The crown in the design shows that it's a parody of that. Then the "bear down" on something means to try harder, and since the Bears are the local football team who have been doing ok but not great in the past few years, it matches up with them to associate the saying with them.

So, in short, it's just a semi-clever attempt to commercialize on the Bears' popularity without having to pay the Bears or the NFL a royalty while tying into a recent meme.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-28-2012, 09:12 PM
 
Location: Powell, Oh
1,846 posts, read 4,743,012 times
Reputation: 1089
Quote:
Originally Posted by emathias View Post
It's been popular lately to create spins on or parodies of a British pre-war poster that said "Keep Calm and Carry On".

The crown in the design shows that it's a parody of that. Then the "bear down" on something means to try harder, and since the Bears are the local football team who have been doing ok but not great in the past few years, it matches up with them to associate the saying with them.

So, in short, it's just a semi-clever attempt to commercialize on the Bears' popularity without having to pay the Bears or the NFL a royalty while tying into a recent meme.

Makes perfect sense.

Thanks!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-30-2012, 09:38 AM
 
118 posts, read 107,255 times
Reputation: 191
All I can think of is labor and delivery. ;-)
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-31-2012, 12:11 AM
 
148 posts, read 239,027 times
Reputation: 159
Default hmmm.

i thought the "bear down" part is from the chicago bears fight/rally song??? played everytime we score a td in soldiers field...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-31-2012, 11:24 AM
 
1,251 posts, read 2,514,451 times
Reputation: 897
Quote:
Originally Posted by jpchi60630 View Post
i thought the "bear down" part is from the chicago bears fight/rally song??? played everytime we score a td in soldiers field...
You're right, but the "Keep Calm" part and design is from this:



Currently, "Keep Calm It's Only The Olympics" stuff is floating around London.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Settings
X
Data:
Loading data...
Based on 2000-2020 data
Loading data...

123
Hide US histogram


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > Illinois > Chicago
Similar Threads
View detailed profiles of:

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top