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> They were named after President Lincoln, but only as a marketing tactic > there's no real connection Funny--I always thought it was meant to be a pun on lin
by bennettnate5 1y ago
> They were named after President Lincoln, but only as a marketing tactic
> there's no real connection
Funny--I always thought it was meant to be a pun on linkin', as in you're linkin' the logs together because they have those slots that fit precisely together on the ends.
- saghm 1y agoI think it's both that and the popular tale of Lincoln having been born in a log cabin (which for some reason I thought I had heard wasn't actually true, but from looking into it now, it seems like a lot of sources say it is, so maybe I heard wrong?)