I can not recall if anyone ever said just what the original logo skull was of.
Have seen a few threads over the years speculating about it, but never really seen any confirmation one way or the other.
So we dust off the tomes of yesteryear to see how one group tried to find an answer.......
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(originally posted on the Big Knobi Klub)
Eternal Debates
That Skull Thing in the Shadowrun Logo
by David Buehrer (08:09:04/11-26-57)
Sam and Magus were sitting at the bar, chuckling, when Shamus walked in. He sat down next to them and asked, "What's so funny?"
Sam replied, "Remember that skull that Fred found last year? The one that looked like it either came from a Dragon or a giant mutant goat?"
"Yeah," Shamus answered, "the same one he's been trying to sell for 200,000 Nuyen."
"But he can't because no one will verify that it's a Dragon skull," chimed in Magus.
"Go on," said Shamus.
"Well," continued Sam, "he talked a wage mage into going on an astral quest to positively identify the skull. The mage came back only to tell Fred that he didn't know what type of creature the skull belonged to, but that there was a live one living in a cave up in the mountains."
"So Fred asks for our help. We pack up our gear and travel to the cave. Fred sets us to gaurd the entrance while he goes inside. After a couple of minutes we hear roaring and rumbling and the sound of Fred's Uzi. Then silence."
"Magus and I waited, not willing to enter the cave after that. Then something was tossed out of the cave and came to rest at our feet..."
"Yes, what was it?" asked Shamus impatiently.
Magus answered, "A voice came booming out of the cave, `Can you tell me if this is the skull of an idiot, or a moron?' It was Fred's skull of course."
Shamus sat, stunned. "So, what did you do then?"
Sam replied, "We left and came directly to the bar."
"But," Shamus asked "what type of creature was it? Was it a dragon?"
"I don't know, and I don't want to know," Sam answered. "Goat, dragon, it doesn't matter. Fred's dead."
"To Fred," Magus said solumnly as he raised his glass.
"To Fred," Sam and Shamus answered in unison.
After a brief pause Sam smiled and asked, "So, was Fred an idiot or a moron."
"Idiot," answered Magus.
"Moron," answered Shamus.
And so the debate continued long into the night.
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