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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>lion food</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../L.html" title="L"/><link rel="previous" href="Linux.html" title="Linux"/><link rel="next" href="Lions-Book.html" title="Lions Book"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">lion food</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Linux.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">L</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Lions-Book.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="lion-food"/><dt xmlns="" id="lion-food"><b>lion food</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IBM] Middle management or HQ staff (or, by extension,
administrative drones in general). From an old joke about two lions who,
escaping from the zoo, split up to increase their chances but agree to meet
after 2 months. When they finally meet, one is skinny and the other
overweight. The thin one says: &#8220;<span class="quote">How did you manage? I ate a human
just once and they turned out a small army to chase me &#8212; guns, nets,
it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects,
even grass.</span>&#8221; The fat one replies: &#8220;<span class="quote">Well,
<span class="emphasis"><em>I</em></span> hid near an IBM office and ate a manager a day. And
nobody even noticed!</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Linux.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../L.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Lions-Book.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Linux </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Lions Book</td></tr></table></div></body></html>