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Don Quixote
05-19-10, 05:54 PM
London Olympic Mascots (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/19/london-olympics-2012-mascot)

Can't find a linkable image.
I'm speechless. Who comes up with stuff like this? :confused: :yuck:

datachicane
05-19-10, 06:18 PM
London Olympic Mascots (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/19/london-olympics-2012-mascot)

Can't find a linkable image.
I'm speechless. Who comes up with stuff like this? :confused: :yuck:

Hmmm, Wavy Gravy?

Don Quixote
05-19-10, 06:25 PM
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01640/wenlock_and_mandev_1640094c.jpg

Indy
05-19-10, 06:40 PM
Well, that is just creepy as hell.

What are they supposed to represent, the Big Brother cameras they have all over their cities now?

BarillaGirl
05-19-10, 06:42 PM
Oh my lord, now I don't want to go. And I've been fantasizing about going to those Olympics since the "Fear Her" episode of the new Doctor Who.

:eek::eek::eek:

Opposite Lock
05-19-10, 06:57 PM
Hmmm, Wavy Gravy?

:rofl:

Don't eat the brown acid!

And beware the one-eyed monsters! :saywhat:

dando
05-19-10, 07:07 PM
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I'm speechless. Who comes up with stuff like this? :confused: :yuck:

TB. :gomer: :p

-Kevin

devilmaster
05-19-10, 07:13 PM
wow. just wow. :saywhat:

Just as a reminder....

Bejing...
http://images.ctv.ca/gallery/photo/bc_past_mascots_20080206/image0.jpg

Athens
http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/xxviii-olympiad/images/olympic-mascots.gif

Vancouver
http://www.boingboing.net/_wordpress_wp-content_uploads_2007_11_2010.jpg

devilmaster
05-19-10, 07:16 PM
Torino
http://www.insidesocal.com/tv/2006mascots1.jpg

Los Angeles
http://images.ctv.ca/gallery/photo/olympic_mascots_20071127/image13.jpg

Calgary
http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Ow/ms1988w2.jpg

datachicane
05-19-10, 07:32 PM
Man, it's like a graphic arts hall of shame.

opinionated ow
05-19-10, 07:41 PM
But have you seen the London 2012 Logo? It looks like lisa simpson performing oral sex...
http://www.davidairey.com/images/logos/london-2012-color.gif

cameraman
05-19-10, 07:49 PM
That mess almost makes me feel better about Salt Lake's trio...
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Cynops/p-c-c.jpg
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/Cynops/powder-copper-coal.jpg

A hare, a coyote and a bear. Swifter, higher, stronger although I never figured out how a coyote was higher:saywhat:

Gnam
05-19-10, 07:49 PM
There should be a law. :laugh:

They should steal the Hard Rock Cafe's layout and just have the five rings with host city's name and year below.

or, just hire the Sex Pistols to roam around the city. ;)

G.
05-19-10, 07:51 PM
But have you seen the London 2012 Logo? It looks like lisa simpson performing oral sex...
http://www.davidairey.com/images/logos/london-2012-color.gif


more like:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3304884833_21fec0acb5.jpg

Gnam
05-19-10, 08:02 PM
At least they didn't give it a cat's eye.

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3264/sauronojo.jpg

devilmaster
05-19-10, 08:04 PM
although I never figured out how a coyote was higher:saywhat:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Geewhizz-batman.jpg

devilmaster
05-19-10, 08:08 PM
and speaking of salt lake....

Maybe its just me, but do I see a little Muskrat from Deputy Dawg in Copper?

http://www.wingnuttoons.com/DeputyDawgToon.jpg

Don Quixote
05-19-10, 08:53 PM
Maybe its just me, but do I see a little Muskrat from Deputy Dawg in Copper?And Coal looks like Baloo.

datachicane
05-19-10, 09:08 PM
Lest we forget the horror from Atlanta:
http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Marcus%20Gilmer/2009_09_21_izzy.gif

Indy
05-19-10, 09:50 PM
I don't know, I think Neve and Gliz are kind of cute. :gomer:

Methanolandbrats
05-19-10, 10:00 PM
They look like one eyed-serpents. Cut their arms off and sew big hairy balls on their knees :thumbup: An excellent mascot for the olympics.

TrueBrit
05-19-10, 11:01 PM
:eek:

Methinks whoever came up with those two spent entirely too much of the budget down the local boozer doing quality control on a few barrels of Fuller's London Pride and had to rush to meet the deadline..

I mean the logo was bad enough, but this is out of control...:shakehead

Nary a Union Jack in sight...:thumdown:

Opposite Lock
05-20-10, 12:11 AM
But have you seen the London 2012 Logo? It looks like lisa simpson performing oral sex...
http://www.davidairey.com/images/logos/london-2012-color.gif

Not sure whether I should be embarassed or proud to nominate this as one of the all-time great graphics criticism observations, cuz I got it immediately. :laugh::thumbup:

The Rock-em Sock-em one is pretty astute too but it doesn't featu - nevermind. :\

G.
05-20-10, 12:21 AM
Not sure whether I should be embarassed or proud to nominate this as one of the all-time great graphics criticism observations, cuz I got it immediately. :laugh::thumbup:

The Rock-em Sock-em one is pretty astute too but it doesn't featu - nevermind. :\

Well, if you want to go down that road...

http://militantgeek.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rok-em-sok-em-robots-make-love-not-war-from-threadless.jpg

Opposite Lock
05-20-10, 12:39 AM
Well, if you want to go down that road...

http://militantgeek.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rok-em-sok-em-robots-make-love-not-war-from-threadless.jpg

:rofl:

"Is it wrong?"

(gives a new dimension to the term Ironside)

Don Quixote
05-20-10, 10:14 AM
Olympic-mascots-Wenlock-and-Mandeville-branded-patronising-rubbish (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/7742259/Olympic-mascots-Wenlock-and-Mandeville-branded-patronising-rubbish.html)

"patronizing rubbish" :thumbup: :laugh:

High Sided
05-20-10, 11:05 AM
kinda like the 2012 logo...
http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/06/05/alternative_olympic_logo.gif

Don Quixote
05-20-10, 11:40 AM
:rofl:

dando
05-20-10, 02:15 PM
They should have just licensed the rights...

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/voracious/YoGabba.jpg

:gomer:

-Kevin

STD
05-20-10, 02:40 PM
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01640/wenlock_and_mandev_1640094c.jpg

Power Ranger episode?

Gnam
05-20-10, 03:34 PM
+1 for power rangers

I thought they might have something to do with Big Ben.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4136/bigben2.jpg


But they are supposed to be drops of steel? :saywhat:
They look more like piston connecting rods without the cap. :gomer:

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5776/tm54320302145231.jpg

TrueBrit
05-20-10, 04:29 PM
Drops of steel? They haven't made steel in the UK since Thatcher destroyed the industry during her reign of terror..

Don Quixote
05-20-10, 04:35 PM
Drops of steel? They haven't made steel in the UK since Thatcher destroyed the industry during her reign of terror..Maybe she was just ahead of the curve in reducing UK's carbon footprint. :D

Steve99
05-20-10, 06:00 PM
A blob of steel with flippers/claws and a taxi light? :rofl:

Michaelhatesfans
05-20-10, 07:46 PM
Looks like the Teletubbies joined the Village People.



http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01640/wenlock_and_mandev_1640094c.jpg

Michaelhatesfans
05-20-10, 07:53 PM
But they are supposed to be drops of steel?

That explains the hands, I guess.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/news/00023202.jpg

Don Quixote
02-28-11, 03:53 PM
So apparently Iran thinks the Rockem Sockem Robots are racist.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/28/iran-objects-racist-london-2012-olympics-logo/?test=latestnews#

If you turn your head just right you can find the letters to "Zion".

Gnam
03-27-12, 11:46 AM
Another disaster for the London 2012 Olympics. ;)


Female beach volleyball players will have the option of wearing less revealing uniforms at the London Olympics in an attempt by the sport's governing body to respect the cultural beliefs of various countries.

The International Volleyball Federation says it will allow shorts and sleeved tops at the Olympics, in addition to bikinis and body suits already permitted.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/27/sports/s063239D05.DTL&tsp=1

TrueBrit
03-27-12, 02:51 PM
Another disaster for the London 2012 Olympics. ;)

I think that was done more out of compassion than anything else...the only way to tell it's summer in England is that the rain is warm...otherwise those poor gals are going to freeze their tiny little wottsit's off..

Don Quixote
06-18-16, 01:20 PM
Took me a while to find this thread. :laugh:

847

dando
06-18-16, 02:17 PM
Took me a while to find this thread. :laugh:

847

No Russkie T&F. :rofl: This sucker is going to be such a farce. :shakehead: I hope the IOC implodes. :irked:

TKGAngel
06-18-16, 04:59 PM
Took me a while to find this thread. :laugh:

847

The cat doesn't look too bad, but what's with the giant blue asparagus/broccoli stalk?

dando
06-18-16, 07:54 PM
what's with the giant blue asparagus/broccoli stalk?

Appetizer. :)

dando
06-19-16, 11:58 AM
And then the news that Rio is bankrupt. This is going to be fuster cluck, IMHO. :\

Gnam
06-19-16, 09:11 PM
Where can bet that Bob Costas gets Zika?