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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:28 AM Original message |
Dear God, the London 2012 logo is bad |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well it appears as if the peoplee in the UK agree |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Rachel Maddow mentioned it on her show... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. There's an animated version as well. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yay! Just like Pokemon! |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. It was pretty much all of it, as I recall |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
35. It's pretty vomit inducing just sitting there. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. $800,000 worth of ugly! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. And I think they paid 400,000 pounds for it too |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. It makes me think of the ZOOM logo... |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. I am the only one on the planet who doesn't think it is so bad. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. so- how do you plan on spending the 400,000 pounds...? |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
70. LOL I wish :) |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. It's grown on me the more I've looked at it |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
64. I like it, myself |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
81. No, that really doesn't surprise me |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. ROTFLMAO............ That is good, you got me! And my heart thingy is worse than you can imagine |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Reaction in the UK blogosphere has been overwhelmingly negative |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 05:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Will you mention 'Lisa', or shall I? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 05:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Or what Lisa is doing? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Hint: When Monica did it, people shouted "Off with his head!" (NT) |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I saw that post in the other thread. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Had I not heard this before seeing the logo... |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. I find it suggestive of a swastika |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. So do I. I wonder what the symbolism is behind the graphic. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. i'm wondering if it's meant to represent the nations of the u.k.? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
59. A punked up version of |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. Awful. And the animated version is causing seizures. |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
12. Worst game of Tetris ever n/t |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 05:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That was my thought as well.... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. I love The Tube version that somebody proposed: |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. The sillies at b3ta were on this when London was chosen |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Wow. Brilliant. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Here's a better one |
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Minimus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. I see: S H I T - is this a spoof? |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Something like that ! |
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RL3AO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
87. BWHAHAHA! |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. I actually like it... and the animated version. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
22. Supposedly the animated version induced epileptic seizures, too |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Go to the UK forum link upthread |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. i like it. very modert arti-ish. and equally pretensious. |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. What did the losing logos look like? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. that is tooooo fucking funny... |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. Ghastly colors! ....n/t |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
30. Brand consultant Wolff Olins created it. Bad, bad, bad! |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. And what's even worse is that a committee of people likely approved it. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
31. It's nothing but a tangram. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Or maybe a large, wooden, Badger.. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. Why does it look like a chalk outline at a crime scene? |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
34. it looks like stylized kanji... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. I kinda like their crop circles, myself! |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
37. Apparently the person who designed this was absent the day they taught art at art school. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
41. Does that say 2012? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Thank you! I was wondering WTH it was supposed to be! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
42. Personally, I think it looks like someone dropped a swastika on the floor. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #42 |
62. It DOES look like a swastika! |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
43. I get it, I just think it's ugly. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I think that's the first time I've seen the suggestion it's also meant to be an athlete |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I'm a little crazy, so I see things like that, intended or not. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. You could be right |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Cool! I win! It's still ugly, though. - n/t |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
45. It looks like The Human Torch (60's Kirby version) took a crap. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
48. Isn't that a drawing by Marilyn Manson when he was a baby? |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
51. Thoughts |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
53. When I saw it on the news |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. They have done in 4 colours |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
54. Yes it has got a case of the uglies! I'm quite surprised too. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
61. My eyes! THEY BUR~N! |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
63. Why the trademark? No one is going to steal it. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
65. It looks like little flaming turds. n/t |
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kittykitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
66. Looks like a puzzle when put together forms a SWASTIKA. |
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jollyreaper2112 (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
67. alternative suggestion |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:04 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. Goatse 2012? |
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jollyreaper2112 (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. I wish I had the link |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:25 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Roffle! |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Oh my god. |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #67 |
83. Holy cow. |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #67 |
85. Oh NO! |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
68. What one friend saw here |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Now I can't stop seeing that! |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Someone told me that it looked like someone with their head down spewing chunks. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
71. Oh My God What The Heck Is That? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
73. What the hell is that?... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
75. Someone wanted to be as artistic as Barcelona |
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Jeroen (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
77. 5 continents which also represent the date |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
79. Looks like somebody dropped some Olympic-themed Fiestaware . . . |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
80. Good Lord that's HIDEOUS!!!!!! |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-08-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
84. You know, orange may not be my first choice, but I actually |
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