Olympic Logo Flap

Ksyrup · 06-07-2007, 07:36 AM

Being the huge Olympics fan that I am (

), I have taken an interest in the flap over the recently unveiled London 2012 logo:

Some comments: Conservative MP Philip Davies described the design as "childish and ridiculous" and "a pathetic attempt to appear trendy". Labour MP Stephen Pound said the emblem should be replaced after complaints it had led to epileptic seizures.

And one site had a few nicknames for the logo, including Gay Swastika Puzzle and Lisa Simpson Giving Head (cue Nelson: Ha Ha!).

So, I guess the BBC had a competition to suggest alternatives to the logo, and this one somehow made it through and was shown on TV, I believe. It has since been pulled, although as one site suggested, "It's actually not a bad choice, given that hosting an Olympics games is an experience much like being sodomized by a battering ram."

WARNING - there's nothing wrong with what's below, but no one how doesn't know what this is based on should go looking for the real thing - WARNING

Sean Stayte: "Here is my design for the Olympic logo. It is very simple and so memorable. The hands represent Britain pulling together to reveal the Olympics."

Celeval · 06-07-2007, 08:09 AM

The Sun newspaper also did examples, including one by a trained monkey.

Toddzilla · 06-07-2007, 08:13 AM

That alternate logo is the greatest olympic logo in the history of the universe

Critch · 06-07-2007, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

So, I guess the BBC had a competition to suggest alternatives to the logo, and this one somehow made it through and was shown on TV, I believe.

Can't tell if that's real or photoshopped.

Ksyrup · 06-07-2007, 08:16 AM

No, I believe there are clips of it being aired on youtube.com.

Fidatelo · 06-07-2007, 08:16 AM

I kind of like the official one.

Passacaglia · 06-07-2007, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Celeval

The Sun newspaper also did examples, including one by a trained monkey.

Ping: Karl Pilkington

Yellow5 · 06-07-2007, 09:15 AM

Here is the clip

hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNqA6fbwR8

Logan · 06-07-2007, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I kind of like the official one.

You would, you puzzle-loving gay Nazi.

Ksyrup · 06-07-2007, 09:47 AM

Actually, I think he's a Simpson's fan.

MikeVic · 06-07-2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Lisa Simpson Giving Head (cue Nelson: Ha Ha!).

Now that's funny!!

RendeR · 06-07-2007, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Sean Stayte: "Here is my design for the Olympic logo. it is very simple and so easy to see. The hands represent London pulling its asscheeks apart so the Olympic committee can ram the city of London and the Entire British nation right up the ass."

Fixed.

Fidatelo · 06-07-2007, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Logan

You would, you puzzle-loving gay Nazi.

Someone should make a movie about the life of a puzzle-loving gay Nazi and how he gets through life. Maybe he befriends a handsome young Jewish man that excels in the art of handcrafting superb wooden jigsaw puzzles. I think it would be fascinating.

Ksyrup · 06-07-2007, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Someone should make a movie about the life of a puzzle-loving gay Nazi and how he gets through life. Maybe he befriends a handsome young Jewish man that excels in the art of handcrafting superb wooden jigsaw puzzles. I think it would be fascinating.

Let's get Izulde right on this.

Toddzilla · 06-07-2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

Sean Stayte: "Here is my design for the Olympic logo. it is very simple and so easy to see. The hands represent London pulling its asscheeks apart so the Olympic committee can ram the city of London and the Entire British nation right up the ass."

RIP subtlety

RendeR · 06-07-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

RIP subtlety

I only posted that in passing and didn't read thoroughly..What'd I miss and how rediculously did I miss it? =)

Honolulu_Blue · 06-07-2007, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Lisa Simpson Giving Head (cue Nelson: Ha Ha!).

I find this to be the most accurate description of this logo. It's really bad.

JeeberD · 06-08-2007, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RendeR

I only posted that in passing and didn't read thoroughly..What'd I miss and how rediculously did I miss it? =)

One word: goatse

Google it at your own risk.

RendeR · 06-08-2007, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

One word: goatse

Google it at your own risk.

I will NOT fall victim to THAt little trick again!

MUhahahahaha

Crim · 06-08-2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

One word: tubgirl.

Google it at your own risk.

Fixed.

sterlingice · 06-09-2007, 02:42 PM

I just don't see what's so awful about it. I mean, it's not really good but marketing is so hit and miss that I don't see what's so bad about it.

SI

JediKooter · 06-10-2007, 06:26 PM

That logo would have been good, say around 1985ish...

ThunderingHERD · 06-10-2007, 06:31 PM

Very bad design. Not pleasant to look at, plus it took me like 5 minutes to figure out what it was actually supposed to be (am I alone on that?).

Logan · 06-10-2007, 06:38 PM

Well, that's Lisa's head in the upper right, her bent knees on the bottom right, and right in the middle, going into her mouth...

Crim · 06-10-2007, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ThunderingHERD

Very bad design. Not pleasant to look at, plus it took me like 5 minutes to figure out what it was actually supposed to be (am I alone on that?).

Umm.

It's supposed to be something? I mean, really, not Lisa-swallowing-Nelson's-DNA, but something pertaining to London and/or the Olympics?

I don't see it.

JeeberD · 06-11-2007, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Crim

Umm.

It's supposed to be something? I mean, really, not Lisa-swallowing-Nelson's-DNA, but something pertaining to London and/or the Olympics?

I don't see it.

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JasonC23 · 06-11-2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JeeberD

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I wouldn't have noticed that in a million years if you hadn't pointed it out.

ThunderingHERD · 06-11-2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonC23

I wouldn't have noticed that in a million years if you hadn't pointed it out.

I didn't realize it until I saw the goatse version where you can clearly make out the 2012.

ThunderingHERD · 06-11-2007, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ThunderingHERD

I didn't realize it until I saw the goatse version where you can clearly make out the 2012.

I originally thought it was some terrible geometric abstraction of eurasia--kinda looks like England in the corner.

Crim · 06-11-2007, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JasonC23

I wouldn't have noticed that in a million years if you hadn't pointed it out.

+1

Critch · 06-14-2007, 12:07 PM

hxxp://img9.imagepile.net/img9/12224olympicgschpunken.gif

Possibly NSFW, I guess. A real RIP for subtlety.

06-07-2007, 08:16 AM	#5
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	No, I believe there are clips of it being aired on youtube.com. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-07-2007, 08:16 AM	#6
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I kind of like the official one. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

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06-07-2007, 09:47 AM	#10
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Actually, I think he's a Simpson's fan. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

06-09-2007, 02:42 PM	#21
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I just don't see what's so awful about it. I mean, it's not really good but marketing is so hit and miss that I don't see what's so bad about it. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 06-09-2007 at 02:44 PM.

06-07-2007, 08:09 AM	#2
Celeval Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cary, NC, USA	The Sun newspaper also did examples, including one by a trained monkey.

06-07-2007, 08:13 AM	#3
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	That alternate logo is the greatest olympic logo in the history of the universe

06-10-2007, 06:26 PM	#22
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	That logo would have been good, say around 1985ish... __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

06-10-2007, 06:31 PM	#23
ThunderingHERD College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Very bad design. Not pleasant to look at, plus it took me like 5 minutes to figure out what it was actually supposed to be (am I alone on that?). __________________ "I'm losing my edge--to better looking people... with better ideas... and more talent. And who are actually really, really nice." "Everyone's a voyeurist--they're watching me watch them watch me right now."

06-10-2007, 06:38 PM	#24
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Well, that's Lisa's head in the upper right, her bent knees on the bottom right, and right in the middle, going into her mouth...

06-14-2007, 12:07 PM	#31
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	hxxp://img9.imagepile.net/img9/12224olympicgschpunken.gif Possibly NSFW, I guess. A real RIP for subtlety. Last edited by Critch : 06-14-2007 at 12:09 PM.

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