Olympic Mascots

Peddle Up!
Peddle Up! Posts: 2,040
edited April 2012 in The bottom bracket
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Well, I gave them time, let the concept sink in, tried viewing them ironically, canvassed artistically-minded friends, looked at it from a sporting perspective, but I keep coming back to the same conclusion.

They're rubbish.
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    Yup, they look crap.

    But what can you expect when we have an Olympic logo that looks like Lisa Simpson giving a blowjob?


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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Rubbish, yes, but what are they?

    Or what are they supposed to be?
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    team47b wrote:
    Rubbish, yes, but what are they?

    Or what are they supposed to be?

    Droplets of steel used to make the Olympic stadium, obviously! Are you stupid or sumit?
  • Schobiedoo
    Schobiedoo Posts: 121
    team47b wrote:
    Rubbish, yes, but what are they?

    Or what are they supposed to be?

    They are supposed to be mascots with.
    1. No gender,
    2. No ethnicity,
    3. No age.
    so they don't offend anyone, but somehow have managed to by being just that.
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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,978
    Peddle Up! wrote:

    They're rubbish.

    Nah, they're not as good as that.
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  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Yup, they look crap.

    But what can you expect when we have an Olympic logo that looks like Lisa Simpson giving a blowjob?


    :lol: I never saw that till now!
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    I reckon there's people inside of them.
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • TheStone
    TheStone Posts: 2,291
    Mascots rubbish.
    Logo rubbish.
    TeamGB kits f-ing awful.
    Stratford ugly.

    I'm convinced this country is run by a load of idiots. Why oh why would we spend billions showing this to the world.

    As a bit of balance, the velodrome is very good.
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  • capt_slog
    capt_slog Posts: 3,973
    andy46 wrote:
    Capt Slog wrote:
    Yup, they look crap.

    But what can you expect when we have an Olympic logo that looks like Lisa Simpson giving a blowjob?


    :lol: I never saw that till now!

    And you will never see it any other way again.

    Glad to be of service.


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  • usedtobefast
    usedtobefast Posts: 145
    I'm convinced this country is run by a load of idiots.

    More likely is that all these people have convinced themselves that they're brilliant, and then added blinkers to obscure the majority view that it's all a bit rubbish really.
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Aggieboy wrote:
    I reckon there's people inside of them.

    At last the perfect job for Jedward, no holes for a mouth on those costumes I can see. Then kill 'em off at the closing ceremony. Come on Danny Boyle, you know it makes sense!
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
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    They're rubbish aren't they.

    Considering design is something that Britain is meant to be OK at, we haven't half made a mess of the logo/mascot/kit

    Still, the Olympic park looks fairly impressive
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    They look like something out of those weird Japanese cartoons (no, not that type....).
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Jez mon wrote:
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    They're rubbish aren't they.

    Considering design is something that Britain is meant to be OK at, we haven't half made a mess of the logo/mascot/kit

    Still, the Olympic park looks fairly impressive


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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Aggieboy wrote:


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    hehe class- maybe you could do the bikeradar team kit.
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  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Stephen Bayley, founder of the Design Museum, believes his daughter summed the mascots up perfectly when she referred to them as 'rubbish earrings'.
    He said: 'The logo was hideous enough but now we have these ridiculous, infantile mascots. Who is to blame for this I ask you?
    'Given the economic predicament that Britain is in at the minute, what right do they have to throw their money at such hideous creatures? They are atrocious.'
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