Olympics Update

Thursday, May 20th, 2010 12:48 am
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The mutton heads who brought us the Lisa Simpson blow-job logo for the London Olympics in 2012, have now revealed the official mascots for the games...


Mandeville and Wenlock. As an ex-pat Salopian, I approve of the name Wenlock.

I haven't yet decided whether or not I like the mascots, though I can see the appeal for kids. Auntie has the story here.

They certainly aren't as bad as the logo: there's still time for them to rethink that, surely. But they won't.

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Date: 2010-05-20 07:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keith-london.livejournal.com
I love 'em! It's so startling original, and fun. Never mind old fogeys like me, children will love them too.
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Date: 2010-05-20 08:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keith-london.livejournal.com
Oh I meant "original" in the Olympics context. So far we've had boring mascots based mainly on (terrestial) animals. I'm disappointed that there are only 2 of them for 2012! (Beijing had 5 I seem to remember).
Edited Date: 2010-05-20 08:32 am (UTC)

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Date: 2010-05-20 09:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] littleonionz.livejournal.com
I quite like them and I very much approve of the names.

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Date: 2010-05-20 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fractalgeek.livejournal.com
So one is predominately blue and the other orangy. Remind you of anything?

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Date: 2010-05-20 12:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ginasketch.livejournal.com
Why do they always look like they're going "Heil Hitler?"

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Date: 2010-05-20 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] failing-angel.livejournal.com
They're certainly different, and one looks like a cyclopean bowling pin forced into 'street cred'. I think it's the latter bit that jars - seeing 'high fives' in this sort of context makes me twitch internally - it's the assumption of 'cool' that reminds me of a wannabe hip dad.

Then again, I'm not sure what I'd prefer as an option. If the kids like it...

(I do think it's a bit cruel that someone's lopped off t'other one's feet though)

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