London Olympics Mascots
Posted: 19 May 2010, 20:27
Seriously? This will represent London to the world? This?
Seriously? This will represent London to the world? This?
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Seriously? This will represent London to the world? This?
Posted: 19 May 2010, 20:30
one word: Boris
Posted: 19 May 2010, 21:17
Boris?!James Blast wrote:one word: Boris
Posted: 19 May 2010, 22:00
nope, and not this one either
even tho' I do love a twin neck
even tho' I do love a twin neck
Posted: 19 May 2010, 22:10
If nothing else they'll get people talking. Wondering what the hell they're meant to be.
Re: London Olympics Mascots
Posted: 19 May 2010, 22:28
sultan2075 wrote:
Seriously? This will represent London to the world? This?
... very typical ...Posted: 19 May 2010, 22:29
Any worse than the logo?
Posted: 19 May 2010, 22:39
Reminds me of The Residents
Posted: 20 May 2010, 08:57
I think they're rather cute, and the back-story is quite clever.
Posted: 20 May 2010, 09:39
they look like some crazy japanese cartoon characters...
Posted: 20 May 2010, 10:37
...Or summat Tom Baker fought in 1977.
Posted: 20 May 2010, 10:37
Tele Tubbies in Shell Suits.... 
Posted: 20 May 2010, 12:27
Wenlock and Mandeville
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/1 ... 012-mascot
i quite like them, to be honest
and:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/1 ... 012-mascot
The pair are based on a short story by children's author Michael Morpurgo that tells how they were fashioned from droplets of the steel used to build the Olympic stadium.
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Wenlock, named after the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock that helped inspire Pierre de Coubertin to launch the modern Olympics, and Mandeville, inspired by the Buckinghamshire town of Stoke Mandeville, where the Paralympics were founded
i quite like them, to be honest
and:
i'd call that a narrow escapeAmong the designs rejected at the start of an open pitch process were anthropomorphic pigeons, an animated tea pot and a Big Ben with arms and legs.
Posted: 20 May 2010, 12:47
I'll like them even better when they're pictured leaving some London nite club spewing up with a skanky WAG on each arm.
Posted: 20 May 2010, 13:04
I wish I could be an Olmpic mascot.weebleswobble wrote:I'll like them even better when they're pictured leaving some London nite club spewing up with a skanky WAG on each arm.
Posted: 20 May 2010, 15:16
One Eyed Milkmen 
Posted: 20 May 2010, 15:19
is that a euphemism?
Posted: 20 May 2010, 15:50
from the olden days
Posted: 20 May 2010, 15:52
ahhhJames Blast wrote:from the olden days
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... %20milkman
you're a filthy man, james
Posted: 20 May 2010, 16:02
tee hee
Posted: 20 May 2010, 16:08
You disgust me. 
Posted: 20 May 2010, 16:19
my work here is done
Posted: 20 May 2010, 17:44
Posted: 20 May 2010, 18:22
I LOLd
Posted: 20 May 2010, 19:02
i need to know something about this one eyed milkmen..
.. is it the same as bat milk?
.. is it the same as bat milk?