Is it a joke ?

[Russethouse]

Have we really got to look at this for 5 years ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/6718243.stm

Nearly all the examples the BBC show are as good if not better, but I like the thought that the chosen 'its not a logo' may have been inspired by Ricky Gervais............[:)]

[makfai]

And it only cost £400,000.....is that an Olympic record?

[LEO]

[quote user="makfai"]And it only cost £400,000.....is that an Olympic record?[/quote]

 

I hope Seb Coe doesn't make a "record"

[Russethouse]

£400,000 - at least its probably only lottery money. Of course there are a 101 other causes that it could have benefited, but hey..........

I like 1,2, 7 & 8 - but that probably because it took me quite a long time to realise the 'not a logo' actually says 2012 [:(][:(]

[JayJay]

But.......but .......but.......it's going to change colour, that will make it more interesting!![Www]

[LEO]

[quote user="JayJay"]

But.......but .......but.......it's going to change colour, that will make it more interesting!![Www]

[/quote]

Maybe it will turn to "pale"

[Meg]

I don't like it. Too messy.........and harsh and fragmented.

£400,000 says i could do a better one??

[Russethouse]

A guy on 'Breakfast' was saying that millions of pounds have been spent promoting the olympic logo (the rings) over the years yet instead of maximising these they look like an afterthought.

[Clair]

At first, I thought each figure represented an olympic sport and I spent a few minutes trying to think of which was which before realising what they meant together... [:-))]

[makfai]

I think they have just started with a map of the British Isles...enlarged Northern Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man...thrown it at the wall and this is what stuck!

[Russethouse]

 I spent a few minutes working out if it was a stylised map.........[8-)][8-)]

Apparently there may be a problem already: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6724245.stm

[Bugsy]

Look at it closely and you will see

A 'big-haired' woman giving a 'man' a 'bl*w-j*b.........................................[Www]

[Pierre ZFP]

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

I now have to clean the coffee off my screen and keyboard after I finally saw what you meant.[:D]

ROFLMAOHAHA [:-))]

[makfai]

Don't recognise the man but...[;-)]

[daisymay]

It looks slightly sinister to me. Slight echos of SS or swatikas.

[Hoddy]

That's interesting Daisymay. My first thought was of a resembalnce to swastikas too.

Now, thanks to Bugbear, I shall have a little giggle every time I see it.

Hoddy

[Meg]

[quote user="Bugbear"]

Look at it closely and you will see

A 'big-haired' woman giving a 'man' a 'bl*w-j*b.........................................[Www]

[/quote]

LOL..i knew there was something messy about it! [:-))]

[Smiley]

I don't like it at all.

I prefer logo4 but does logo 11 represent all the money that's going down the drain???

[Russethouse]

http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=VT438234N&news_headline=more_than_10000_sign_petition_to_scrap_olympic_logo

At the end of the piece there is an address to go to to sign.

[Will]

Joke or not, it has worked, and got people talking about the Olympics and the logo. Great advertising.

[Russethouse]

.........and about how they could have saved all that money by having a competition [:)]

[Pierre ZFP]

Extract from the test match special blog

1345 - Eng 113-1 The umpires amble towards the middle and here come the England batsmen...Lots of emails pointing out that the Olympic logo looks like Lisa Simpson getting up to some mischief. Don't see it myself, although it has been a while. It's Sammy with first bung after the restart and he gets one through Vaughan with one that cuts back off the seam. Tony Hancock...sorry, DJ Sammy into bowl, and Vaughan clips him away for a single. Decent over from Sammy - good line and length, he looks to have settled.

 

[Just Katie]

I heard on the radio today that The Sun had some sort of monkey to paint a logo and it was voted better than this.  I wonder what department he worked in?[:P]