London Olympics Mascots revealed

Following the debacle about how the 2012 Olympics logo looks like Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude, the organisers had a lot to contend with to make the mascot even crappier.

Luckily they succeeded.

Inexplicably named after some small provincial towns, the Olympics mascots are big, long one-eyed monsters. One of whom appears to have bladder control issues (he's the one for the Paralympics, apparently).

I apologise for the crap my country has produced.

They both go to the same image.

And "Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude" is a pretty serious stretch.

Miss Prince wrote:

They both go to the same image.

And "Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude" is a pretty serious stretch.

Oops, cheers. Amended.

Miss Prince wrote:

They both go to the same image.

And "Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude" is a pretty serious stretch.

Minimalism, man. MINIMALISM.

ZoZo wrote:

Miss Prince wrote:

They both go to the same image.

And "Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude" is a pretty serious stretch.

Oops, cheers. Amended.

Not Amended. They still go to the same image.


Edit: Ahh...I see them no...GAH!!

Braigwen wrote:

ZoZo wrote:

Miss Prince wrote:

They both go to the same image.

And "Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude" is a pretty serious stretch.

Oops, cheers. Amended.

Not Amended. They still go to the same image.

Gah. Not enough Red Bull today

ZoZo wrote:

Miss Prince wrote:

They both go to the same image.

And "Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude" is a pretty serious stretch.

Oops, cheers. Amended.

They're still showing up as the same for me...

Edit: Okay, better now.

Miss Prince wrote:

ZoZo wrote:

Miss Prince wrote:

They both go to the same image.

And "Lisa Simpson sucking off a dude" is a pretty serious stretch.

Oops, cheers. Amended.

They're still showing up as the same for me...

Really, because I'm definitely getting two cuddly silver penises with a rainbow background now.

I started typing that before Myth posted and didn't get the "new post" notification. I'm wrestling a bad connection and my mouse's dying batteries right now, too

Moar edit: I think they're cute... well, a little creepy. But creepy-cute.

Now that I see it, I can not unsee it!

One of those...things looks like its wearing chaps and nothing underneath! What the hell are these Olympic committees smoking!!

Aww, lookit the widdle anthromorphic pregnancy tests.

Seriously, they look like those Clearblue kind. Hurr hurr, one eyed monsters.

I like em.

ZoZo wrote:

One of whom appears to have bladder control issues

I disagree.

And the other one, I agree that the Lisa Simpson thing is a bit of a stretch, but the colors and unmotivated design alone make it pretty awful.

grmblfjx wrote:

And the other one, I agree that the Lisa Simpson thing is a bit of a stretch, but the colors and unmotivated design alone make it pretty awful.

It's pretty obvious that it's supposed to be "20" (New Line) "12", to me at least.
Can't explain the colors as easily, though.

As for the current symbols, what are they supposed to be? Last I checked, the symbols were local creatures or ones culturally significant to the host country.

grmblfjx wrote:

ZoZo wrote:

One of whom appears to have bladder control issues

I disagree.

Oh God. Cannot unsee.

DON'T FORGET THE TOOOWWWWEEEEERRRR


seriously, I've just given up now. At first I was angry about how shitty this whole olympic thing is turning out to be, but now I've just stopped caring.

A news story on the BBC website (luckily the video's viewable outside the UK) shows them in action, so it's not quite so bad, but... uh, yeah.

Princess wrote:

It's pretty obvious that it's supposed to be "20" (New Line) "12", to me at least.

My God, you're right.


That's the worst design of "2012" that I can imagine, short of painting it in menstrual blood.

OH GO FUCK YOUSELF LADY IZZY'S THE SHIT.

Okay...what. Wait, let me get this straight. They're molten steel that came to life?

Words cannot describe how bewildered I am right now.

grmblfjx wrote:

Princess wrote:

It's pretty obvious that it's supposed to be "20" (New Line) "12", to me at least.

My God, you're right.


That's the worst design of "2012" that I can imagine, short of painting it in menstrual blood.

Let's hope Rio does a better job with their Olympic logo.

Seule wrote:

DON'T FORGET THE TOOOWWWWEEEEERRRR


seriously, I've just given up now. At first I was angry about how shitty this whole olympic thing is turning out to be, but now I've just stopped caring.

Argh, I'd forgotten about that thing. How can we top that for ugly?

(Here it is, for anyone who hasn't yet seen it).

Why is the first thing that comes to mind upon seeing these... things... "I wonder what the rule 34 will look like"?

ZoZo wrote:

Seule wrote:

DON'T FORGET THE TOOOWWWWEEEEERRRR


seriously, I've just given up now. At first I was angry about how shitty this whole olympic thing is turning out to be, but now I've just stopped caring.

Argh, I'd forgotten about that thing. How can we top that for ugly?

(Here it is, for anyone who hasn't yet seen it).

....It looks like the two Eiffel towers recreating something out of the Kama Sutra.

Eh, they're not terrible. They're along the lines of some other past Olympic mascots (such as Izzy, or Neve and Gliz).

Hubble Bubble? Really? Like Hubba Bubba?

Chris91 wrote:

grmblfjx wrote:

That's the worst design of "2012" that I can imagine, short of painting it in menstrual blood.

Let's hope Rio does a better job with their Olympic logo.

Well, unless they paint it in menstrual blood, I find it hard to conceive of them doing any worse.