welcome, Mungo!

[winterbadger]

With thanks to vikingcat for this piece of news!

Glasgow unveils Commonwealth Games bid, mascot.

"Wayne Hayes, of design company Conceptomatix, explained the thinking behind the new brand. "He's blue because of Glasgow's proud maritime tradition. He's under water because for millions of years the Glasgow area was completely submerged. He has eight legs because he's an octopus. And he's shit-faced because he's a Glaswegian octopus."

That just about says it all...

"The Nigerian capital Abuja, Glasgow's rival for the 2014 Games, unveiled its mascot last week. The city is pinning its hopes on 'Pipey', a six foot stretch of the Nigerian State Oil Corporation pipeline."

Trust the Nigerians to be all about laying pipe...

Comments

[reasdream.livejournal.com]

I liked the bit about only 38% of the co's designs leading to fits and seizures. Nice dig at the truly hideous 2012 logo.

[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

O.K. it only took me two minutes to get it. An English version of the Onion. Very nice. "Motorist urged to Panic" hah.

[winterbadger]

I liked the touch of them calling the mascot Mungo, which is actually the name of the patron saint of Glasgow.

For less entertaining but more detailed information about Glasgow's (successful) bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, see the official website (sadly, mascotless).

Nice Sir Harry icon, BTW! :-)

[winterbadger]

I REALLY liked the story entitled " Do you need us to call you a cab?" Britain Asks Brown.