# Colombia's coat of arms looks like Nintendo animation.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 3, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755 "2006-12-03T23:56:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755/101 "2006-12-10T21:37:46Z")

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You want to talk about countries that didn’t even put any effort into their flag at all? I present Exhibit A: [Libya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Libya.svg).

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755/102 "2006-12-10T23:02:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Chronos]  
You want to talk about countries that didn’t even put any effort into their flag at all?  
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That’s the “Smell The Glove” of flag design - none more green.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755/103 "2006-12-11T02:06:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Scissorjack]  
That’s the “Smell The Glove” of flag design - none more green.  
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So Libya’s original flag had a naked woman with a chain around her neck smelling someone’s glove on it?

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755/104 "2006-12-11T03:12:20Z")

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[QUOTE=mobo85]  
So Libya’s original flag had a naked woman with a chain around her neck smelling someone’s glove on it?  
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If so, it was out of use [by 1951.](http://flagspot.net/flags/ly_1951.html)

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755/105 "2006-12-11T03:24:47Z")

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[QUOTE=sturmhauke]  
Does it sing “Yankee Doodle” while eating cheese?  
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Yup. Does a dandy job of it, too.

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**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755/106 "2006-12-11T04:05:42Z")

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[QUOTE=Chronos]  
You want to talk about countries that didn’t even put any effort into their flag at all? I present Exhibit A: [Libya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Libya.svg).  
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:dubious:  
I wonder where I’ve read this before … Oh yeah, [post #42:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8025520&postcount=42)

[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer]  
[Libya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Libya.svg)’s is a total cop-out.

[Cuba](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cuba.svg) is everything [Puerto Rico](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg) is not.

[Chad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Chad.svg) == [Romania](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Romania.svg)  
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☹ ☹ ☹😉😉

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colombias-coat-of-arms-looks-like-nintendo-animation/382755/107 "2006-12-11T07:33:55Z")

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[QUOTE=mobo85]  
So Libya’s original flag had a naked woman with a chain around her neck smelling someone’s glove on it?  
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What’s wrong with being sexy?

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