# Goatse on the BBC! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700 "2007-06-04T15:43:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/1 "2007-06-04T15:43:27Z")
The London 2012 Olympic logo was [unveiled](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/6718243.stm) today. It’s dreadful, but that’s not my point. The BBC has invited readers to send in their own ideas for a logo. Check out picture number 5 [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6719747.stm)! "“Here is my design for the Olympic logo. It is very simple and so memorable. The hands represent Britain pulling together to reveal the Olympics.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/2 "2007-06-04T15:45:04Z")
Hah! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/3 "2007-06-04T15:49:01Z")
I want a job designing shit like that for that kind of money, heck I’d do it for three time the price if they want to feel like they bought something worthwhile and exclusive. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/4 "2007-06-04T15:50:07Z")
Another comment made about the official logo is that it looks like “Lisa Simpson giving head”. It does, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/5 "2007-06-04T15:57:32Z")
Freakin’ comedy gold, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/6 "2007-06-04T15:57:55Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Another comment made about the official logo is that it looks like “Lisa Simpson giving head”. It does, too. [/QUOTE] Oh my…it took me awhile to work out the perspective, but once you see it, you can’t _un_see it. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/7 "2007-06-04T15:58:00Z")
Number 5 is much better than the one they came up with. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/8 "2007-06-04T16:06:56Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Number 5 is much better than the one they came up with. [/QUOTE] Dude, _anything_ is better than what they came up with. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/9 "2007-06-04T16:07:56Z")
The Beeb seem to have taken it out of the list, but it remains on their servers [here](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43006000/jpg/_43006883_sean_stayte_416.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/10 "2007-06-04T16:11:33Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] The London 2012 Olympic logo was [unveiled](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/6718243.stm) today. It’s dreadful, but that’s not my point. The BBC has invited readers to send in their own ideas for a logo. Check out picture number 5 [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6719747.stm)! "“Here is my design for the Olympic logo. It is very simple and so memorable. The hands represent Britain pulling together to reveal the Olympics.” 😛 [/QUOTE] Did they pull it? All I see for pic 5 is a very simplistic rectangle with rounded corners and a line separating the simple sans serif texts “LONDON OLYMPICS” above the ine in black, and “2012” below in red. The rings aren’t even present, and the text below simply says, “Alex Chaplin designed this image.” ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/11 "2007-06-04T16:13:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Did they pull it? All I see for pic 5 is a very simplistic rectangle with rounded corners and a line separating the simple sans serif texts “LONDON OLYMPICS” above the ine in black, and “2012” below in red. The rings aren’t even present, and the text below simply says, “Alex Chaplin designed this image.” [/QUOTE] See my link, above. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/12 "2007-06-04T16:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Did they pull it? All I see for pic 5 is a very simplistic rectangle with rounded corners and a line separating the simple sans serif texts “LONDON OLYMPICS” above the ine in black, and “2012” below in red. The rings aren’t even present, and the text below simply says, “Alex Chaplin designed this image.” [/QUOTE] Yes they pulled (ha!) it. There were 11 images there, now there are only 10. [Fortunately I saved a screenshot!](http://i8.tinypic.com/542xixh.gif) Incidentally, the rectangle design is based on the classic [London street signs](http://www.photo.net/philg/digiphotos/200102-e10-london/orange-street-sign.half.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/13 "2007-06-04T16:18:50Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Yes they pulled (ha!) it. There were 11 images there, now there are only 10. [Fortunately I saved a screenshot!](http://i8.tinypic.com/542xixh.gif) [/QUOTE] Uh, heh, yeah… forgive the unintentional pun. 😃 That’s hillarious though – but it’s not the first time I’ve seen goatse incorporated into the Olympics logo. I’m just amazed and amused that it passed some level of formal judging – enough to be included in a list of alternates anyway. Shawn deserves a beer for that one. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/14 "2007-06-04T16:20:04Z")
Brilliant! They’ve pulled it, but too late, and now it’ll live on throughout the interwebs. You can imagine the moment of realisation by some lacky, and having to explain to his manager just why they needed to take that image down 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/15 "2007-06-04T16:27:46Z")
Time Magazine had [a similar questionable cover](http://indymediawatch.blogspot.com/2004/09/time-magazine-tribute-to-goatse.html) a few years ago, the only different being it was on the cover of the print edition so no editor could make it disappear down the memory hole. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/16 "2007-06-04T16:29:55Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I’m just amazed and amused that it passed some level of formal judging – enough to be included in a list of alternates anyway. Shawn deserves a beer for that one. [/QUOTE] No real formal judging, it’s just folk sending in stuff to the BBC. I’m 99% certain that the BBC staff web-monkey who published it to the list knew exactly what they were doing though. Kudos to them and to Sean Stayte! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/17 "2007-06-04T17:40:44Z")
Sorry, I’m not goat-seeing the logo that I’m supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/18 "2007-06-04T17:45:14Z")
I can see the influence, but it’s a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/19 "2007-06-04T18:02:17Z")
Major props (and my vote) to James Wren’s logo. **Colophon** , you are a dirty, dirty man. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700/20 "2007-06-04T18:50:20Z")
Looks around… …slowly puts up hand… Um, please, good folks…er… what does the word “goatse” mean? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goatse-on-the-bbc/406700.md?page=2)