Goatse on the BBC!

[VinylTurnip]

*Two fists and a circle
View my rectum, how it shines
“Just so sick,” will be ranted
One mark that Quiddity maligns

Make it MINE!
Make it MINE!
Maaaake it MIIIIIIINE!!!*

[Ximenean]

@eleanorigby

(and why is the “alternative” design one of what looks like the outline of France with the Union Jack? Or is that the outline of the “limits” of London (not The City)?

It’s the outline of the London postal district. As you can see from the link, not all of Greater London gets a London post code, and some people consider the post code the decider of what is London proper.

[Terrorcotta]

Looking at the history of Olympic logos I think marketing has been the death of good design. Suddenly logos are designed by ego-ridden committees wanting it accessible, kid friendly, cuddley, regional, hitorically accurate, international, marketable and colorful. What you end up with is the hot mess that was the 1996 Atlanta mascot, Coily, otherwise known as the blue sperm pooping stars. <end designer rant>

As for the london efforts, some of the public suggestions border on brilliant. I kinda like the the one with the rings as squares with the phrase “We Know What We’re Doing” because it makes me smile.

[Nancarrow]

@Colophon

Another comment made about the official logo is that it looks like “Lisa Simpson giving head”. It does, too.

Thanks a lot for this by the way. As someone else pointed out, once you’ve seen it, you can’t unsee it. And I’m a Londoner. So I will be seeing it EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. :smack:

[OneCentStamp]

@PastAllReason

Meanwhile, the organizers are defending the logo against broader criticism at the same time saying that: "But a London 2012 spokesman told BBC Sport: “The emblem is flexible and will evolve over the next five years.”

She added: “Our emblem needs to be modern, bold, flexible and as relevant today as in five years’ time.”" Hardly a whole-hearted defence.

If it’s flexible they wanted, they should have gone with the goatse logo.

[Sublight]

@Struan

The Beeb seem to have taken it out of the list, but it remains on their servers here

That explains it. Although when I checked the BBC site, #5 was a skyline featuring a a very large millennium wheel, and looking at it I though, 'well, it does kind of look like a huge moon, but…"

[Cat_Whisperer]

The Atlanta Olympics logo - that’s beautiful! (Second image down.) It catches your eye and makes you think, “Wow. That’s very cool.” The London olympics logo - not so much. It catches your eye, alright, in a Margaret Atwood kind of way. I can see what you mean about Coily, though. That’s very strange-looking.

The Vancouver olympics logo could have some of the same criticisms as the London logo, but I think this logo works for Vancouver, the city being what it is.

[Ximenean]

OK, I’m going to stand up and say that I quite like the London logo, the Lisa Simpson thing notwithstanding. Olympic logos have tended to be rather conservative and corporate looking, and have ended up all looking the same. At least this one’s different.

[Tuckerfan]

I’ve got to say that many of the alternative suggested ones are simply beautiful, and IMHO, it’s a shame that the official logo looks nowhere near as good.

The Lisa Simpson logo raises one question in my mind: Spits or swallows?

[OneCentStamp]

@Tuckerfan

The Lisa Simpson logo raises one question in my mind: Spits or swallows?

She’s a saxophonist. I’m going to guess it ends up dribbled into a little puddle between her feet.

[VinylTurnip]

@Terrorcotta

Suddenly logos are designed by ego-ridden committees wanting it accessible, kid friendly, cuddley, regional, hitorically accurate, international, marketable and colorful.

Lampooned flawlessly (and presciently, since it came out a year before the 1996 Olympics) by the Mr. Show with Bob and David sketch that introduced “Pit Pat ,” the “magical, pan-sexual, non-threatening spokesthing” for the GloboChem corporation.

Here’s a link to the sketch on YouTube (warning: hilarious, but contains some NSFW language.)

[Skywatcher]

@featherlou

I have never looked up Tubgirl, either, and hopefully never will.

I’ve seen Tubgirl and decided it’s a fake.

Please, nobody try to convince me otherwise.

[Wheeljack]

I’m not seeing the Lisa Simpson thing. Could somebody drop a hint?

[Wheeljack]

Nevermind, found it.

[GorillaMan]

@PastAllReason

In further interesting news, the animated version of the logo is causing seizures.

From what I saw on TV of the ‘safe’ parts of the video which caused the problems, I’m amazed it got past any quality control, because the amount of hyperactive flashing animation was just ridiculous.

@Usram

It’s the outline of the London postal district. As you can see from the link, not all of Greater London gets a London post code, and some people consider the post code the decider of what is London proper.

Cue the Evening Standard asking whether people without London postcodes should be getting a cut in council tax. Or property prices, or crime, or something.

[Harmonious_Discord]

Wow. I’ve never seen something so badly done in my life. How do you make such crap and get it voted as the official logo. It begs for “What the fuck!” No really what the fuck is that?

Now for the alternatives, specifically formerly five . Oops. Bad one, but it would be less humiliating to wear than the official logo.

[levdrakon]

@Mindfield

Goatse started a brief and disturbing trend for shock sites. Tub Girl was one of the first unfortunate products of this, as was “Loopback.” Thankfully, the trend of shock sites seemed to have lost its charm on the sites I frequented at the time, so I wasn’t exposed to any of the subsequent … um … efforts. (Including Lemonparty. And I intend to keep it that way.)

Yes, the nightmares are harsh.

Heh. Lemonparty still has me giggling. Hadn’t seen that. Still can’t find loopback. What was that?

[Beware_of_Doug]

Entering loopback into Google Images returns lots of innocuous diagrams of network connections and one smallish .jpg of a dude apparently buttfucking himself.

[Ellef]

@Harmonious Discord

Wow. I’ve never seen something so badly done in my life. How do you make such crap and get it voted as the official logo. It begs for “What the fuck!” No really what the fuck is that?

Exactly . It’s truly awful, and I’m willing to bet it’ll be changed within six months. The “Lisa Simpson” thing is doing the rounds here in the UK. Can’t wait to see what the 2012 mascot looks like!

[GorillaMan]

@Beware of Doug

Entering loopback into Google Images returns lots of innocuous diagrams of network connections and one smallish .jpg of a dude apparently buttfucking himself.

You have to turn SafeSearch off to get the latter.