# Meet the 2012 Olympic mascots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033 "2010-05-19T19:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/1 "2010-05-19T19:00:05Z")
Here they are… [Wenlock and Mandeville.](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/19/london-olympics-2012-mascot) Seriously. I… I don’t even have words. I look at them and I’m just sort of disturbed and depressed at the same time. It’s as though all the hope for humanity’s future has been drained out of me by two 8-foot, one-eyed, white turds, one of which has pissed its pants. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/2 "2010-05-19T19:06:33Z")
Will DJ Lance Rock be delivering them to the opening ceremonies? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/3 "2010-05-19T19:07:22Z")
The Teletubbies go to the Olympics. Who the hell came up with this shit? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/4 "2010-05-19T19:10:33Z")
> [@](#): > > But London 2012 organisers, for whom the launch of the mascots marks the start of a crucial period in which the games will become public property, pointed to the delighted reaction of a hall full of primary school children at today’s launch as evidence that they would connect with their target audience. Does anybody remember when multi-billion-dollar events like this used to be aimed at grown-ups? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/5 "2010-05-19T19:17:40Z")
First the dirty Lisa Simpson logo and now a one-eyed mascot shaped like a penis? And the one-eyed penis mascot (Wenlock) has a one-eyed look-of-disapproval face. Plus the Paralympics version has peed himself, and has flippers for hands. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/6 "2010-05-19T19:22:36Z")
Thanks for the giggles! I am printing it right now, and it’s going, immediately up on the bulletin board so many others can giggle too! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/7 "2010-05-19T19:30:35Z")
I think we’ve found the next two monsters for [Backyard Monsters](http://apps.facebook.com/backyardmonsters/). ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/8 "2010-05-19T19:31:24Z")
Finally, the Olympic mascot designers are dropping acid! I think these were dreamed up in a field somewhere in Hampshire.\* [sub]\*Surely there’s at least one person here who gets that.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/9 "2010-05-19T19:31:34Z")
I thought The Doctor sent them back to their home plant a couple series ago? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/10 "2010-05-19T19:41:12Z")
I think I saw those guys on the first episode of the animated _Justice League_ ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/11 "2010-05-19T19:41:20Z")
And here I thought no ridiculous Olympic mascot would _ever_ top Izzy! And actually, this Telegraph article is [right on point](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/london2012/7737779/London-2012-Olympics-Atlantas-dismal-mascot-Izzy-represents-an-all-time-low.html). ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/12 "2010-05-19T20:01:06Z")
whack-a-mole flash game - [Tontie](http://www.eyezmaze.com/eyezblog_en/blog/2004/05/tontie_ver1.html#monster) the only thing different is the lack of eyelashes. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/13 "2010-05-19T20:13:37Z")
Are they remaking **Attack of the the Eye Creatures** already? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/14 "2010-05-19T20:20:29Z")
Can we just go back to bears or cowboys or indians or eagles or turtles or sumptin? ---
**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:** [May 19, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/15 "2010-05-19T20:24:44Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > I think these were dreamed up in a field somewhere in Hampshire.\* > > [sub]\*Surely there’s at least one person here who gets that.[/sub] Duh! 😛 It’s certainly a courageous design choice. I do like the names though ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/16 "2010-05-19T20:39:27Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Plus the Paralympics version has peed himself, and has flippers for hands. Nah, that’s just Dr. Manhattan’s giant blue penis head in his shorts. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/17 "2010-05-19T20:41:51Z")
You know, London _does_ have heraldic animals. What’s wrong with a dragon or two? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/18 "2010-05-19T20:47:47Z")
One of the comments on the article is great: > [@](#): > > Is Matt Groening on our Olympics committee? First the 2012 logo looks like Lisa Simpson giving head to Bart, and now we have Kodos & Kang as our mascots? ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/19 "2010-05-19T21:11:49Z")
With a bit of luck some anarchic counter-movement will come up with a popular alternative, much like “[Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatso_the_Fat-Arsed_Wombat)” stole the show off the 2000 Olympics official mascots Sid Olie and Dickhead. Is Mr Blobby, or Mr Bean looking for a gig? How about either Rupert or Paddington Bear? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033/20 "2010-05-19T21:49:09Z")
At least they decided against [this one](http://mammon.typepad.com/root_of_all_evil/2007/06/goatse_london_o.html) :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-2012-olympic-mascots/540033.md?page=2)