# Republic of Straight Dopenya: What's our flag? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232 "2005-09-24T17:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/1 "2005-09-24T17:47:06Z")
At long last, my Doper comrades, we have smashed the shackles of oppression and broken the burdens of slavery to boredom–at long last, my Doper comrades, we are a free and liberated people! Together, on this most auspicious day, we will raise our voices in our new nation’s anthem as the flag is unfurled on high, an… what? huh? are you serious? We… don’t have a flag? Well, come on, guys, help me out here. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/2 "2005-09-24T18:05:15Z")
I’m thinking a goat…on a blue background. On the four corners, hampsters. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/3 "2005-09-24T18:09:40Z")
Hopefully, somebody with mad Photoshop skillz will create this flag once it’s agreed upon. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/4 "2005-09-24T18:10:26Z")
Well, it’s a crude result of five minutes with MSPaint, but: [My submission for our glorious banner.](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b118/EcoSquid/DopeFlag.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/5 "2005-09-24T19:03:45Z")
I’m thinkingsomething like [this](http://atlasgeo.span.ch/fotw/images/f/fic-stbd.gif), only with a goat with a 1920’s style death ray instead the snake with a big knife, and a doughnut instead of a tire. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/6 "2005-09-24T19:21:28Z")
Dude, you probably don’t realize you already have an [army](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=31290) Tripler Long live the Fightin’ 19th! ---
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/7 "2005-09-25T06:52:27Z")
[Here’s my attempt](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/rogueistari/sdmbflag.jpg). I’ve probably got the Latin wrong, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/8 "2005-09-25T07:46:03Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Together, on this most auspicious day, we will raise our voices in our new nation’s anthem as the flag is unfurled on high, an… I’m voting for somebody’s underwear. Possibly Eve’s as you know it would be tasteful. But doesn’t this raise a bigger question…do we have an anthem??? Maybe some reworking of “Beasts of England”… ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/9 "2005-09-25T11:11:35Z")
Of course our official bird is the Turkey…Ben Franklin would have been proud. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/10 "2005-09-25T11:15:32Z")
I’m partial to the design in the WB cartoon “Duck Amuck”, with the screw and the ball. Of course, we’d also need a goat of arms. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/11 "2005-09-25T11:21:57Z")
Whatever the final design, I’m guessing the “charge” is going to end up slightly off-center, to the left. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/12 "2005-09-25T12:36:15Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Of course, we’d also need a goat of arms. That is really really really bad. Thank you for that 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/13 "2005-09-25T16:38:16Z")
Here’s my version. > **[ImageShack - Deleted photo](https://imageshack.com/i/5asdflag8azj)** > > Store and share all of your images @ IMAGESHACK.com ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/14 "2005-09-26T06:47:27Z")
I don’t know what the flag looks like but I imagine seeing Google ads on the bottom. 😛😛😉 ---
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republic-of-straight-dopenya-whats-our-flag/323232/15 "2005-09-26T09:00:30Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > I don’t know what the flag looks like but I imagine seeing Google ads on the bottom. 😛😛😉 Good point. Behold [my updated flag](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/rogueistari/sdmbflagads.jpg).