# Silly Iranians (Olympic logo) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052 "2011-03-01T12:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/1 "2011-03-01T12:23:05Z")
[Iran is threatening to boycott the 2012 London Olympics](http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=6167220) because they feel the logo for the games actually spells out the word Zion. How could they be so stupid? The logo has nothing to do with Zion. Everyone knows it’s a sketch of Lisa Simpson giving head.\* (\*Don’t believe me? Look [here](http://www.google.com/images?q=olympic+logo+%22lisa+simpson%22&hl=en&num=100&lr=&cr=&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=quRsTeeDI8Gp8Aa3rtyMDQ&ved=0CFgQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=969).) ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/2 "2011-03-01T12:58:03Z")
In all fairness, it does kinda look like “Zion.” Read it like this: ZO IN ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/3 "2011-03-01T13:07:41Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > (\*Don’t believe me? Look [here](http://www.google.com/images?q=olympic+logo+%22lisa+simpson%22&hl=en&num=100&lr=&cr=&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=quRsTeeDI8Gp8Aa3rtyMDQ&ved=0CFgQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=969).) Thanks – never gonna be able to look at it without seeing that, now. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/4 "2011-03-01T13:09:51Z")
Rule 34. No exceptions. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/5 "2011-03-01T13:15:39Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > In all fairness, it does kinda look like “Zion.” Read it like this: > > ZO > IN It spells ZOIN! Just when you think the Iranian government can’t get any dumber, they set the bar just a little bit higher. Citius, altius, stupidius! I think we can all agree, however, that the logo DOES look like absolute shit. What’s the square that’s floating in the middle? I can’t believe it made it out of testing. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/6 "2011-03-01T13:15:40Z")
Maybe they’re talking about the logo with the rings and “Zoizdon” written under it. Does anyone speak Farsi? Is zoizdon some sort of insult? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/7 "2011-03-01T13:25:28Z")
I thought you were talking about just the rings, which of course spells out “Ooooo”. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/8 "2011-03-01T13:51:57Z")
Already being discussed here - [Is the London Olympic Logo Racist? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598880) ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/9 "2011-03-01T17:48:10Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I thought you were talking about just the rings, which of course spells out “Ooooo”. Which is evidence of General Mills and their Jewish masters’ plot to subliminally force Cheerios down the throats of the world. These pawns of Zionism claim that Cheerios are good for your heart. Only Allah should be in your heart. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/10 "2011-03-01T18:12:03Z")
It spells Zor, of course. Tying in to that old Monkees song, “Zor and Zam”, whose lyrics end with “they gave a war and nobody came”. No wonder the Iranian leadership is afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/11 "2011-03-01T18:27:34Z")
I’m still disappointed they didn’t go with the [Goatse](http://boingboing.net/2007/06/04/london-2012-olympic-.html) logo. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/12 "2011-03-01T18:38:59Z")
Oh _waaaah!_ Did you see Israel bitch and moan when the Flock of Seagulls hit came out? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/13 "2011-03-01T18:46:01Z")
I hope the crybabies do stay home and don’t attend the Olympics. Boy that’ll really show us what racist bastards we all are. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/14 "2011-03-01T21:57:30Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Oh _waaaah!_ Did you see Israel bitch and moan when the Flock of Seagulls hit came out? Well, of course not. The song made a point about how it was so far away. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/15 "2011-03-01T23:45:17Z")
OK I’m not the most “visual” person, but just WHAT is this supposed to be? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-iranians-olympic-logo/573052/16 "2011-03-02T01:12:36Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > OK I’m not the most “visual” person, but just WHAT is this supposed to be? “2012” with a dot in the middle. Why the dot? Who knows; speculation in the other thread has ranged from in representing everything from Australia to R’lyeh.