# What does this symbol mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655 "2010-01-12T13:51:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/1 "2010-01-12T13:51:42Z")
I was looking for people of Facebook when I ran into somebody that had [this as his profile pic](http://s392.photobucket.com/albums/pp3/gunsntulips/?action=view¤t=n100000349641376_3801.jpg&newest=1). It is a really interesting take on the hammer and sickle I think. I certainly think that the CCCFC must be Russian, since the old Soviet Union was CCCP in Russian. Has anyone seen this? Does anyone have better google skills than I? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/2 "2010-01-12T14:01:10Z")
No, it’s not Russian, because F is not a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/3 "2010-01-12T14:02:59Z")
A little Googling found this: [http://www.oleole.com/blogs/chelseablog/posts/celery-and-sickle-t-shirts](http://www.oleole.com/blogs/chelseablog/posts/celery-and-sickle-t-shirts) It seems to be Chelsea Football Club. That’s a British Soccer team. I don’t know what the two extra Cs means. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/4 "2010-01-12T14:10:36Z")
Oh, wait, I see. It’s like CCCP, but change the P to FC. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/5 "2010-01-12T14:16:16Z")
It’s because Chelsea fans have a terrace chant called “Celery”. The club’s also banned celery from being brought into the ground after it kept getting thrown on the pitch, and the club is owned by a Russian oligarch, hence the hammer and sickle style logo. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/6 "2010-01-12T14:18:46Z")
A little more googling led to this site: [http://www.onionbag.com/cccfc-t-shirt-4980.aspx](http://www.onionbag.com/cccfc-t-shirt-4980.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/7 "2010-01-12T14:29:41Z")
I should have just googled what it looked like. I immediately thought celery, but tossed it out as ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/8 "2010-01-12T14:49:06Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > I should have just googled what it looked like. I immediately thought celery, but tossed it out as ridiculous. Well, such a search does turn up a lot of discussion about sickle cell anemia. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-symbol-mean/524655/9 "2010-01-12T22:28:26Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > It’s because Chelsea fans have a terrace chant called “Celery”. The club’s also banned celery from being brought into the ground after it kept getting thrown on the pitch, and the club is owned by a Russian oligarch, hence the hammer and sickle style logo. I was wondering where all the Detroit Red Wings’ fans went after they could no throw octopii onto ice rinks.