# Worst logos ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928 "2009-12-11T22:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/21 "2009-12-12T14:09:08Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > How pathetic. I had to turn my head to the left and stare at it for at least thirty seconds before I finally got it.:smack: All right, I’ll take the hit: I _still_ don’t get it. What am I supposed to be seeing? ETA: Google is my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/22 "2009-12-12T15:25:02Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > It took me a second, but I finally got it. It’s not horrible, but not polite. > > I didn’t get the next one, the TransUnion logo. Is it a sex thing? It’s just plain ugly (Not all logos referenced here are about sex!). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/23 "2009-12-12T15:29:07Z")
[Wachovia](http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/financialaid/images/Wachovia-20Color-1_1.jpg)’s latest logo is hideous (especially compared to the blue-blooded classicism of their [last one](http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/brands/0003/2543/brand.gif)). It kind of makes me glad we’ll soon see the last of it. Disclaimer: I’m a former Wachovian. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/24 "2009-12-12T15:29:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > All right, I’ll take the hit: I _still_ don’t get it. What am I supposed to be seeing? Think “masturbating, round-headed cowboy.” 😃 > [@Philster](#): > > (Not all logos referenced here are about sex!). 😛 The hell you say! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/25 "2009-12-12T17:03:22Z")
I generally liked the site referenced in post #4. Many of the logos were suggestive. But it sure seemed to me that the author considered anything with a 3-pointed motif to be a coded penis+scrotum reference. Sometimes a dented triangle is just a dented triangle. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/26 "2009-12-13T01:28:47Z")
Both the Wachovia logos look pretty conservative to me. I’m glad Washington Mutual went under. I couldn’t stand hearing commercials for “Wahmoo”. [http://www.overlookingseattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wamu1.jpg](http://www.overlookingseattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wamu1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/27 "2009-12-13T20:53:13Z")
[These people](http://www.artistmike.com/Bad-Logos/BadLogo-Arlington2.jpg) are no longer in business. At least not in the same location. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/28 "2009-12-13T21:30:44Z")
Every time I see [this logo](http://www.tri-valleyre.com/images/remax.gif), I have to stare . . . like at a bad accident. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/29 "2009-12-13T21:47:22Z")
I’ve always thought the logos for the New York State parkways on Long Island show not only a lack of imagination, but also make it difficult to realize what road is which. For instance: [Northern State Parkway](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Northern_Pkwy_Shield.svg/600px-Northern_Pkwy_Shield.svg.png) [Southern State Parkway](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Southern_Pkwy_Shield.svg/600px-Southern_Pkwy_Shield.svg.png) [Sagtikos State Parkway](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sagtikos_Pkwy_Shield.svg) [Meadowbrook Parkway](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meadowbrook_Pkwy_Shield.svg) [Sunken Meadow Parkway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunken_Meadow_Pkwy_Shield.svg) [Wantaugh Parkway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wantagh_Pkwy_Shield.svg) The logos aren’t that old – probably date from the 1970s. They’re consistent, but do nothing to individualize the roads when you’re traveling at high speed trying to find one. ---
**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/30 "2009-12-13T23:55:50Z")
Storage Deluxe … or Dick in a box? [You decide](http://www.storagedeluxe.com/images/header_logo.gif)! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/31 "2009-12-14T00:12:20Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Every time I see [this logo](http://www.tri-valleyre.com/images/remax.gif), I have to stare . . . like at a bad accident. I saw the signs before they were really well-known (at least to me). I thought it was an electronics store. RF Max. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/32 "2009-12-14T04:11:01Z")
Yeah, I, too, thought it might be RF Max, as a matter of fact, I thought their logo was really for a company called RF Max but that the logo was bad because it make it so their company _looked_ like it was called RE Max! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/33 "2009-12-14T04:41:04Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Think “masturbating, round-headed cowboy.” 😃 Seriously? That’s what the hubbub was about? I don’t see how anyone saw that without being told ahead of time what it was supposed to be. Even being told, it took me forever to see it that way, as it’s really hard to make that thing seem like a stick figure, when it has no stick connecting the body. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/34 "2009-12-14T04:47:03Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Seriously? That’s what the hubbub was about? I don’t see how anyone saw that without being told ahead of time what it was supposed to be. Even being told, it took me forever to see it that way, as it’s really hard to make that thing seem like a stick figure, when it has no stick connecting the body. Fat, masturbating, round-headed cowboy. Please, nobody say “band name”. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/35 "2009-12-14T06:18:35Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Seriously? That’s what the hubbub was about? I don’t see how anyone saw that without being told ahead of time what it was supposed to be. Even being told, it took me forever to see it that way, as it’s really hard to make that thing seem like a stick figure, when it has no stick connecting the body. This kind of comment comes up in every thread like this. The fact that _you_ don’t perceive it easily doesn’t invalidate the fact that a substantial portion of the population sees it quickly, clearly, and obviously. What’s a client going to say? “Well, **BigT** doesn’t seem to think it’s a problem, so we’ll go with it, even though **BigU** , **BigV** , and **BigW** are laughing their asses off and going ‘YEE-HAW!!!’” ---
**Author:** ![ragerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/36 "2009-12-14T07:55:46Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > BAD: > > [Golin](http://www.golinharris.com/resources/gh/TransUnionLogo.jpg) I don’t get it either. Will someone explain? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/37 "2009-12-14T08:58:46Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Seriously? That’s what the hubbub was about? I don’t see how anyone saw that without being told ahead of time what it was supposed to be. Even being told, it took me forever to see it that way, as it’s really hard to make that thing seem like a stick figure, when it has no stick connecting the body. I saw it in about 0.5 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/38 "2009-12-14T15:36:08Z")
> [@ragerdude](#): > > I don’t get it either. Will someone explain? That one’s just supposed to be ugly. Not sure I agree, although I don’t like the way the typeface used for the company name goes with the logo. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/39 "2009-12-14T17:27:21Z")
One of those E’s with an upwards thrusting arrow coming out of the bottom of it which used to be so prevalent some years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928/40 "2009-12-14T21:51:34Z")
There is a Dodge car dealer near me, in the town of Burnsville. [Their logo](http://www.burnsvilleartjazz.com/assets/pics/dodge.gif) I can’t imagine driving around a car for 10 years with that on the bumper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-logos-ever/520928.md?page=3)