Sometime its hard to sympathize with fellow human beings. There are those who you just can’t see how they are anything like you and instead they seem like something separate and monstrous. Just like whoever came up with the London Olympics mascots:
I just can’t understand how a fellow human being could have a thought process that would lead to these things.
It seems that Olympic mascots are forgettable, but maybe it’s more like they tend to be so idiotic we tend to suppress remembering them. Whatever happened to just having a guy in lion costume? That’s what we should do next time America hosts the Olympics:
“Here’s our mascot: A guy in a lion costume. We chose him because lions are fierce and stuff. What? You’re asking what his name is? Um… Leo, I guess. That sounds like a lion’s name.”
That would be awesome.
How about a guy in a Bald Eagle costume instead?
What were they trying there? Is that some kind of reverse Nazi salute?
Are these mascots designed to overload the sensories?
I just can’t understand how a fellow human being could have a thought process that would lead to these things.
Sometimes the simplest answer is staring right at us.
They call to mind the mascot of Greendale Community College – a “Human Being” with any identifiable human characteristics removed. And the addition of… lobster claws?
I’ll hazard a guess at how these unholy things were born: a Gumby doll left on someone’s dashboard, plus a grossly overpaid costume designer!
I reckon I’ve seen worse. I can’t remember when, but it’s probably so. Mebbe they were designed by the kind of artists that Pelosi is so determined to help.
I think it was Bill Shulz who pointed out that the one on the right has a big pee stain.
Let’s try to figure this out. A rainbow for no apparent reason – the symbol of gay. Each of them have one eye…kind of like how some people refer to an, um…oh, I think I get it.
I think the blue and white one peed his pants. A being that looks like that has to have blue pee.
We HAD an eagle. For Los Angeles. 🙂
Olympic Mascots thru the years: http://tinyurl.com/29enwwo
My favorites do tend to be the recognizable ones. A bear, a tiger, etc. Then there are the horrible modern-art what-the-heck-is-that-thing versions. These may be worse than the ice cube from Turin or the “what is it?” of Atlanta.
While we’re at it, Olympic medals thru Athens in 2004. http://www.athensinfoguide.com/olympicmedalssummer.htm Beijing had a more recent site but it didn’t show both obverse and reverse sides without clicking on each medal.
They look like cycloptic thingfishes. The flag may be a reference to sexual orientation, but thats only a guess. As for the thought process, this makes a good case for workplace drug testing.
It’s a way of representing the diversity, unity, acceptance, and general oneness of mankind while celebrating the tolerance and understanding of the many conflicts and suffering around the globe. This symbolizes the struggles of slaves (past, present, and future) while saluting the courage of the disenfranchised souls from Mexico who are being persecuted and discriminated against by Arizona.
He peed because the poor SOB in the suit couldn’t get out. It’s so stupid looking the designers were afraid that the performers would never wear it twice, thus the hermeticly sealed suits
Atlanta had the spem-shaped things that Neal Boortz named Spermy Testostolies. It looked it, too. Why are these mascots so incredibly lame and stupid. Must be a European thing. Like their economy.
It also looks like the yellow thing up top is the eye, and the black circle is a screaming mouth with one tooth. Or singing…they might be singing.
Son of Bob gets the prize.
This looks like the demon spawn of Teletubbies mating with the pillsburry doughboy.
Taking lame to the next level.
They don’t look half bad when viewed through a sniper scope.
What’s really sad is the fact the two individuals in the suits are probably marketing or public relations grads who will proudly add their stints in this job to their resumes.
Teletubbies + Kang and Kodos = “Diversity”
Why do I have a feeling those one eyed monsters are going to get spanked a lot?
its a good thing they didnt think of mohammed in a bear suit!!! I give London 5 years and it will be named Al-Londonah and will have constant government approved shoe throwing.
Valkyries. To carry off the dead. Sexy ones. That’s what I would want.
Maybe the designers were told to come up with something original and every other conceivable mascot has already been done before.
On the contrary acrazymic…I think it is an image of Mohamed but skillfully done in such a way as to completely fool the zealots who kill artists for drawing images of the prophet. Take your choice as to which one is the real Mohamed and which one is his doppelganger. My vote is for the image on the right.
Are you sure you didn’t just accidentally link to the mascots of some kind of Adult Entertainment enterprise? Maybe they are trying to drum up business for the movie theater with individual locking booths?
Darn you zzyzx, I was just thinking the same thing. Though I would point out that the one that isn’t Mohamed is actually Mohamed’s gay lover, Barry. You can tell because of the rainbow behind them, which only Mohamed can make, and which is a symbol of Mohamed’s love of all the freaky gay stuff created by Mohamed.
I really think the appropriate question to ask here is, were they stoned or stupid?
George, both it would seem.
PS. As a Brit, I’m so embarrassed by this f*ckwittery. Ashamed even. How could they come up with something worse than the original logo which looked like Lisa Simpson giving a bl*wjob?
I can guarantee you that they were designed by a committee.
(As in: a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.)
By all appearances they are not Jewish.
The bastard spawn of the Power Rangers and Cirque Du Soleil.
To promote ‘safe sex’ at the Olympic Village,
giant condoms will be rolled over them at the opening ceremonies.
I just can’t understand how a fellow human being could have a thought process that would lead to these things. I had the same thought when I ran across “Squidbillies” . Ick.
Must be illegals inside those things, cause they are doing the jobs no human wants.
PLEASE tell me they don’t dance around and sing catchy tunes that are popular with the preschool set, or I’ll have to go out and buy some ammunition.
I clicked through till I got to watch the video of these monsters on the Times website. These blobs actually have kids doing the Heil Hitler salute. Please, please keep these things as far away from my kids as possible.
And now I’m going to the store for that ammo.
They look like something that Doctor Who should be chasing.
They look like rejected Doctor Who aliens
Let’s not forget Englands’ horrendous Olympics logo a few years ago. That jagged pink…’thing’.