Do you have a flag?
Those knuckleheads over at the Big O are holding a contest to create a new state flag. They’ve already narrowed the submissions down to ten, dreadful entries, and they want you, the good citizens of Oregon, to vote for the winner. Here’s my favorite (favorite as in most repulsive), which apparently displays a gravy boat floating in a sea of blood and illuminated by the star of Bethlehem:
Designed by a kindergarten class … I mean, Eddy Lyons, 42.
The winning flag will be presented to the state legislature, who will promptly laugh and disregard it.
P.S. Headline reference here.
Those flags are downright heinous. Shame on you, Oregon, I’m very dissapointed.
This just in: Nate Gulley will be back on campus in 3 months to run Carina Miller’s campaign.
It is obvious that none of the entrants has a background in logo design.
Not that our current state flag is good either but a couple of things to note:
1. There is no one under the age of 40 as a finalist. The eldest being 95 whose flag made no sense whatsoever.
2. I’ve felt this way for awhile now but this contest does it. I officially now know that the people who work for the Oregonian are in a constant fugue brought on by the copious amounts of weed they smoke, COPIOUS.
Also, and maybe this is just me, but the word copious seems sexual every time I say, read, write, or hear it. It’s as if sex is happening somewhere in a statement that uses the word copious.
For my money, E is the worst (“Come to Oregon, land of shitty TV reception!”) but they’re all atrocious.
“What then? We’ll ask politicians in Salem to adopt the new flag. We don’t know if they will. But whether they do or not, it will be an illuminating civics lesson.”
Citizen: “Hey, implement this really stupid idea I came up with!”
Gov’t: “No.”
Citizen: “Wow! I learn something new every day!”
It’s amazing how bad all the entries are, compared to the current flag. Generally, I am just ashamed of things the Oregonian does, but this time I’m also a little offended. For shame.
That’s a gravy boat? I had assumed it was a section of human spine displayed proudly upon a crown.