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[challenge entry] Bland, offensive, indistinguishable from each other and certainly not what we voted for


I suppose they captured the mood of the nation perfectly...


[edit] this has so far appeared in the Telegraph and teh Standard...

[edit2] Oh, and the daily mail now too
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280010/Olympic-mascots-Wenlock-Mandeville-internet-viral-treatment.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Thu 20 May 2010, 8:39, archived)
# spot on.
All hail the new politik.
(I helped save b3ta! Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Thu 20 May 2010, 8:47, archived)
# bindun
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8693607.stm

~4:50
(I helped save b3ta! yanmania... last shagged your mum on, Thu 20 May 2010, 8:47, archived)
# ah shit
serves me right for not checking every single news source every minute since the announcement
I'm pretty sure they planned it though
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Thu 20 May 2010, 8:50, archived)
# Top marks for sarcasm
(McDazzle Knows not what he does, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:51, archived)
# Top marks for sarcasm
(I helped save b3ta! yanmania... last shagged your mum on, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:58, archived)
# 5 minutes of clever people bitching and being sarcastic
love it.
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Thu 20 May 2010, 11:05, archived)
# hahah morning all
just seen the mascots.......fucking hell.What a load of shit!!!!
(I helped save b3ta! claptonista ,the idiot boy.........., Thu 20 May 2010, 8:55, archived)
# This. Times a billion.
It's Kang and Kodos, isn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! An Eagle in Your Mind, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:03, archived)
# It's fucking embarassing.
I can't express the extent of my facepalm when I saw them
(I helped save b3ta! claptonista ,the idiot boy.........., Thu 20 May 2010, 9:06, archived)
# The thing is, it's a bit of an unenviable task (bar the fucking huge wads of cash).
Anything you come up with is liable to be slated. But really?! Cyclops salt and pepper shakers?
(I helped save b3ta! An Eagle in Your Mind, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:09, archived)
# the whole concept of olymic mascots is bent beyond words
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:11, archived)
# When the BBC lady (Jennie Bond?) was talking about them last night, she said getting the mascot right was "critical"
I've not come across this usage of the word "critical" before.
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:15, archived)
# people may die
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:17, archived)
# I sincerely hope they do
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:18, archived)
# I like the miniature T1000 terminators idea.
They should've run with that.
(I helped save b3ta! An Eagle in Your Mind, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:15, archived)
# True
But on the other hand there is always the keep it safe and simple. A cute waving animal seems to have worked for everyone else.
(I helped save b3ta! claptonista ,the idiot boy.........., Thu 20 May 2010, 9:12, archived)
# They're meant to be lumps of molten steel or something
Which sort of makes them miniature T1000 Terminators.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:08, archived)
# haha yes
that's who they remind me of!
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 20 May 2010, 10:35, archived)
# :D
(I helped save b3ta! Fresh Water Mole loves his baby boy more and more every day, Thu 20 May 2010, 9:17, archived)
# the fact that one's blue and one's yellow enrages me.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Thu 20 May 2010, 10:06, archived)
# The fact that Gordon Brown only had one eye makes my blood boil
(I helped save b3ta! @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Thu 20 May 2010, 15:00, archived)