Which National Flags Make the Top 30 Coolest List?

[kasse]

Top 30 Coolest National Flags

What do you think? Here's my list:

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[cristo]

I agree with your top spot

 

[CaptainQuasar]

Wait, this should go in the vexillology forum. By the way...

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   (corrected per Chi Meson)
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[CaptainQuasar]

I'm a USian but I must admit having always liked the look of the Union Jack. I used to doodle it in school when I was a child.

If the Bhutan dragon and the Welsh dragon had a fight, who would win?

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[Chi Meson]

Nepal,

but the proper shape is like http://xnepali.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/national_flag_of_nepal.jpg

 

[kasse]

I think maybe the Welsh, but I didn't include it because Wales is not an independent country.

 

[binzing]

I've always liked Kenya's and one of my other favs (I THINK) is Swaziland.

 

[binzing]

Ah, didn't see that, yeah, I stand by Swaziland's...

 

[CaptainQuasar]

Well anyways, here's Kenya's since we're talking about it:

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[fourier jr]

doesn't anybody like Libya's? That one's pretty cool! (except Canada's is cooler) Actually the first one I thought of even before I clicked on this thread was Wales' (already posted). Is Canada's the only one with an optical illusion built in though?

 

[out of whack]

No, the coolest is the Isle of Man's flag:

Come on, three (3) legs. How cool is that!? From the land of the tailless cats.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Antarctica

 

[binzing]

Manx people just got EVEN WEIRDER to me...

 

[kasse]

Man is fantastic, and it would definitely included it if it were an independent coutry. I like Kenya too.

 

[kasse]

Is Canada's the only one with an optical illusion built in though?

I can't see any...

 

[kasse]

I ended up with Norway as a representative of the Nordic countries, but I could just as well have picked Iceland.

http://www.combinedendeavor.net/sites/combinedendeavor.net/files/images/370px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.thumbnail.png
http://news.parttimepoker.com/wp-content/uploads/large_flag_of_finland.thumbnail.gif
http://www.goldenline.brickweb.co.uk/images/pictures/debbie/iceland-flag-(thumbnail).gif

 

[fourier jr]

I can't see any...

it's like the figure-ground illusion, usually done with a vase:

except there's a maple leaf instead of a vase. the zigzag of the maple leaf makes a brow, eyes, nose, upper & lower lip & mouth on each side. & they're also on a 45 degree angle, unlike the vase llusion.

 

[binzing]

Ooh, i see it, i think. Look at the top point of the leaf that's how i see it...

 

[mgb_phys]

it's like the illusion with the vase & two faces, except there's a maple leaf instead of a vase. the zigzag of the maple leaf makes a brow, eyes, nose, upper & lower lip & mouth on each side.

It represents english and french Canadians arguing over the country!

 

[Cyrus]

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_iran.gif

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_iraq.gif

http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_syria.gif

http://www.tofocus.info/images/flags/cuba-flag.gif

I win.

 

[Ygggdrasil]

My favorites (from those not yet mentioned):
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[binzing]

LOL...Cyrus...ah...

Anybody know if there's a reason WHY all the Scandinavian flags are similar?

 

[binzing]

Forgot albania, that's a good one.

 

[fourier jr]

these ones are cool because they're impossible. the star would have to be between the Earth & the Moon!

...but Turkey's is possible:

 

[Pyrrhus]

BEST FLAG EVER!

http://www.worldclassflags.com/productimages/cf_dominicanrep.gif

 

[mgb_phys]

Anybody know if there's a reason WHY all the Scandinavian flags are similar?

They became nations about the same time they got a dose of christianity. They also owned/conquered each other andswapped rulers over the years.

Their previous flags were probably a lot cooler. A dismboweled saxon on a background of disemboweled saxons!

 

[CaptainQuasar]

these ones are cool because they're impossible. the star would have to be between the Earth & the Moon!

That's what I always think! http://www.runemasterstudios.com/graemlins/images/lol.gif

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[CaptainQuasar]

http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/07/terrorist_organization_logos.html" did a rather interesting overview of the logos of terrorist organizations. A repeated theme is a hand holding an AK-47. Here's Hezbollah for example:

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[mgb_phys]

As does the flag of Mozambique

 

[CaptainQuasar]

I ended up with Norway as a representative of the Nordic countries, but I could just as well have picked Iceland.

Don't forget England too:

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[kasse]

it's like the figure-ground illusion, usually done with a vase:

except there's a maple leaf instead of a vase. the zigzag of the maple leaf makes a brow, eyes, nose, upper & lower lip & mouth on each side. & they're also on a 45 degree angle, unlike the vase llusion.

Less obvious than the vase, though. I wouldn't have spotted it if you didn't tell.

 

[kasse]

Funny, both Saint Lucia and East Timor were really close to making it to the top 12. Where do I find those thumbnail flags?

 

[Kurdt]

 

[kasse]

Anybody know if there's a reason WHY all the Scandinavian flags are similar?

The Nordic Cross symbolises the people's devotion to Christianity, which is ironic because people in Scandinavia are now less religious than any other people on the planet.

I think those flags are very beautiful, better than having the cross centred. The Danish flag is the oldest, whereas the Norwegian (my favourite) was the first Nordic flag with three colours.

Btw:
Scandinavia = Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Nordic countries = Scandinavia + Iceland and Finland
Faroe Islands is an autonomous region of Denmark whereas Åland is an autonomous region of Finland.

 

[chemisttree]

From the battle of Gonzalez. It signaled the opening shot of the Texan revolution.

 

[kasse]

Among all the boring US state flags, I prefer Arizona.

http://www.freewebs.com/arizonarangerlinedancers/Arizona_state_flag.png

 

[fourier jr]

Where do I find those thumbnail flags?

I got mine here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_country_flags

 

[kasse]

Is Abkhazia a sovereign state??

 

[lisab]

Is Abkhazia a sovereign state??

No, that's the infamous prision in the Harry Potter series.

 

[misgfool]

The Nordic Cross symbolises the people's devotion to Christianity, which is ironic because people in Scandinavia are now less religious than any other people on the planet.

There is actually more irony in the finnish state flag. There are absolutely no lions around here.

http://xs233.xs.to/xs233/08473/leijonalippu522.jpg

This does bring out memories though. A few hundred mornings of saluting this flag.

 

[kasse]

Azkaban

 

[tribdog]

Azkaban

Gesundheit.

 

[kasse]

It's because the lion represents monarchy (even if Finland is a republic). Norway is a kingdom, however, but I don't think there are lions there except in the zoos. Here's the former flag of Norway.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Royal_Standard_of_Norway.svg

 

[tribdog]

 

[Alienjoey]

The Flag of Earth:

And, of course, the flag of Nutopia:

 

[Chi Meson]

Scotland is the winner in the irony category:
"A white cross against the blue sky"

No blue skies, y'see.

 

[Werg22]

This is just a "my country is better than yours" thread in disguise.

 

[lisab]

The flag of Nunavat is sort of cool...

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1405/nunavutflaglp3.png

...but its coat of arms is awesome...

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1706/nunavutcoawf1.jpg

Yes, that IS a caribou and a narwhal whale!

 

[mgb_phys]

So who would win in a fight between a cariboo and a narwhal?

 

[noumed]

So who would win in a fight between a cariboo and a narwhal?

in the water or out on land??
perhaps in the marshes to even things out??