Which National Flags Make the Top 30 Coolest List?

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The discussion centers around opinions on the coolest national flags, with participants sharing their favorites and engaging in playful debates about various designs. The Union Jack and the flags of Bhutan, Kenya, and Swaziland are highlighted for their aesthetics. The conversation also touches on the unique features of flags, such as Canada's optical illusion within its maple leaf design and the significance of the Nordic Cross in Scandinavian flags, which symbolizes a shared Christian heritage despite modern secularism. Participants express admiration for flags like that of the Isle of Man, with its three legs, and discuss the historical context behind similar designs in Nordic countries. The thread includes humorous exchanges about hypothetical battles between symbolic creatures on flags and the irony of certain flag designs. Overall, the discussion showcases a blend of appreciation for vexillology and lighthearted banter among flag enthusiasts.
  • #61
GeorginaS said:
How about that. It didn't even occur to me that Nunavat would have a flag. Spiffy that one is.
The original one was just snow on a white background but it was rather dull.

People complain about war, revolution and balkanisation - but it's a boon for flag designers!
 
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  • #62
http://freespace.pl/hosted/foxer/gtva_logo/gtva_logo.jpg High res GTVA logo = ownage
 
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  • #63
aquitaine said:
http://freespace.pl/hosted/foxer/gtva_logo/gtva_logo.jpg


High res GTVA logo = ownage

Huh?
 
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  • #64
I think that he means he is very special because he mentioned his favorite logo and is asking to be awarded a gold star.
 
  • #65


Britain also has one of the best national anthems.
 
  • #66
I like "Britannia Rule the Waves" myself. It's so Victorian-imperialist, puts a swagger in your step and makes your eye squint for a monocle. Makes me want to be an officer in the imperial storm troopers calmly drinking a good cuppa in my tent while the Zulu spears plunk down about me.
 
  • #67
CaptainQuasar said:
I think that he means he is very special because he mentioned his favorite logo and is asking to be awarded a gold star.


No, just bringing some attention to the best game ever, freespace 2.
 
  • #68
If you have free space on your forehead you could get a tattoo of it there - that would show real devotion. See, like this:

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Now that's devotion. He got it before the Democratic primary even started. Usually it's covered by makeup.
 
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  • #69
Cyrus said:
I win.

No way! The antarctic is cooler than any of those places.
 
  • #70
CaptainQuasar said:
If you have free space on your forehead you could get a tattoo of it there - that would show real devotion. See, like this:

2uid8oi.jpg


Now that's devotion. He got it before the Democratic primary even started. Usually it's covered by makeup.


How much do you think a big company would pay for a tattoo advertisement in the forehead of Obama?
 
  • #71
What do you mean? He's already got a tattoo there.

Look, I live in New Hampshire. We get all kinds of access to the candidates during the Primary.

I suppose he could get it laser-removed and get a new one, that'd be even more expensive, though.
 
  • #72
Для славы большой мати Россия!

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And with accompanying music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWiY1i4E21k

CCCP = Soviet Socialist Union of PWNage.

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  • #73
CaptainQuasar said:
I like "Britannia Rule the Waves" myself. It's so Victorian-imperialist, puts a swagger in your step and makes your eye squint for a monocle. Makes me want to be an officer in the imperial storm troopers calmly drinking a good cuppa in my tent while the Zulu spears plunk down about me.


the other verses of God Save the Queen are plenty imperialist. I think that's why they're never sung:

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.

O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all.

Thy choicest gifts in store,
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign:
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen.
 
  • #74
Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!
 
  • #75
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  • #76
lol, new gay flag?
 
  • #77
maybe a family guy flag. it appears to be a peter gryphon.
 
  • #78
Proton Soup said:
maybe a family guy flag. it appears to be a peter gryphon.

Groan ...
 
  • #79
i'll be here all night, try the linguini and clams
 

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