D: The Canadian flag is too new looking, like a focus-group-approved corporate logo. It is bland and reeks of consensus which, while surprisingly good qualities in a nation, make for a dull flag.
― fritz, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jonnie, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Geoff, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
http://www.flags.net/GRLD.htm
― chris, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Alan Trewartha, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I like the German city flags.
― Ally, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Madchen, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
http://www.flags.net/MAIS.htm
http://www.50states.com/flag/azflag.htm
That site's pretty cool actually because it's useful for questions like this.
Search: GREENLAND, Bahrain, Botswana, Canada, China, Georgia, East Timor, Latvia, Macedonia, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Somalia, St Lucia, Vietnam, Wales
Destroy: Bulgaria, Central African Republic, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Isle Of Man, Kiribati, Libya, Macao, Palau
― jamesmichaelward, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― toraneko, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sam, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The principle in Irelands being Green for Ireland, Orange for Northern Ireland and White for peace between the two.
Yeah ok so its a shit flag, but come on we're hardly setting the world on fire anyway.
― Ronan, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthony, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
When in doubt, just use a big old star - worked like a charm for Viet Nam, Somalia or the Congo.
― Trevor, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
My real fave is the Japanese flag (just white with red circle). Very elegant.
― Mark, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ethan, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Bhutan...has a cool looking dragon on it, orange and yellow triangles in the background Grenada...intracate design, stars, some sort of plant, red, yellow and green Kiribati...has a sea motif (blue and white squigly lines), a rising sun and a bird flying (both yellow) on a red background. Lovely. Sri Lanka...lion with sword...maroon, yellow, green and orange. Uruguay...smiley sun (yellow), blue and white lines.
― james, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ed, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Maria, Wednesday, 17 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― shinysteve, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthony, Friday, 19 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Pleasant-Plains, Thursday, 23 December 2004 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link
This makes me really happy, because it's so true! I like how '60s it looks, though, esp. the legacy it's left on our gov't depts.
http://www.sdc.gc.ca/images/signature.gif
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/miningtax/img/rncanlogo.gif
http://icnet.ic.gc.ca/publication/tb_images/ic_signatures.gif
Oh, and BC's flag is HORRID. It's as if Britain had invaded Argentina or something. ick.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Bcflag.jpg
― derrick (derrick), Friday, 24 December 2004 08:49 (nineteen years ago) link
!!! surely an outline of an island is more complicated than colouring in a few lines
― ken c (ken c), Friday, 24 December 2004 10:30 (nineteen years ago) link
destroy: Bosnia & Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― inert false cat (sleep), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Nunavut!http://www.theodora.com/flags/new/nunavut_s.gif
― Mestema (davidcorp), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 16:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 7 July 2006 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbott (Abbott), Friday, 7 July 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Fsck Washing Ong's Hat (Chris Barrus), Friday, 7 July 2006 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
I believe it was more or less foisted upon the ex-warring factions of Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats by the UN High Representative or something, as a compromise (ie a design no-one could possibly like or feel represented them?).
― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 8 July 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Albania_flag.gif
Canada's is super classic, too. There was a confusing joke about it in "Working," that short-lived sitcom starring an adult Fred Savage. Fred's boss says he wants to move to Canada because of their flag. Fred replies, "That's a maple leaf, sir." The boss was dismayed. What did he think it was supposed to be? It's obv. not a pot leaf.
― Abbott (Abbott), Saturday, 8 July 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.flags2000.com.au/images/us32_large.gif
Idaho's flag is the only flag out of 50 designed by a woman. You bet they try to paint Idaho as some feminist paradise because of it. (It actually isn't, don't tell anyone!) Also, it is one fugly flag.
― Abbott (Abbott), Saturday, 8 July 2006 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link
haha, two leaves? (and yes it is "leaves" despite how the NHL has conditioned you to spell it) seeing double back in 2001.
― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 9 July 2006 00:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― gbx (skowly), Sunday, 9 July 2006 00:03 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.idahopassport.org/assets/img/seals/s_lincoln.gif
― Abbott (Abbott), Sunday, 9 July 2006 02:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 9 July 2006 02:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Abbott (Abbott), Sunday, 9 July 2006 02:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 9 July 2006 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― JTS (JTS), Sunday, 9 July 2006 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/images/t/tr!goktk.gif
― gabbneb, Friday, 11 January 2008 00:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Fred replies, "That's a maple leaf, sir." The boss was dismayed. What did he think it was supposed to be? It's obv. not a pot leaf.
won't even bother to look, but there must be a bezillion images of canada's flag with pot leaf instead, right? maybe that shd be bc's.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 11 January 2008 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4049/imageuploadimageuq8.jpg
― libcrypt, Friday, 11 January 2008 03:14 (sixteen years ago) link
St. Petersburg (Florida)'s flag looks like a rejected tank top design:
http://www.floridaholidayreview.com/i/StPeteFlag.gif
― Ol Bertie Dastard, Friday, 11 January 2008 04:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Denver's would make a lovely wallpaper border:
http://www.largescaleworkshop.com/hoa/assn13247/images/denver%20flag.png?rand=0.8345841064872645
― Ol Bertie Dastard, Friday, 11 January 2008 04:22 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/City%20Survey%202004/city_flag_photos/Provo.jpg
http://www.smartdeal.co.nz/images/centrum.jpg
― Ol Bertie Dastard, Friday, 11 January 2008 04:32 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/city_survey.htm
http://www.nava.org/Flag%20Design/State&Provincial%20Survey%202001/surveyresults.htm
― Ol Bertie Dastard, Friday, 11 January 2008 04:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Flags! In that a friend of mine has started up a new project, The Flag Blog:
http://flagblog.tumblr.com/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 November 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
"Flog" and "Blag" were already taken?
― Canadian Club & Dr. Pepper (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 1 November 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
You never know.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 November 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Tokelau.svg/1600px-Flag_of_Tokelau.svg.png
Bosnia and Tokelau got a shared vibe going on
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 7 July 2019 06:51 (four years ago) link
its pronounced fleg fyi
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Sunday, 7 July 2019 09:10 (four years ago) link
Weird and magnificent regional Russian flags featuring animals: a thread— Fabrice Deprez (@fabrice_deprez) July 9, 2019
A good thread.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 11 July 2019 09:29 (four years ago) link
it's an excellent thread and I've been subsequently spooked by being sent a pic of someone I know this morning wearing a tshirt based on the Zheleznogorsk flag
― ogmor, Friday, 12 July 2019 09:09 (four years ago) link
Wow, the Sámi flag is pretty darn cool:
https://static.thereisadayforthat.com/images/935x475c/sami-flag-01.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 21 October 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link