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Sunday, December 19, 2021

Winter Holiday Christmas Inclusive Santa Hats

 


The color of a Santa Hat can convey your preference!  Red is for Christian, Green for Islam, Blue for Jewish, Orange for Sikh, Yellow for Buddhist, Black for Shaman, Brown for Hindu, White for the Hippie, Purple for Whatever, and Pink for the Atheist.  



Thursday, December 16, 2021

Free City Flag from Free Guy 2019

 

The movie Free Guy 2021 is your modern Pinocchio story for the 21st century.  In this movie a computer program becomes self aware and touches on those tried and true tested themes of following ones dreams.  Like any good movie it recycles old themes and packages them into something new.  

In one sequence we are privileged to see the flag of Free City which has light purple field with the city seal in the center.  It has yellow ring that reads "The Municipality of Free City."  The seal design features the silhouette of the skyline with the Sun at the horizon in the background.

In one scene you can see the NPC come to life walk by store that is selling post card flags for the virtual city of Free City.  By coincidence there is an orange flag in the background behind Free Guy's right shoulder.

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Texas-Nunavut Connection- Texas Looks a Bit Like Nunavut!

 


Or rather, it is Nunavut that looks a little bit like Texas!  You decide.  For the record, California is the linked like this to British Columbia, Idaho looks a bit like Yukon Territory, Minnesota looks like Manitoba, Wyoming looks a bit like Saskatchewan, and finally Nevada fills her up like Alberta. 

It's as if somebody smashed Texas with a hammer and it broke into 100 little pieces.  Or if you were to smoosh all the islands back, it'd be the spitting image of Texas.

Ou plutôt, c'est le Nunavut qui ressemble un peu au Texas! Tu décides. Pour la petite histoire, la Californie est ainsi liée à la Colombie-Britannique, l'Idaho ressemble un peu au Territoire du Yukon, le Minnesota ressemble au Manitoba, le Wyoming ressemble un peu à la Saskatchewan, et enfin le Nevada la comble comme l'Alberta.


C’est comme si quelqu’un avait brisé le Texas avec un marteau et qu’il s’était brisé en 100 petits morceaux.  Ou si vous deviez ramener toutes les îles, ce serait l’image crachant du Texas.

Sunday, November 28, 2021

GONZO'S Flag from Muppet's Take Manhattan - 1984

 

The Muppets Take Manhattan was perhaps the pinnacle of classic Muppets with Jim Henson and Frank Oz. A Gonzo flag appears in one of the flashback scenes.  We never get a clear view of the flag since it flutters in the wind.  But in the image above you can see the 'O', 'N', and 'Z' of GONZO. 

A complete image of the GONZO flag, but the wording is hard to make out since the film has faded.





Here is the King of Off the Wall comments.  Apparently Gonzo was the old school of left field, snarky comments.  However, Gonzo can't help himself, his brain is always out of step for the dead pan, weirdo black comedy.




Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Classroom Pennant Flags in Hard Ball 2001

 

Pennants are seen hanging along the top chalkboard in the movie Hard Ball 2001, that starred Keanu Reeves.  The Pennants looks like they have been designed by the children in the classroom and have various unique designs and colors.  In this film Keanu stars as a baseball little league coach for an inner city hard luck team.  He is drafted into the position, due to his gambling debts. 

Here the teacher at the school is now making by 2020 standards an inappropriate gesture.  In 2001, the OK symbol was a positive and safe.  But things can change with just a few memes and jokes.  Who knows what is next on the chopping block for the newer generations.  Perhaps the peace sign with two fingers will go?  Maybe thumbs up or live long and prosper hand will become sinful and racist icons?  Only time will tell.  And just maybe the OK symbol will go back to just meaning OK?  

 



Tuesday, November 2, 2021

The flag of Wales from 1807 to 1953

The current flag of Wales is a bicolour with a red dragon.  However the older version of the red dragon on a patch of grass was flew much longer from 1807 until 1953.  The current flag of Wales was adopted in during the MOD era, so it is the Welsh MOD flag.  It will not be until the year 2105 that the MOD flag was finally have surpassed the original grandfather version of the Wales flag.  Also note all six limbs are easily distinguishable in the older version.  In the modern Wales flag it looks like only five limbs are visible. 

Also there was a daddy version from 1953-1959, that gets no love.  The Daddy Welsh flag basically contributed to the background of the modern flag, being a horizontal bicolour element, as found in the modern, Grandson version.