I am not too proud to admit that deep down I’m a bit of a flag fancier. Now, this shouldn’t be confused with a flag waver, who have a tendency to annoy me. Similarly, I’ve never died for a flag (as it strikes me as a pretty silly thing to be dying for).
But from an aesthetic and sartorial perspective, a flag can make or break a country when it comes to style. A number of years ago (1999?), I was very much amused to find Josh Matthews’ review of all the national flags in the world. I must admit, that I like his method, and think that he makes some very good points. At the very least, clicking the link to see his grading of national flags will give you a compact page featuring all the flags for your perusal.
Of course, flags are not limited to countries, so feel free to include sub-state flags if you wish. So with this in mind, please consider my two pronged question of the day:
But from an aesthetic and sartorial perspective, a flag can make or break a country when it comes to style. A number of years ago (1999?), I was very much amused to find Josh Matthews’ review of all the national flags in the world. I must admit, that I like his method, and think that he makes some very good points. At the very least, clicking the link to see his grading of national flags will give you a compact page featuring all the flags for your perusal.
Of course, flags are not limited to countries, so feel free to include sub-state flags if you wish. So with this in mind, please consider my two pronged question of the day:
- Do you have a favourite flag?
- Is there a flag that makes you blush at the blatancy of its fashion faux pars?
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2. The list of dislikes is far, far longer (isn’t it always). I hold special place for the Australian flag, which strikes me as so tremendously uninspired that it offends me. That said, I’m wary of changing it, as there appear a whole country full of people who would probably put something stupid like a cartoon kangaroo dressed in green and gold (urghh).
Then there are what Josh (in the link on the main post) calls the “corporate” and “clip art” flags. For my money, you know that when you say “I can’t pick Guam”, that you know that the flag of the Northern Mariana Islands must be truly, truly awful. I'm going to have to agree with Josh's assessment on this one.
Of larger countries, well, you know that if you rip off the Australian flag, and make it worse, you’ve got a dud on your hands. Congratulations New Zealand!
And I must confess...I miss the 'hammer and sickle' which would have been my fave (coz it also had a star!)
2.Don't like our Aussie flag...get rid of the reference to our colonial past. I rather like the Aboriginal flag better. Dislike intensely (hate the word hate) our State flags...crap!
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Sandi
Good to see xkcd again....
The absolute worst flag has got to be from the now extinct Benin Kingdom.
China
former USSR
Somalia
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
I also always liked the "collect the set" design of the Scandanavian flags..
FLAGS I DON'T LIKE
Rwanda - for the giant "R"
Uganda - for the chicken
Bhutan - does this flag actually smell like incense?
Qatar - the flag dedicated to the humble crinkle cut chip...
A flag must be simple in design and have no more than three colours.
1. Nope
2. Nope
special mentions to:
Bhutan
Cambodia
costa rica
greece
trinidad
& special *thumbs up* to Libya
I mean come on people!