{"id":573,"date":"2010-05-19T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/05\/19\/2012-lolympics\/"},"modified":"2010-05-19T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T21:40:00","slug":"2012-lolympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/05\/19\/2012-lolympics\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 LOLympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had an incredibly hard time not laughing out loud at my desk today.<\/p>\n<p>If you thought the London 2010 Olympic logo was bad (and it really, really is),<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjsb8ObOj0k\/S_a7JmQJ_FI\/AAAAAAAACK0\/4VMf6I0EIWs\/s1600\/2012_logo_white_385x450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjsb8ObOj0k\/S_a7JmQJ_FI\/AAAAAAAACK0\/4VMf6I0EIWs\/s400\/2012_logo_white_385x450.jpg\" width=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p>you should see the mascots!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/3048102.bin?size=620x400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/3048102.bin?size=620x400\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>ROFLMFAO!!!!!!! What the fuck were they <s>smoking<\/s> thinking??!! As if the actual design isn&#8217;t bad enough, the execution is awful too &#8211; the one on the left is all lumpy, FFS!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/London+Olympic+mascots+revealed\/3048086\/story.html\">More hilarious photos here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know a lot of people didn&#8217;t like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/globaltv\/national\/story.html?id=e667e27b-924a-47e0-83e4-c2fd90a557b3&amp;k=10951\">Vancouver 2010 mascots<\/a>, especially when they first saw them, but I thought they were pretty good. Except for Quatchi, of course &#8211; Quatchi is <b><i>AWESOME<\/i><\/b>. I bet he could kickWenlock or Mandeville&#8217;s ass any day of the week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.canada.com\/8975269b-0529-4353-a446-596d133824d2\/2010%20mascot%2096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/media.canada.com\/8975269b-0529-4353-a446-596d133824d2\/2010%20mascot%2096.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although Quatchi loves all winter sports, he\u2019s especially fond of hockey. He dreams of becoming a world-famous goalie. Because of his large size, he can be a little clumsy. But no one can question his passion. He knows that if he works hard and always does his best, he might one day achieve his dream. Quatchi is always encouraging his friends to join him on journeys across Canada. He is also often recruiting others to play hockey \u2013 or at least to take shots at him!<\/p>\n<p>The sasquatch is a popular figure in local native legends of the Pacific West Coast. The sasquatch reminds us of the mystery and wonder that exist in the natural world, igniting our imagination about the possibility of undiscovered creatures in the great Canadian wilderness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A hockey-playing sasquatch? Now THAT is a mascot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/politics\/insidepolitics\/2010\/05\/london-olympic-mascots-revealed-our-turn-to-judge.html\">Suck it, London!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(But thanks for the giggles)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had an incredibly hard time not laughing out loud at my desk today. If you thought the London 2010 Olympic logo was bad (and it really, really is), you should see the mascots! ROFLMFAO!!!!!!! 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