The following has been well known in the design and development community since 2007, but as the games have arrived we felt we should share with a wider audience.
Citius, Altius, Fortius
Designed for the International Olympic committee in 1912 and debuted at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, the five Olympic rings (above) represent the five parts of the world involved in the games. While the rings are considered canon, each Olympic game tends to have its own unique Olympic emblem which is created by the instances host country. As everyone knows, this year it's in Britain and boy if they haven't given us a logo to think about...
Faster, Higher, Stronger
You have to admire the testicular fortitude of the 'brand consultant' boys at Wolff Olins; not only did they pocket £400,000 for what is claimed to be a stylised '12' (you know, for the yoof!), they also destroyed a childhood innocence...
Once you see it ...
Often referred to with terms like B.J., Blow, Blow Job, Blow the Whistle, Bone-Lipper, Chew It, Cop a Doodle, Cop a Stem, Drop on It, Eat Dick, Fluting, French Job, French Way, Get a Facial, Give Face, Give Head, Give Pearls, Gobble, Gobble the Goop, Go Down, Go Down for a Whomp, Go Down On, Gum a Root, Gunch, Head Job, Hum a Tune, Hum Job, Hummer, Inhale the Oyster, Knob Job, Lay Some Lip, Mouth Fuck, Munch, Open Wide for Chunky, Pipe Job, Piston Job, Play a Tune, Polish the Chrome, Polish the Knob, Serve Head, Slob the Knob, Smoke a Dick, Smoke the White Owl, Suck a Bondini, Suck Dick, Suck Off, Suck the Sugar-Stick, Sucky-Fucky, Swallow a Sword, Swing on It, Tongue Job, Worship At the Altar, Wring It Dry (depending on your upbringing / level of education / vocabulary / hobbies).
Is the logo a scarcely concealed depiction of fellatio? And is that 'The Simpsons' Lisa Simpson on the right? Can I un-see that now please?
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