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An explosion in the number of boys named Mohammed:
Mohammed will likely become the most popular name for baby boys in Britain by the end of the year, The Times newspaper says.
Though official records from the Office for National Statistics list the spelling Mohammed 23rd in its yearly analysis of the top 3,000 names given to children, when all the different spellings of the name are taken into account it ranks second, only behind Jack, according to the paper.
Speaking of a changed Britain, here’s James Lileks on one hell of an ugly logo:
Seriously, what is the matter with people who come up with this? And what is the matter with the people who approved it? Ads that showed the logos have reportedly caused seizures among British epileptics, but I think this thing would make a fossilized femur bone suffer convulsive muscle spasms. If you can’t tell, it’s the year of the London games – 2012. I think it’s also meant to imply a human form – say, a discus thrower, or a runner bursting from the blocks. Whatever it is, it’s an aesthetic catastrophe, and would seem to indicate there’s no one around in the London Games who had the nerve to bark “rubbish, that; try again, and give me a proper logo with some bloody numbers.”
I think there’s a point at which people lose the ability to pretend they have any sort of aesthetic criteria, and embrace whatever’s loud and ugly simply because loud and ugly is the style of the times. There’s always a fair amount of coin to be had for dissing the traditionalists, of course; I imagine that if someone submitted a logo with a flag or a bulldog they would have suffered a gentle sneer: still pining for the empire, eh, Smithson. Well, Kipling’s dead. Yes he is. Dig him up, you’ll find Posh Spice’s heel stuck in his heart, the coffin stuffed with I Heart Diana memorial teddy bears.
Actually, this teddy bear – attractively modelled by Suzi Hunt – would’ve made a fine 2012 logo. Except for one unacceptable design flaw: it has the British flag on it. Too divisive.
Personally, nothing says Britain 2012 to me more than a blonde, page 3 slapper from Essex with a 36DD rack being chased by a scimitar carrying Mo. Not as easy to put into a logo as I thought. Maybe some Benny Hill music will help.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 06 06 at 04:20 AM • permalinkO/T:
GetUp! Spoof Political Ads at Fairfax featuring Howard
GetUp! Website allegedly not politically aligned
Nominations for a KRudder spoof?
‘GetUpYourself’?It is a depiction of the state of financing of teh 2012 Olympics - a falling down disaster.
Posted by Wimpy Canadian on 2007 06 06 at 04:42 AM • permalinkNow you’ve done it Ian (#8)
I will never be able to look at that logo again without sniggering.Priceless!
Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2007 06 06 at 05:20 AM • permalinkI guess traditional British (or English) symbols are regarded as bad taste or passe these days: St George & the dragon, the British Bulldog, Britannia, &c. Updated versions would have been rather nice - the Bulldog being readily adapted.
Posted by walterplinge on 2007 06 06 at 05:57 AM • permalinkYeah, one of those shows where they run up to you and scream, and then make you eat raw eels.
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 06 06 at 05:58 AM • permalink(My comment was for Dave S at #14. Must type faster.)
Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 06 06 at 05:58 AM • permalinkI’m glad Lileks has landed on his feet. I enjoy his site. In fact, it is where I head when the cares of the world become too much for me. There’s nothing like rummaging around the Institute, or any of the other areas, to reset one’s perspective.
His critique of the logo is the best I’ve read so far. Horrible thing, that logo. I now believe that the Empire, and everything that ever made it possible, is well and truly dead.
Though official records from the Office for National Statistics list the spelling Mohammed 23rd in its yearly analysis of the top 3,000 names given to children…
The ABC, as ever, fact checks like a demon. The original data are here. Mohammed is ranked 22nd for 2006, not 23rd (it was also ranked 22nd in 2002 and 2003). It was 23rd in 2005. Perhaps it’s all a bit much for the luvvies, but it’s not like 23rd is the new 22nd.
I couldn’t see an identifiably Muslim name in the list for the top 100 girls’ names.
The Times didn’t bother to note the inclusion of Finlay and Finley in the list, or Samuel and Sam, or Charlie and Charles. Does this make a difference?
Does anybody work at the ABC, or do they all just cut and paste from newsy websites in the breaks between coffees?
...when all the different spellings of the name are taken into account it ranks second, only behind Jack, according to the paper.
So - I’m Alright, Mohammed?
Posted by rick mcginnis on 2007 06 06 at 08:34 AM • permalinkOops. Just saw andycanuck’s comment. And they say there’s no unity in Canada anymore.
Posted by rick mcginnis on 2007 06 06 at 08:35 AM • permalinkMohammed will likely become the most popular name for baby boys in Britain by the end of the year, The Times newspaper says.
Okay, this is going to play simple hell with the new Prioritizing Audio Casualty Optimizing targeting systems…
Still, anything but Trevor or Nigel…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 06 06 at 09:33 AM • permalinkThere was some report that I read about last week, and the Brits were mystified that Americans display the flag. I find the Brits mystifying, and a bit disturbing, or at least the attitude. What would they prefer, a UN flag?
Posted by rightwingprof on 2007 06 06 at 10:04 AM • permalink#31 It must have been from me reading your four columns/articles while on the subway yesterday, Rick.
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 06 06 at 10:07 AM • permalinkDue to the “mixed” reaction to the official London 2012 Olympics logo, the BBC invited viewers to submit their own suggestions. I think they got more than they bargained for. As Jim Treacher notes, if you recognize it, you are a sick freak.
More trouble for the broken plate / naughty Lisa Simpson logo: not only is it headache-inducing, it provokes epileptic fits.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 06 06 at 10:14 AM • permalinkWon’t the PC Brigade be miffed when they find out what the ‘lympic logo means in arabic.
``I couldn’t see an identifiably Muslim name in the list for the top 100 girls’ names.’‘
Well, I spotted Jasmine at #31 and Alisha at #56, but those were the only two, and I don’t think they’re exclusively Muslim the way (say) Mohammed is. Alisha come to think of it might be a misspelling of ``Alicia.’’ And it was comforting to see the Eleanors and Harriets coming back. Maybe there’s some hope for Albion after all.
Posted by Sonetka's Mom on 2007 06 06 at 05:27 PM • permalinkThere will always be an England!
I know I’m not real sharp on that whole perspective thing but, I do seem to recall that the UK was pretty much swarming with trendies snuggling up to either sovietism or nazism prior to the actual fight.
I honestly don’t see how this is any real difference. Maybe someone will be kind enough to explain it in small enough words for me to follow.
Another thing I don’t get is this whole concept of muslims breeding their way into a population majority and taking over by democratic means or some such.
Since when have muslims waited until they were anywhere near a majority? From what I’ve been able to dig up, the break point is between 15% and 25% of the population and then open religious warfare begins to over throw whoever is there and install a proper sharia/islamic government.
If I’m anywhere close to understanding the real pattern, which I admit I may well not be, then the mussies will continue to seem unstoppable until they get to whatever break point is necessary for the knives to come out then they’ll get stomped into pudding. Brits may have bitten the same poisonous multi cult apple as the rest of us, but Brits have a fairly solid history of only putting up with so much bullshit before they form up into ranks and just start kicking the crap out of whatever’s been irritating them.
BoingBoing has a goatse take on the logo.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 06 06 at 06:52 PM • permalink*steps forward to the microphone*
My name is Sil, and Treacher is right - I am a sick freak.
*sits back down*
The fact that that sucker made it onto a BBC program is absolutely priceless. Somewhere in the control room, there had to be at least one person laughing his or her head off during the broadcast.
Posted by Blue State Sil on 2007 06 06 at 08:58 PM • permalinkHere you go, it took a bit of googling… well, half a minute:Boofhead, that’s real gutter language.
It wasn’t quite what I heard.
It was a comparison of Pell to the “Boofhead” Thick Sheik.
Last night, Sheikh ElHilaly’s confidant, Keysar Trad, said the controversial cleric was offended by Mr Rees’ comments and called on him to be reprimanded.
Obviously in the religion of perpetually indignant there’s no teaching of “Sticks and stones may break my bones….”
and we’ve already seen what they can do with stones.#9 Ian.
Looked at the link - very bleakly.Comment on the site, and the idea of even an animated eight year old giving head, even with the hilarious slight blocky resemblance?
Eeeeeeeuw…blech and WTF?
Posted by carpefraise on 2007 06 06 at 10:18 PM • permalinkWhy does the logo include a map of Australia?
Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2007 06 07 at 03:15 AM • permalink#56 Uhh, I didn’t see #25 before I posted.
Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2007 06 07 at 03:19 AM • permalinkKing Mohammed (of England) has decreed that goats and sheep can be fucked, but the meat has to be sold in another village. This in fact was one of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s rules, taken from his little green book. Along with this gem, it’s not rape unless you push on past the circumcision ring. He hated the west but hid his hairy little arse in France until the Shah was out of the way. What an evil prick this Khomeini must have been.
On baby names…I wonder if Richard or Charles will make a comeback any time soon…
Posted by Alan K. Henderson on 2007 06 08 at 08:10 PM • permalink
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