A vexing question

[muckefuck]

I was complimented at yesterday's barbecue on the neatness of my bratwurst. The clean design of my pale sausage edged with a line of mustard and a line of relish prompted someone to ask, "Is that the flag of Jamaica?" I knew it wasn't, but when it came to the question of whether some lame country had come so late to the party that a crappy design of green-white-yellow horizontal stripes was the best choice available[*], I was stumped. "Is there a vexillologist in the house?" I asked. But, alas, there was not. Fortunately, I have found a passable substitute in the form of this website. The various search engines leave much to be desired, but the use of one reveals no matches. There are a couple of tricolours with these three colours, but they have the green in the middle--which, I have to admit, more closely follows the rules of heraldry (i.e. metal may not lie upon metal) than that which was on my bun.

[*] Far from the worst choice possible, sadly, as some of the examples here attest.

Comments

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

While I more or less agree with his basic premise, I agree with aadroma about it being like HTML - does it work - I think Brazil's flag actually does (it's recognizable at a distance, the colors work from a heraldic standpoint & it's not really all that busy despite Josh's statements). Some of his ratings just don't make sense - look at Puerto Rico & Cuba - is there any reason for the difference in scores? And Mauritania - what's wrong with gold on green? And Madagascar gets "Original" while Bulgaria gets "Bad Colours" for the same colors. And Bhutan's flag looks pretty cool.

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

And I started far too many sentances with And.