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

[zompist.livejournal.com]

I find that I disagree with the flag guy at least half the time. (This goes for his A's as well.) Of his failures, for instance, I rather like Bhutan (cute dragon), Marshall Is. (airline logo-- well, I'd fly it), Sri Lanka (unusually adroit lion), Belarus (kicky side carpet), Iran (optical-illusion lettering/fringe!), and Brazil.

Some of the most interesting flags are those of Japanese prefectures. It's fascinating what can be done if you blow off the rules of Western heraldry.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, someone could have a FIELD DAY snarking all over those! The first one I clicked on was Aomori and my initial reaction was So that's what you get when you have a video game designer do your logo. Then I tried to figure out why it was that that mean giant axe wanted to attack those nice, peace-loving, extinct volcanos.