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Too Many Stars, Too Busy.

Friday, March 26th, 2004

Josh Parsons gives us the flags of the world, graded based on their aesthetic qualities. Most of his comments are very humorous, as are the grading criteria. My personal favorite, Libya: “Did you even try?”

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32 Responses to “Too Many Stars, Too Busy.”

  1. #1 |  michelle |  March 26th, 2004 at 1:43 pm

    what is that thing on bhutan’s? it’s like a fish lizard iguana from the pleistocean era with olives on it’s toes. michelle

  2. #2 |  corquando |  March 26th, 2004 at 2:30 pm

    I do detect a whiff of political bias toards the more “progressive” countries.

    Imagine that in an art critic.

  3. #3 |  Danno49 |  March 26th, 2004 at 7:37 pm

    I got the same vibe, corq . . .

  4. #4 |  c. alphonse |  March 26th, 2004 at 10:52 pm

    Not enough credit is given to the Albanian flag. What can beat a black, two-headed eagle on a red background? For such an inconspicuous country, Albania has an awfully fearsome banner.

  5. #5 |  Sephiroth |  March 26th, 2004 at 11:15 pm

    He’s not an art critic but a philosopher. I didn’t detect that bias however.

  6. #6 |  Ahem |  March 27th, 2004 at 2:59 am

    Yeah well.. too bad there isn’t a grading for state flags.

    The Texas lone star flag is the best flag in the whole damn world.

  7. #7 |  corquando |  March 27th, 2004 at 10:09 am

    OK, so it’s not universal. Basically though, why does Cuba get an “A” and Puerto Rico get a “B”, when they basically have the same flag with the colors reversed?

    And why isn’t South Africa’s flag “Too Busy” or “Eyewatering”?

    Nonetheless: “De gustibus non est disputandum.” QED

  8. #8 |  Raoul Ortega |  March 27th, 2004 at 6:14 pm

    Note that San Marino didn’t rate a “Graven Image” or a “Too Busy” . China gets “Too many stars” but Samoa doesn’t, even though they have the same number. And Venezuela with 7 doesn’t get a “Too many stars”, either. And you’d think that the “worst flag”, Brazil, would get that rating, too.

    And why does Bahrain get “good colors” for red and white when all the other red and whites don’t? Why does Chad get a 65 (and “Bad Tricolor”) and Romania get 70 for identical flags?

  9. #9 |  Alberich |  March 27th, 2004 at 8:52 pm

    I don’t see why Macedonia got points for “originality” — the thing is an obvious rip-off of the WWII-era Japanese “rising sun” flag.

  10. #10 |  Nimon |  March 27th, 2004 at 10:42 pm

    I always considered the US flag to be a bit “busy,” but at least I can look at it for an extended period of time. The Greek flag, on the other hand, is more eyenumbing than eyewatering, and can’t handle more than a passing glimpse of it. Judging by his comment, that annoyance factor is why it rates higher than our flag. Sheesh.

    I have to agree with him about writing on a flag, though.

  11. #11 |  Andy |  March 28th, 2004 at 12:41 am

    I suppose I could quibble that the Canadian flag’s maple leaf is more stylized than is given credit for but A- is a good grade. The critiques of the two lowest scoring entries are hilarious and true.

  12. #12 |  Shadow Merchant |  March 28th, 2004 at 4:30 pm

    I disagree with the comment that Texas has the best of the state flags.

    It is clear that the Arizona flag is superior to all other state OR national flags.

  13. #13 |  Brian Hawkins |  March 28th, 2004 at 6:44 pm

    Shadow Merchant–

    I’ll second that! The AZ flag is beautiful. Makes me feel warm fuzzies for my adopted home every time I see it.

  14. #14 |  ColdFusion |  July 5th, 2004 at 12:46 am

    Yeah we love making fun of this guy for thinking himself worthy of being such a judge.. when his taste really sucks.
    Anyhow, that ‘thing on bhutan’s flag’ is clearly a dragon, blindy. I mean, Michelle.

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