RTE want you to vote for your Favourite Defence Ministry Logo

GospelGroupie

never heard of www.who-sucks.com or whatever it is, and yet RTE News feel it important in the National Interest to report any Mickey Mouse story from the internet.... Vote anyway to keep us top of this poll that will probably go on for ever. It's not as auspicious as the BBC Word Service online poll of the greatest song ever, which was won by the Wolfe Tones' version of "A Nation Once Again".

Here's the RTE news article:

Irish Defence logo tops in online poll
Friday, 10 August 2007 19:36
The elegant green logo for Ireland's Defense Ministry is competing in an online 'coolest logo' contest.

After leading earlier in the day, it has fallen into second place behind Portugal's dragon-topped crest.

Germany's logo is third.

Crucifix

I don't think Ireland's one is that cool. I voted for Germany.

mike65

Tis a crappy weak design. Looks like an undernourished harp holding a spear, that'll really fend off the Vogons!

Mike.

mikemac

We Irish have a proud tradition of winning these online polls.
I remember some Irish football player was voted the best AC Milan player ever, ahead of Paulo Maldini :eek:

Terry

We should win it, if only for the fact that nobody is going to attack us.
(yes, I know the defence forces do more than just defend the country)

miju

how the fook do ye vote on that page?

passive

Argh... the feckin' Portuguese are winning!

CuLT

miju wrote:

how the fook do ye vote on that page?

Go to the bottom of the logos and tick the fookin box

CTU_Agent

I wasnt a fan of the Irish one either, voted for it anyway but the other ones look so much better by companison...

in answer to the previous question, scroll the page to vote

parasite

back on top, as of now

Crucifix

mike65 wrote:

Tis a crappy weak design. Looks like an undernourished harp holding a spear, that'll really fend off the Vogons!

Mike.

There's a round bit that makes me think he's got a beer belly. The dot in it even looks like a belly button.

Orange69

The Irish one looks like a drunk fat guy hanging off a lamp post..

Pretty accurate representation..

Rhyme

Lithuania's one is pretty hardcore, some kind of tiger-bear with a giant sword.

The Irish one could do without the belly. Other than that it's not so bad.

Capt'n Midnight

Holland, could try harder.

well like we have orange on the flag to be inclusive, maybe that's why there is an islamic crescent there, although it's facing the wrong way

BTW:
iron wolf. Charekter from old lithuanian legend

qft.
Portugal. “Yeah, yeah, your birds look all fierce, until they get eaten by our freakin’ DRAGON, which most likely breathes FIRE, too. Who needs feathers when you have giant armored scales? And it can fly, so all of you lame eagles and hawks and whatever better watch out! Portugal’s got dragons!”

Ok, not sure about the dots on the shield…maybe the dragon eats those to power up enough to eat lame design students

Orange69

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Holland, could try harder.

I liked the dutch one.. its minimal and modern..

If i could have been arsed to vote, i would have voted for the dutch one..

miju

CuLT wrote:

Go to the bottom of the logos and tick the fookin box

im actually not seeing any boxes to tick :mad:

CTU_Agent

sounds like u mite have a java isssue der.....

who's in poll position neway???

The Mad Hatter

I actually really like the Saudi Arabian one. It's all swirly...

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

irish one is funky. never seen it before today though, says a lot for their presence in our lives!

Crazy Christ

They ignored my submission

DonkeyStyle \o/

Rhyme wrote:

Lithuania's one is pretty hardcore, some kind of tiger-bear with a giant sword.

Yeah, killer-looking logo... gets my vote.
Also hilarious.



I'm sure who-sucks.com is enjoying the extra traffic too.
(Note to self: Create more pointless online polls that pit Ireland against other countries)

Deliverance

defence logos are funny. The Irish one should be a crowd of leprechauns going back perspectively from one big leprechaun to many with beers in hand, the tagline beneath should read 'what you looking at'.

DonkeyStyle \o/

I'm surprised at how unoriginal many of these logos are... crossed swords and a big bird in the middle (lol BigBird, now that'd be original)

JIZZLORD

christ, it really is silly season

Orange69

Crazy Christ wrote:

They ignored my submission

That was sh*it... hope you didn't spend too much time on it..

simu

The Irish one is cool - finally, we stand proud amongst the nations!:D

Crazy Christ

Orange69 wrote:

That was sh*it... hope you didn't spend too much time on it..

Three weeks my carer had to help me

Exit

Jesus, the Irish one looks like a beer bellied pole dancer. Horrible.

WindSock

CTU_Agent wrote:

I wasnt a fan of the Irish one either, voted for it anyway but the other ones look so much better by companison...

Why did you vote for it then?

Lithuania and Portugal are the nicest. I like Irelands one, even if there is a boob caught in the harp strings. Netherlands is pants.

Crazy Christ

Wow Brazil's logo is lame

Lithuania's is deadly alright it's very Knights Templarish

Cunny-Funt

hahahaha thats class!

indough

Has to be Iran, it's a fist holding an AK for God's sake, you can't get much more hardcore than that

GospelGroupie

3534 votes for the Irish entry, 3332 votes for Portugal. We're kickin ass. I wonder what's the prize?

Terry

The honour of winning another pointless internet poll.

MooseJam

I voted for the Irish one, had to do my civic duty, looks like we are going to win

robinph

Lithuania gets my vote.

All Ireland is any good at is winning daft internet polls, it's certainly not any good at coming up with a logo for it's defense forces.

coyote6

I like the Irish one. It kinda' reminds me of ancient ogham script. Very elemental / abstract.

I'm perplexed by the USA logo. It looks like bad art from around 1982 by someone using press down letters and a 286 computer art program. Pretty cheesy for the biggest military machine in the world. For cryin' out loud...why can't the defense dept. hire maybe a 12 year old to make a better logo?