SabreGuy Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 It reminds me of Dungeons and Dragons. Which, I guess, is why I like it. "You could put an empty orange helmet on the 50-yard line at Cleveland Browns Stadium and 50,000 fans would show up to stare at it."-Terry Pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George_and_the_Dragonyes, as i said im aware of this. but in the uk the dragon is very much a symbol of wales.for some reason the poms use lions and roses for most stuff.True enough, with the exception that the dragon is symbolic of the City of London.lived in london for best part of twenty years. never seen a dragon emblem on anything? lion and the unicorn on everythinng, lions on everything british (british lions rugby undion and league, three lions england football, rose for england rugby) first dragon ive seenon anything.But do you spend much time in the City itself? The crest is all over the place:That's why I think this logo is so odd - the dragon is a very limited symbol in England, certainly doesn't represent the entire country.yes, i live and work in london.there cant be that many when compared to the ranks of other national symbols like lions and various pom heros.i suppose you could argue that it could be representative of england in the same way new yorks statue of liberty may bein a way representative of the usa as a whole. but in this case, given the more prevalent association with the welsh itseems a very strange choice of symbol for a national team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Sorry, guess I haven't been making myself clear. I'm agreeing with you on that point.The Dragon isn't a symbol of England. It is a symbol of the City of London (not necessarily Greater London, but the City). The little dragons are all over - they're on the City crest, which is liberally sprinkled about, and statues of dragons guard the entrances to the City.Strange that they would choose the symbol of the City of London as a stand-in for all of England. Except perhaps that lions and roses are already used by national teams (football and rugby, respectively) and therefore come close to infringement on this carefully-constructed cap.Wasn't aware anyone still said "pom." You aren't my Aussie mother-out-law, are you? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viola73 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The hat is apart of Adidas' new merch for the upcoming Euro Cup 2008 in football (soccer) to be played in Austria/Switzerland.Here is the link to EuroSport (the american soccer merch company who carries alot of...well...euro soccer merch)http://www.soccer.com/IWProductSearch.proc...2C+Product_nameThere is the Germany hat that Adidas makes that reminds me of the old Trans Am firebird logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The hat is apart of Adidas' new merch for the upcoming Euro Cup 2008 in football (soccer) to be played in Austria/Switzerland.Then I guess we won't be seeing that logo again.... The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viola73 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 The hat is apart of Adidas' new merch for the upcoming Euro Cup 2008 in football (soccer) to be played in Austria/Switzerland.Then I guess we won't be seeing that logo again....Maybe in 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahoo Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Check out the back of that "England" hat. . . I think the choice of the dragon is just as poor as the choice to put the Union Jack on the back of a hat meant for the England national squad.Use the Union Jack for the Olympics when it represents Great Britain, but not in this situation when that flag represents countries that have their own football associations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmered Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Sorry, guess I haven't been making myself clear. I'm agreeing with you on that point.The Dragon isn't a symbol of England. It is a symbol of the City of London (not necessarily Greater London, but the City). The little dragons are all over - they're on the City crest, which is liberally sprinkled about, and statues of dragons guard the entrances to the City.Strange that they would choose the symbol of the City of London as a stand-in for all of England. Except perhaps that lions and roses are already used by national teams (football and rugby, respectively) and therefore come close to infringement on this carefully-constructed cap.Wasn't aware anyone still said "pom." You aren't my Aussie mother-out-law, are you?Everyone I know calls them Poms.But then, everyone I know is either an Aussie or a Kiwi. Oh, and I've got a site.Footy Jumpers Dot Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Possibly it's for the England Aussie Rules team.They've been using this as their logo:(Perhaps Rutgers and/or UAB have contacted them and they felt the need to change)WOW. I don't think I've ever seen a logo copy TWO different logos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Sorry, guess I haven't been making myself clear. I'm agreeing with you on that point.The Dragon isn't a symbol of England. It is a symbol of the City of London (not necessarily Greater London, but the City). The little dragons are all over - they're on the City crest, which is liberally sprinkled about, and statues of dragons guard the entrances to the City.Strange that they would choose the symbol of the City of London as a stand-in for all of England. Except perhaps that lions and roses are already used by national teams (football and rugby, respectively) and therefore come close to infringement on this carefully-constructed cap.Wasn't aware anyone still said "pom." You aren't my Aussie mother-out-law, are you?Everyone I know calls them Poms.But then, everyone I know is either an Aussie or a Kiwi.well i guess its usually 'pommy bastards'. i guess the antipodean version of limey.contrary to the mith, this is neither an abrieviation of pompous or a crass adaptation of the acronymfor 'prisoners of her majesty'. it most likely derives from the second influx of british people to cellblock a (australia). they turned up and went bright red as they werent used to the sun.apparently they looked like pomegranates, which became used as a kind of rhyming slang forimmigrants. and the shackle-draggers (australians bless em) kept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I don't know that any etymological explanation for it can be considered credible at this point. Too many unsupported stories.Didn't see the Union Flag. That's just wrong. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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