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O.P. RE: Olympic Mascots
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Originally posted by Omar
I think the advertisers are running out of concepts...
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Originally posted by Scone
they need new ideas...
Sad part is
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Originally posted by the article
The mascots were not the vision of a single artist, like the Spanish stoner who conjured Barcelona mascot Cobi — squiggled in about four seconds — while in a state of drug-induced bliss.
Nearly 200 entries were submitted when Athens organizers put out the call for prospective mascots. The winning creatures were created by a team of six, including a philologist/historian. They were billed as two kids, brother and sister, “full of vitality and creativity, perhaps mischievous and hence lovable.”
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