The 2010 Olympics Have Some Furry Friends
Nov 28th 2007ericjhoroSports of the Olympiad
Throughout its long and storied history, the Olympics have had one constant—Every year the mascots get creepier and creepier. Yesterday the organizers of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver unveiled a trio of mascots, and at first glance they’re quite a group.
Quatchi is a young sasquatch with a long brown beard and blue earmuffs, while Miga is a snowboarding sea-bear – part killer whale and part kermode bear. And Sumi is a spirit animal that flies with the wings of a native thunderbird.
Look at those things. I don’t know what a spirit animal is, but I want it to stay as far away from me as possible. It looks like Yoggi Bear on crack. And since when can sea-bears snowboard? If you’re going to have a sea-bear at least give him a realistic profession—like data analyst. As for the sasquatch, he just looks like the illegitimate lovechild of Chewbacca and Harry from “Harry and the Hendersons.”
The moral of the story? I’m excited for the 2010 Olympics.
1 Comment »
Dan Wendt on 28 Nov 2007 at 11:18 pm #
Too bad China did not select ManBearPig as a mascot.