Comments on: A firm grip on government spending

A firm grip on government spending

OverlappingElvis — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:38:01 -0800

The Office of Government Commerce has an unfortunate new logo, but it looks like Dinosaur Comics beat them to the punch.

By: everichon

everichon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:38:48 -0800

I lol'd.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:46:40 -0800

Pretty much government work in a nutshell, amirite? ...Huh. "Nut."

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:46:46 -0800

orz --- Dutch boy OGC --- Dutch TV host behaving inappropriately

By: lilac girl

lilac girl — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:48:21 -0800

A spokesman for OGC said: "It is true that it caused a few titters among some staff when viewed on its side, but on consideration we concluded that the effect was generic to the particular combination of the letters OGC - and it is not inappropriate to an organisation that's looking to have a firm grip on Government spend." That made my morning.

By: cosmonik

cosmonik — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:49:08 -0800

...and if you turn the golden arches upside-down, they look like any number of dual-wielded pendulous parts of the anatomy.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:52:59 -0800

it caused a few titters among some staff I thought it was titters that caused staff

By: psmealey

psmealey — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:56:37 -0800

That spokesperson is a genius. A firm grip, indeed. Giving rise (ahem) perhaps to their catchphrase for the 2008 Spring Drive: "Get a Firm Grip on This"

By: The Straightener

The Straightener — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:01:36 -0800

"Welcome to the Offfice of Government Commerce. If you'll kindly turn you head to the side, you'll notice that we're jerking off on your face. Please proceed to the Office of Epic Lulz, two doors down on the left."

By: quin

quin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:01:49 -0800

A firm grip... Heh. OGC now has a staff of 564 with a head office in Norwich OK. They're going to get more column inches than they could ever have expected before. Well, now you're just being gratuitous.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:06:08 -0800

/me rolls eyes

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:18:59 -0800

Here's an old post with a lot of regrettable logos.

By: anthill

anthill — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:20:23 -0800

You down with OGC? (yeah you know me!)

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:23:49 -0800

Kind of a tempest in a teapot. Or, if you turn the Metafilter logo on its side, then reverse it and change it into a bitmap, and then look at the resulting logo while squinting and drinking a beer after watching a Flesh Flick on Fleshbot, it looks like a plate of beans overthinking itself.

By: Guy_Inamonkeysuit

Guy_Inamonkeysuit — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:33:19 -0800

That's funny. I too L-edOL. Thanks for the link!

By: DreamerFi

DreamerFi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:48:27 -0800

The Register claims to have a picture of the moment at which London design outfit FHD revealed the revised brand frontage to the HM Treasury tentacle's staff.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:49:58 -0800

Superb

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:51:56 -0800

I think you mean "beaten" to the "punch".

By: heatherbeth

heatherbeth — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:53:13 -0800

At first I didn't get what was so scandalous. I'm glad the Telegraph did the work for me of turning the logo on its side... Then I LOL'd.

By: basicchannel

basicchannel — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:59:01 -0800

These guys are going to be PISSED.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:01:39 -0800

It's really hard to see how this cockup is getting such a rise out of everyone.

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:05:04 -0800

Could somebody explain the dinosaur comic connection? I don't get it. Thank you, Old Person.

By: ursus_comiter

ursus_comiter — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:09:12 -0800

Pareidolia, is there nothing it can't do?

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:17:10 -0800

mecran01, read the little IM conversation in the last panel.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:48:04 -0800

No, no, no ... this is [self-] abuse. You want room 12A, just along the corridor.

By: spock

spock — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:54:03 -0800

Wankers. </obvious>

By: Unicorn on the cob

Unicorn on the cob — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:40:11 -0800

DICK JOKES: ALWAYS FUNNY!

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:59:18 -0800

...and if you turn the golden arches upside-down, they look like any number of dual-wielded pendulous parts of the anatomy. If I remember Omnivore's Dilemna correctly, this was done on purpose.

By: inigo2

inigo2 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:01:45 -0800

Wow...it took me awhile to figure out the issue here. It was like one of those magic eye things; I finally see the schooner. And it's touching itself.

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:17:41 -0800

Penis.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:40:26 -0800

By: troybob

troybob — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:42:52 -0800

Even without turning the logo on its side, I'm still wondering why a government agency's logo so closely resembles that of a fox tv show about the attractive angst of developmentally precocious wealthy teenagers.

By: eclectist

eclectist — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:14:33 -0800

Omnivore's Dilemna That's going on a t-shirt Also, this does not trump the TIA's pyramid logo

By: lekvar

lekvar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:01:28 -0800

Did somebody say bad logo design?

By: lekvar

lekvar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:02:28 -0800

A better link...

By: 0of1

0of1 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:04:16 -0800

And two more swell sites with twist. 3OGK.com 30GC.com -

By: cosmonik

cosmonik — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:27:10 -0800

OGC faps 2 dis. sorry. really.

By: Nattie

Nattie — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:20:58 -0800

Usually I'm the first to spot something sexual, but I didn't see it in the OGC logo even when it was turned sideways. I had to read the last panel of that comic to even get what it was supposed to look like. Then when I looked back at the logo, it still doesn't look that much like it to me.