Bad Flag Thread

[GauchoBadger]

So, i was watching this little video from TED:

And i ultimately brainstormed until i got the idea to make this thread.
I'll take the honour and make the first post:

This is the flag of the brazilian state of Paraíba. Here, the word "nego" is supposed to mean "i deny", in honour of João Pessoa's denial of recognition towards Washington Luís' presidency, but it ends up funny as, in our language, the word can also be a slang for "nigga".
What other cringeworthy flags do you guys have knowlege of?

 

[Unmentionable Alligator]

Might as well start right off by dropping Little Boy on Hiroshima

River Gee county Liberia

 

[GauchoBadger]

Oh boy, here comes the liberian avalanche.

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I always thought the Isle of Man's flag was so funny. It just... feels so darn silly. Seriously, what does it mean?

 

[BelfastBrawler]

@GauchoBadger If you thought Isle of Man's flag was bad, then you're going to find the flag of Sicily appalling.

 

[GauchoBadger]

@GauchoBadger If you thought Isle of Man's flag was bad, then you're going to find the flag of Sicily appalling.
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Hah. The head in the middle looks like it is being hanged by a noose around its neck, alluding to some european black humour of sorts.

 

[GauchoBadger]

Here's the flag of Provo, Utah. Damn shit, not only does its name sound like a type of medicine, but its flag also alludes to that:

 

[Bhangbhangduc]

Russian Martian colony

Communist United States

Tibet-influenced California

 

[BelfastBrawler]

@Bhangbhangduc Are you sure you posted on the right thread?

Here's the flag of Provo, Utah. Damn shit, not only does its name sound like a type of medicine, but its flag also alludes to that:

That looks like a pack of Russian vitamins or something. I had to google search it to be sure it is a real flag. However doing so i did find a contender for the number one spot in the "Flags that look like products" contest. Which is from another American town. Notice a trend? Here is the flag of Pocatello, Idaho:

 

[GauchoBadger]

Funny name, funny flag.
(Is #YOLO still a thing? All i heard of it were people's complaints about the saying's implications.)

 

[BelfastBrawler]

Someone please explain. What is an international city?

 

[GauchoBadger]

Someone please explain. What is an international city?
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I don't know. Something like interwar Danzig?
Maybe it's because of Long Beach's ethnic diversity and/or thriving tourist industry?

 

[Laqueesha]

Here's the flag of Provo, Utah. Damn shit, not only does its name sound like a type of medicine, but its flag also alludes to that:

That's their former flag; they replaced it last year with something much better.

 

[GauchoBadger]

That's their former flag; they replaced it last year with something much better.

This one?
Oh, thank god.
Though it now looks like something that would be plastered on a can of soda. But hey, at least it's better than "vitamin brand".

 

[Arkenfolm]

Here's this classic.

 

[BelfastBrawler]

This flag, while having everything a flag lover hates, it is usefull as a map.

 

[GauchoBadger]

Here's the MS Paint flag of the african kingdom of Dahomey.
No cultural offense intended, but was this really the only flag they could find?

 

[Bjornhattan]

Another western US city flag, another design that you could do on MS Paint. Seriously, Spokane?

 

[methor]

It's a very symbolic flag, Blue to represent the mighty Spokane river, Green to represent the abundant timber, and White to represent local white nationalism.

 

[Miner]

Another western US city flag, another design that you could do on MS Paint. Seriously, Spokane?

Spokane's 1912 flag (?) is much better.

 

[GauchoBadger]

This is the flag of Feijó, in northwestern Brazil. Try to wrap your head around it for a bit.