Jan 13 2009British Goverment Designs Questionable Logo
The UK's Office of Government Commerce (OGC) was recently rebranded by London design firm FHD because governments love pissing away money on things that don't really matter that much. Except this rebranding (and subsequent new logo) was totally worth it!
"The proposed version, which you have sent over, has been shared with staff, and is now going through final technical stages. 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 is not inappropriate to an organisation that's looking to have a firm grip on government spend!"
I didn't even bother reading that, and you probably shouldn't have either, because the only thing that matters is that the new logo looks like a guy holding his pecker if you turn it 90-degrees clockwise. More jerking off: just what the government needs.
Hit the jump to see a slightly NSFW picture that I conveniently turned for you, that way you don't have to strain your neck or break your monitor to see it.
UK Office of Government Commerce cracks one off [theregister]
Thanks to Euloge, who was willing to design a logo with twice the penises at only half the cost. Stupid government contracts.
Reader Comments
1. CAMERON - January 13, 2009 3:27 PM
FIRST
2. DaisyFucker - January 13, 2009 3:29 PM
FAKE
You can tell it by the shadows. Cause there arnt any
3. charles lee ray - January 13, 2009 3:30 PM
The british can be such r-tards. But then, you turn on the news and realize that Americans are just as stupid. Like when that guy got trampled to death at Wal-Mart on Black Friday. WTF?
I saw a supra-funny video about the guy who got trampled at Wal-Mart:
http://blog.digitalfuntown.com/dft-blog/2009/1/13/little-billys-got-a-secret.html#comments
4. luka - January 13, 2009 3:35 PM
OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
5. Alex - January 13, 2009 3:35 PM
I saw this long time ago but I can't remember where...
6. Alex - January 13, 2009 3:36 PM
oh yeahh, it was on fail blog quite a time ago
7. known - January 13, 2009 3:37 PM
Looks like a lot of time & effort was put into the idea.nBd
8. Eru - January 13, 2009 3:39 PM
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BRO FIST
9. Thumperchica - January 13, 2009 3:40 PM
LMFAO
10. james - January 13, 2009 3:45 PM
ahhh the british goverment what what will those old perverts think of next .....almost makes me proud to be british (almost)
11. Cameron - January 13, 2009 3:51 PM
"organisation that's looking to have a firm grip on government spend!"
Yeah.... that looks pretty firm. No better way to strengthen your grip than that....
12. Mcfeely Smackup - January 13, 2009 3:58 PM
How does Geekologie stay on the cutting edge of last year so consistently?
13. Timbo - January 13, 2009 4:02 PM
That is by far the best smiley face ever...
14. Adam - January 13, 2009 4:03 PM
Well, most government officials think less of us than bukake models except during election years, so maybe this is just a little truth in advertising...
Also, Charles, fix your links...
15. TheBeav - January 13, 2009 4:06 PM
I would like a job where I get paid to draw faces on the alphabet. I'm immensely qualified: I have several pencils and erasers.
16. Boost - January 13, 2009 4:14 PM
Has this ever been discovered before this?
OGC
Seriously, those 3 letters together aren't that uncommon.
Hilarious.
17. ROB - January 13, 2009 4:23 PM
here's the official logo link
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/ogcs_trade_marks_ogcs_logo.asp
18. formerly SPELLINGNAZI - January 13, 2009 4:28 PM
GW, what's your definition of "recent"? Slow tech week huh?
19. ladywillow - January 13, 2009 4:34 PM
Okay, so..... maybe you should do a LITTLE bit of research. It has NOTHING to do with the British government. It is the logo for the British Columbia Oil & Gas Commission..... http://www.ogc.gov.bc.ca/
British Columbia - you know - that Canadian Province....... yeesh!
20. Amaranth - January 13, 2009 4:36 PM
LMAO they spelled the word "Organization" wrong hahaha how about organizing a spell check before spending money on a new logo?
21. Daisy - January 13, 2009 4:48 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max and Baja made a snowman that was jerking off, and the neighbors got together and heated it up to melt it.
Max commented this isn't the first time masturbation resulted in a puddle.
22. sarah - January 13, 2009 5:15 PM
this is from last year, and it has since been re-designed...
23. sarah - January 13, 2009 5:18 PM
and number 20, "organise" is the British spelling, so its fine.
24. 1337 - January 13, 2009 6:02 PM
I hate logos like these. They take no time or knowledge to make, and yet people get paid tons of $ to make them. All that is is three gray letters slightly touching!
25. Mcfeely Smackup - January 13, 2009 6:13 PM
"19. ladywillow - January 13, 2009 4:34 PM
Okay, so..... maybe you should do a LITTLE bit of research. It has NOTHING to do with the British government. It is the logo for the British Columbia Oil & Gas Commission..... http://www.ogc.gov.bc.ca/
British Columbia - you know - that Canadian Province....... yeesh!"
Ok, so...maybe YOU should have read the F'ing article before making a jackass of yourself.
Your google search turned up the WRONG OGC dumbass, which you would have not even needed to do if you'd simply read the linked article.
26. DAISYFANNO1! - January 13, 2009 6:35 PM
LMAO @ DAISY HAHAHAHAH DAISY YOU KELLED ME LIKE KELLOGS IN MILK
27. RGB9000 - January 13, 2009 6:39 PM
http://despair.com/government.html
28. blp - January 13, 2009 7:54 PM
Turning my neck 90 degrees before I scrolled down was the only exercise I had all day. Thanks GW, now I can sleep knowing I did something today.
Never mind. I see thesuperficial has bikini nip slip shots, looks like I'll be getting a bit more exercise before going to bed.
29. T - January 13, 2009 8:02 PM
heh... they said titters
30. Spam Artist - January 13, 2009 8:22 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is fake. Shadow's wrong.
Exactly like Tender Dracula. England nuked for being a worthless dump/refugee camp.
31. QUASIMODEM - January 13, 2009 8:24 PM
I believe this qualifies as "glasscock".
32. Ed aka the-iguana - January 13, 2009 9:10 PM
i think that OGC will become an emote as common as :) and ;)
33. Amy - January 13, 2009 9:10 PM
lol, thank god you turned it 90 degrees and did the drawing to explain it... seriously I couldn't see it without it. Maybe I just don't have a dirty enough mind, or it's the 3 shots of whiskey I just had.
34. ladywillow - January 13, 2009 9:12 PM
@25 - HOLY asshat~ No need to get all freaky....
BC OGC had that logo a LONG time ago - way longer than last year's UK OGC logo
Did you perhaps have too much positive reinforcement as a child? Me thinks so!
35. russian dude - January 13, 2009 9:36 PM
@32 - you owe me 100 rubles for 2 usags of my copywrighted smilley face.
36. Gibbleman - January 13, 2009 10:10 PM
Daisy R a fag! HAR HAR HAR! FAFFFFGGGG!
37. that one guy - January 13, 2009 10:13 PM
Children, I am disappointed in you all for not having linked this yet.
Also, old story is old, &c &c
38. DAISY IS SO STUPID - January 14, 2009 4:45 AM
TO DAISYf***ER-
OF COURSE THERES NO SHADOW YOU IDIOT! ITS A LOGO! ITS 2D!
39. romeo - January 14, 2009 4:47 AM
this is real... in was on the news paper in hk
40. Rant - January 14, 2009 5:27 AM
Rant 1: "Bloggers" who post an 'identity design name and shame' some six months after the press did. Desperate! Rant 2: Americans who think that the 's' in organisation is a typo.
41. Foobar - January 14, 2009 5:51 AM
@40 - you dumbass its a z in organization.
Cool news story otherwise.
42. Me - January 14, 2009 6:04 AM
It seems that americans think they own english?
43. Freddy K - January 14, 2009 10:16 AM
Dear sir, please accept this smiley as payment....
44. Daisy has issues - January 14, 2009 10:38 AM
FAKE
FAKE
FAKE
FAKE
FAKE
FAKE
45. sath - January 14, 2009 1:20 PM
This was on QI (a UK show) quite a while back. Yes, I demand you check every television show ever made before posting!
46. Mcfeely Smackup - January 14, 2009 7:07 PM
"34. ladywillow - January 13, 2009 9:12 PM
@25 - HOLY asshat~ No need to get all freaky....
BC OGC had that logo a LONG time ago - way longer than last year's UK OGC logo
Did you perhaps have too much positive reinforcement as a child? Me thinks so!"
Nice try at deflecting, but you're the one telling people to do "research" when you didn't even read the article to find out what they were talking about.
So call names all you like, but you'll be unable to repair the damage. You look like an idiot.
47. Mr. Stratford - January 14, 2009 11:06 PM
Ahahaha... Even if it's fake, it still made me laugh. Apparently I'm still 12.
48. JordEboy - January 15, 2009 9:37 PM
This may come as a surprise to some of you idiot bigoted arrogant yanks, but the ENGLISH language originated in ENGLAND.
Just because you colonial idiots have butchered its spellings over the years since you got your independence from you former colonial masters doesn't mean the spelling of organize with a Z is any less f***ing correct, it's you dick heads who're spelling it wrong, it's spelt with a Z in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and every other English speaking country on this Earth. Get a grip you dumb ARSE yankee doodles.
49. Sebastian Keller - January 16, 2009 7:16 AM
More logos gone wrong:
http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/06/18-logos-gone-wrong.html
50. Mcfeely Smackup - January 16, 2009 6:14 PM
"Just because you colonial idiots have butchered its spellings over the years since you got your independence from you former colonial masters doesn't mean the spelling of organize with a Z is any less f***ing correct, it's you dick heads who're spelling it wrong, it's spelt with a Z in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and every other English speaking country on this Earth. Get a grip you dumb ARSE yankee doodles."
Umm...JordEboy, organize is spelled with a "z" in the US too.
If you could read, or have your mommy read this thread to you, you'd have seen that the point was that the article spelled it with an 's' not a 'z'. It IS spelled with an 's' in England, so you're apparently illiterate in at least two english dialects.
51. Kidiu - January 19, 2009 5:28 PM
Haha! I couldn't see it on the regular pic, but the edited one gave it away.
52. Michael - February 7, 2009 10:51 PM
I think this is great...it's so sad that my hometown of Fresno, CA didn't listen to the massive amount of people who wanted to offer suggestions for the new bus transit system, which eventually became the "FAX"...Fresno Area Express. Most residents wanted it to be the Fresno Urban Express"FUX", but Fresno City Council wouldn't even compromise and use Fresno Area Rapid Transit "FART". I hate the whole PC movement...boring