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Anthropologists baffled by onanistic totem

Ethnographers of bureaucracy will be intrigued by the proposed new symbol of the Gershonite tribe of Odjie-See.

It appears to depict the fallen totem or statue of an onanising male figure. The huge head, arms and bandy legs are in flowing interlocking curves There are no facial features. Only the male member, lying at the centre of the construct, is starkly rectilinear.

Such overt sexual imagery is unusual in the external symbolism of British public service. The inner meaning of the graphic, which is believed to appear on mousemats and mugs as well as brass door plates, remains hidden to modern anthropology.

* first spotted, like most things, in The Reg. They report an OGC spokesman describing the logo as

not inappropriate to an organisation that’s looking to have a firm grip on government spend”

Published by William Heath on 23/04/08 at 8:17am

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1. hurhur

   Reply by  on  04/23/08  at  8:51 pm

2. This is making us all laugh at the TP studio : )

   Reply by Paul Thurston  on  04/24/08  at  4:55 pm

3. Paying £14,000 for a logo is even more shocking in my mind

   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1901656/OGC-unveils-new-logo-to-red-faces.html

   Reply by  on  05/01/08  at  2:11 pm

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