Thoughts About South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and South Sandwich islands is the name of an island off the southern tip of South America.
Now imagine, if you’re running the show at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, what would you put on your flag. A BLT? Too obvious, right? How about half of their whole fucking zoo?
According to the CIA World Factbook, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ flag is:
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a shield with a golden lion rampant, holding a torch; the shield is supported by a fur seal on the left and a Macaroni penguin on the right; a reindeer appears above the crest, and below the shield on a scroll is the motto LEO TERRAM PROPRIAM PROTEGAT (Let the Lion Protect its Own Land)); the lion with the torch represents the UK and discovery; the background of the shield, blue and white estoiles, are found in the coat of arms of James Cook, discoverer of the islands; all the outer supporting animals represented are native to the islands.
So in the conference room, the designers said, “Fuck it, nobody knows where we are, we’re going to go for the record and cram a bunch of animals into our flag.” Or as people at the deli would call it, “the works.” So they did.
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