Four hundred thousand pounds. That’s around nine hundred and fifty thousand Australian dollars.
What would you say if you spent almost a million dollars and got that logo in return?
And aren’t you amazed at how those on the Olympic Committee have failed to see a problem with it? They keep telling us it’s so incredibly wonderful.
Anyway, enough of the Olympic Logo. Let’s have a story instead.
Many years ago, there lived an emperor who cared much very much about his clothes. One day he heard from two swindlers that they could make the finest suit of clothes from the most beautiful cloth. This cloth, they said, also had the special capability that it was invisible to anyone who was either stupid or not fit for his position.
Being a bit nervous about whether he himself would be able to see the cloth, the emperor first sent two of his trusted men to see it. Of course, neither would admit that they could not see the cloth and so praised it. All the townspeople had also heard of the cloth and were interested to learn how stupid their neighbors were.
The emperor then allowed himself to be dressed in the clothes for a procession through town, never admitting that he was too unfit and stupid to see what he was wearing. He was afraid that the other people would think that he was stupid.
Of course, all the townspeople wildly praised the magnificent clothes of the emperor, afraid to admit that they could not see them, until a small child said:
“But he has nothing on!”
This was whispered from person to person until everyone in the crowd was shouting that the emperor had nothing on. The emperor heard it and felt that they were correct, but held his head high and finished the procession.
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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Hi Rodney,
Thanks for the Birthday wishes this morning (from Hannelie http://www.brihans.blogspot.com/ and family).
Love the Danish fables, too. The Emperor’s new clothes is one of my favourites.
Keep up the great work with the blog and the radio spot!
Gargoyle
Yes, good analogy….
That London 2012 Olympic logo is just plain ugly. Who wants to have a cap or T-shirt with a logo like that?? Hope the games in England will be much better!
The first time i saw it i didn’t get it. It was only after they explained the logo as a modified 2012 that i saw it. I always thought the point me a good logo was that it didn’t need to be explained.
2012 Oh I see. Sort of.