We're guessing that the folks on the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games committee doesn't want to hear anybody saying they had "The Worst Mascot Ever", because now they don't.We also know...and admire the fact the British have a fantastic, if somewhat eccentric sense of humor.
That being said, the 2012 (shhh) Olympic Game feature what is widely considered the worst mascots ever.
We say that knowing we risk the secret marketing police of the Games who we can't say the title of may come seek us out and wipe us off the mat for (a) saying a derivative of their name and (b) showing their strange, odd looking mascot.
Oh, they are named Wenlock...and Mandeville.
Take a look at the photo on the right.
Does it not look like a "High-Tech Trash Can"? That's what we thought it was until we saw the description. For the kiddies out there, they may be confused, for they also bear a striking resemblence to "The Long-Lost Tele-Tubbie Twins". Or for the "Sci-Fi" geek, a strange character from one of the older versions of Dr. Who.
Oh, those wacky Brits!
With tonight being the Kickoff to the City we also cannot name due to marketing rights, just take comfort in knowing they found the most appropriate use of a Mascot we've seen yet.
Form of a Trash Can!
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