Ultimate Battle of Western Europe

Purgative

La Rioja

Zaph

Candie wrote: »

In other news, gullible is the only word in the English language not listed in the Oxford dictionary.

However it is in the Merriam-Webster dictionary because it's the dictionary most widely used by Americans.

Arghus

Lá Roija. Cos I like to say it with a flourish, as if someone has insulted my family's honour.

Omackeral

La Rioja does it in record time! Last match of the round coming up next.

Omackeral

Match 32 is ready to go. Who's taking that last spot in Round 2?

Rhineland Palentinate
German State



VS

Saarland
German State



VS

Marche
Italian Region

Purgative

Marche - because the other two are just variations on a theme

Saarland, I prefer the symmetry.

Regione marche looks like a warning label on a packet of poison, the bird on it looks like he's in the throes of terminal diarrhoea.

Lion. :mad:
Lions. :mad: :mad:
No lion.

Marche it is then.

I have absolutely no idea what that's meant to be, the closest I can come up with is 'Xatu throwing black sludge behind its back'. And I'm totally on board with that!!

Also, black white and green is a nice combination that's very underused on flags.

quickbeam

Not thrilled by any of them, but first two are too German, so I go for Marche. That's a woodpecker in the image which is a totem of the Picentini tribe of Italy. True story.

Electric Nitwit

Rhineland Palentinate, because it looks like they've just pulled back the curtains to surprise Homer with a lion :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Marche's looks like the logo of a pharmacy where you'd buy cheap sunscreen that's past its use by date, we can't let that tat go through

Omackeral

Despite EN's protests, Marche marches on!

Zaph

Rhineland Palentinate - I like the German colours and it has fewer lions on it. The Marche flag loses out because I hate flags that tell you where they're from on them. It smacks of chronic insecurity. Plus it's a bird that they realised only made half an M so they added a black squiggle for the rest. Altogether a bit shoddy.

Omackeral

Round 2 will kick off tomorrow and a special thanks to all the new players who jumped on board today, hope you can stay around for some more action

Electric Nitwit

Omackeral wrote: »

Despite EN's protests, Marche marches on!

Omackeral

So it's time for Round 2 to kick off. It's all head to head bouts from here on out. Same as before, 5 votes will get a flag through and reasons will be considered in the event of a tie. 30 mins remains as your time limit. Let's see who's first up...

Liege
Belgian Province



VS

Sicily
Italian Autonomous Region

quickbeam

Liege is a bit too "busy" but Sicily is just freaky, so I'd better stick with Liege.

LadySkunk

Hahaha it has to be siege for me. That abomination on it is amazing

y0ssar1an22

quickbeam wrote: »

Liege is a bit too "busy" but Sicily is just freaky, so I'd better stick with Liege.

exactly my thoughts. liege for me

LadySkunk

I just realised I voted for the hybrid of the two, I meant Sicily but I reckon that was obvious from my description

quickbeam

Viva La Siege!!!

Sicily. Who doesn’t like a three legged contortionist?

Zaph

I'm going with the freakiness, Sicily for me. I like how weird it is and the Liege one is a bit of a jumbled mess.

Necro

Zaph wrote:

I'm going with the freakiness, Sicily for me. I like how weird it is and the Liege one is a bit of a jumbled mess.

Yes to this. Sicily for the win!!

cdeb

Don't like the baggy eyes on the Sicily one. Other than that, it'd win. So I'll vote Liege, which is just the right side of "too busy"

Fr Tod Umptious

Hey Sicily

The Isle of Man just called, they want their flag back.

Liege for me

cdeb

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Hey Sicily

The Isle of Man just called, they want their flag back.

Liege for me

Wiki says -

First found in Sicily in the 4th century BC
First found in the Isle of Man in the 13th century AD...

quickbeam

^^ True story!

Omackeral

Fr Tod tied it up at 4-4 .......but, it was two mins after the expiration time.

Sicily rolls on, probably literally as that's how it would move I imagine.

Purgative

Sicily - looks kind of saucy