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Ultimate Battle of Western Europe

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    #242
    Purgative
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    Berlin - I like bears


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    #243
    cdeb
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    Ceuta - I like black and white combos. Rare on a flag.


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    #244
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,304 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Cueta - I've had enough of rampant lions and the bear on the Berlin flag looks a bit cartoonish.


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    #245
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    It's 2-2 between Berlin and Ceuta so it's decision time.
    quickbeam wrote: »
    Bears > lions, so Berlin please.
    Purgative wrote: »
    Berlin - I like bears
    cdeb wrote: »
    Ceuta - I like black and white combos. Rare on a flag.
    Zaph wrote: »
    Cueta - I've had enough of rampant lions and the bear on the Berlin flag looks a bit cartoonish.

    All fair points but I think cdeb's point about a rarity of black and white combos is a great nugget.

    Ceuta takes the win.


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    #246
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Oh look, more lions :P
    Hainaut
    Belgian Province

    300px-Flag_of_Hainaut.svg.png

    VS

    Bavaria
    German State

    300px-Flag_of_Bavaria_%28lozengy%29.svg.png

    VS

    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
    French Region

    300px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png


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    #247
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - best of the three, it's got a little bit of everything going on.


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    #248
    Purgative
    Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - the punk dolphin steals the show


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    #249
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,211 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Auvergne looks like a flag designed by people who didn't want to offend anyone, and by doing so offended everyone. I can just hear that dolphin identifying as navy. It can't be navy; it's a dolphin!

    Bavaria is quietly classy by contrast. It gets my vote


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    #250
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,304 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes one looks like it was made up from the bits left over in flag making class. Bavaria gets my vote because of the other two it's the one without lions on it.


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    #251
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    Bavaria - partly because it's mercifully lion-free! But also because the diamond pattern makes it stand out, and the choice of relaxing colours stop it from being too garish.

    Also they have that flag on some great beers. :cool:

    EDIT: Look at the weary expressions and tired eyes of those Hainaut lions - even they know that enough is enough!!


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    #252
    [Deleted User]
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    Hainaut, four dragons > demon dolphin. The other one is just ugly.


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    #253
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,944 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    I'm late to the party but may I join in?

    Bavaria for me. It makes me chuckle to think they originally designed it with squares but it got stuck in the printer (true story)

    Plus the other two... look, I love an animal on a flag but if you're going to include one pay someone who can fecking draw to draw them!


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    #254
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,944 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
    French Region

    300px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png
    Is that even their flag though?
    They seem very confused...

    522213.png
    Don't vote for such mixed messages!


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    #255
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    Bavaria for me. It makes me chuckle to think they originally designed it with squares but it got stuck in the printer (true story)

    Really? Nothing about that on Wiki and if it's not on Wiki it can't be true :P

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Bavaria


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    #256
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,944 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Really? Nothing about that on Wiki and if it's not on Wiki it can't be true :P

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Bavaria
    The Bavarian secret police try to suppress the truth to protect the region's reputation, but it's true I tell you!


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    #257
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Ahhh, EN said it on the internetz so it must be true :P


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    #258
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    ENOUGH! By which I mean, Bavaria wins! We've only two matches left folks.. stay with us.


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    #259
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Really? Nothing about that on Wiki and if it's not on Wiki it can't be true :P

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Bavaria


    I can't BELIEVE you fell for that! :P


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    #260
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Weirder things have happened.


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    #261
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o


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    #262
    Omackeral
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    La Rioja
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    300px-Flag_of_La_Rioja_%28with_coat_of_arms%29.svg.png

    VS

    Mecklenburg-Vorpommer
    German State

    300px-Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg.png

    VS

    Cantabria
    Spanish Autonomous Community

    300px-Flag_of_Cantabria.svg.png


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    #263
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,304 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    La Rioja - a four stripe flag is a bit different from the norm. Plus I like their wine.


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    #264
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Toss up between the first two because they're both quite pretty, but going with Mecklenburg-Vorpommer. Apparently the yellow stripe represents the millions affected by yellow fever back in the 1700s. True story.


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    #265
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,944 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Vote Cantabria - bit of class to it

    La Rioja, the colours are too garish
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommer looks like the background to a game of Frogger


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    #266
    cdeb
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    Yeah, the better of the two quadricolour flags on offer. I like the green/yellow combo in particular


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    #267
    [Deleted User]
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    La Rioja, pretty colour combination. Would make an excellent beach towel.


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    #268
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,944 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Apparently the yellow stripe represents the millions affected by yellow fever back in the 1700s. True story.
    Nope, I'm not going to Google it :p


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    #269
    [Deleted User]
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    I probably am though.


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    #270
    [Deleted User]
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    Let me just double check the La Rioja crest to make sure it's not hiding a lion....

    ....


    .....ok, it's clear. La Rioja for the bold "horizontal tricolour but it's actually four stripes" move.


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    #271
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    In other news, gullible is the only word in the English language not listed in the Oxford dictionary.


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