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Not as much fun as the Derry flag. It’s got everything: a castle, a sword, a skeleton, and a harp with boobies. The bottom half is sable (black), always a fun c

Not as much fun as the Derry flag. It’s got everything: a castle, a sword, a skeleton, and a harp with boobies. The bottom half is sable (black), always a fun choice of background in flags and arms. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Londonderry_flag.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Londonderry_flag.svg

EdwardDiego 4y ago
That is a pretty awesome flag. When NZ had its flag referendum I was really in favour of a black flag, but apparently it could've looked too similar to ISIS. That was in reference to the "silver fern frond on black" that a lot of our sports teams use, but my personal favourite was the Black Jack: https://i.redd.it/28dhw1vj06c61.jpg https://i.redd.it/28dhw1vj06c61.jpg I loved how the Union Jack now included Māori motifs, and the Southern Cross was on the angle it's usually seen at. (Although I found the white stars jarring, as it looks like the Australian Southern Cross, although their's is more astronomically correct, as it has Epsilon Crucis also)
- AdamN 4y ago
  What's the history of black being a national color for NZ?
  - sampo 4y ago
    According to Wikipedia, their national rugby team wore black clothes in around 1905 and the team nickname "All Blacks" got popular. Then according to this article, the popularity of the rugby team then has made the color a popular national symbol in general. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grant-mclachlan-nzs-national-colour-is-black/GTDQLUA6VDRAIKZFKAU5T2KGLQ/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grant-mclachlan-nzs-national-c... > The New Zealand Native Rugby Team first wore the silver fern on black, which then became our national colour.
  - EdwardDiego 4y ago
    Sports, basically.
stavros 4y ago
Oh man that flag looks like someone was paralyzed by choice.
op00to 4y ago
That skeleton looks super bored to be on a flag. Was it always a skeleton, or only got that way after waiting too long?
prepend 4y ago
That flag is nice, but it’s nowhere near the wonderful surreality of the Vovchansk (city in Russia) flag [0]. It has a regal squirrel about to do something awesome. [0] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_CBsQoXoAA3I44?format=png&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_CBsQoXoAA3I44?format=png&name=...
- labster 4y ago
  The squirrel is caching stars in the top of the flag. That is awesome.

EdwardDiego 4y ago

That is a pretty awesome flag. When NZ had its flag referendum I was really in favour of a black flag, but apparently it could've looked too similar to ISIS. That was in reference to the "silver fern frond on black" that a lot of our sports teams use, but my personal favourite was the Black Jack: https://i.redd.it/28dhw1vj06c61.jpg https://i.redd.it/28dhw1vj06c61.jpg I loved how the Union Jack now included Māori motifs, and the Southern Cross was on the angle it's usually seen at. (Although I found the white stars jarring, as it looks like the Australian Southern Cross, although their's is more astronomically correct, as it has Epsilon Crucis also)

AdamN 4y ago
What's the history of black being a national color for NZ?
- sampo 4y ago
  According to Wikipedia, their national rugby team wore black clothes in around 1905 and the team nickname "All Blacks" got popular. Then according to this article, the popularity of the rugby team then has made the color a popular national symbol in general. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grant-mclachlan-nzs-national-colour-is-black/GTDQLUA6VDRAIKZFKAU5T2KGLQ/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grant-mclachlan-nzs-national-c... > The New Zealand Native Rugby Team first wore the silver fern on black, which then became our national colour.
- EdwardDiego 4y ago
  Sports, basically.

stavros 4y ago

Oh man that flag looks like someone was paralyzed by choice.

op00to 4y ago

That skeleton looks super bored to be on a flag. Was it always a skeleton, or only got that way after waiting too long?

prepend 4y ago

That flag is nice, but it’s nowhere near the wonderful surreality of the Vovchansk (city in Russia) flag [0]. It has a regal squirrel about to do something awesome. [0] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_CBsQoXoAA3I44?format=png&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_CBsQoXoAA3I44?format=png&name=...

labster 4y ago
The squirrel is caching stars in the top of the flag. That is awesome.