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'Identical flag' causes flap in Romania and Chad
2004-04-15
National flag of Romania... ehrmmm... or maybe Chad... or... ummm... someplace.
Posted by:Mark Espinola

#16  NBA merchandizing ought to get in touch with Chad and explain to them the financial value of changing your flag every so often. Everyone would have to go out and buy new flags and the government would be in royalty revenue city. Nike might be interested in providing so new military duds if Chad agreed to substitute the "swoosh" for the chevrons.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-04-15 10:58:36 PM  

#15  How come I've only seen blue, yellow, red???

Posted by: Anonymous2U   2004-04-15 10:09:52 PM  

#14  ruprecht> Feeling trollish tonight?
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2004-04-15 8:15:16 PM  

#13  Aris, perhaps they could replace the lost symbol with the European Union circle of Stars. At least it would seperate them from other nations and show how wonderful they think the Union idea is.
Posted by: ruprecht   2004-04-15 7:57:11 PM  

#12  Hmmm.. you must not have enuf art history hours Rafael.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-04-15 7:20:47 PM  

#11  blue yelo gray

What are you talking about? I see blue yello white.
Posted by: Rafael   2004-04-15 7:14:33 PM  

#10  ruprecht> Many of these flags once had some distinguishing mark that either indicated monarchy or communism -- when the regimes in question got overthrown, the symbols were removed and the flags turned a bit plainer as a result.
Posted by: Aris Katsaris   2004-04-15 6:15:04 PM  

#9  Im curious why any country would want to have a flag that is blue yelo gray. Odd.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-04-15 5:17:40 PM  

#8  The flags are similar to the flags of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Posted by: Kentucky Beef   2004-04-15 2:26:04 PM  

#7  Is a yellow stripe down the middle a good thing???
Posted by: Anonymous2U   2004-04-15 2:04:59 PM  

#6  There are a number of European flags that are nearly identical if you tip them on their side or something. Very confusing. Still, its better than the barcode European flag someone came up with a year or two ago.

What is the European fascination with three colored bars anyway?
Posted by: ruprecht   2004-04-15 11:57:23 AM  

#5  Actually did you know that Poland and Indonesia are upside-down of one another in the flag department. I could say that the Poles are high-quality competent fighters, who are our allies, etc. etc., and Indonesia is a hotbed for al-Qaeda terrorist cells, and the home of the Bali bombing, but what does that have to do with the flags.

Actually as a new member of NATO we will insure Romania has adequate planes. Of course Chad, an ex-French colony. . . I needent go any further. Romania : Please don't request any funds for your occupation of N'Djamena (Chad Capital)
Posted by: Anonymous4052   2004-04-15 11:45:15 AM  

#4  This is one war I would like to watch. I wonder if they're airplanes even make it to the others country before crashing?
Posted by: Charles   2004-04-15 11:21:07 AM  

#3  Hey Fred! New colors for the associate editors!
Posted by: Steve White   2004-04-15 10:58:08 AM  

#2  "Okay, you guys are right-to-left, and YOU guys are left-to-right..."
Posted by: mojo   2004-04-15 10:26:53 AM  

#1  Let's hope they don't go to war over this. That would be... confusing.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-04-15 10:19:23 AM  

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