What is your country's national symbol?

[Mem]

The Harp and the Kiwi, a little gay.

France's must be the Glory Hole.

 

[ManlyBanisters]

The Harp and the Kiwi, a little gay.

Inspirational! When I retire I shall open a gay bar called the Harp and Kiwi!

France's must be the Glory Hole.

Has everybody got me on fucking ignore today??

COCK!! COCK!! COCK!! COCK!! COCK!!!

(or Gallic Rooster to be precise)

And actually Marianne (personification of Liberty) is more widely used on coins, official paperwork and such.

Wiki says neither of them are official. It used to be the Fleur-de-lis, but that went out with a former republic - don't remember when off the top of my head.

 

[DaveyR]

Close darlin' - it's a cock :tongue::tongue:

You might not be far wrong there MB. Take a look at the attached and tell me what the Northern Scandinavian countries look like

 

[koval]

Try again kov - it's the harp - honest

Since the first question gave the Bald Eagle as the answer, I assumed that the question would relate to Fauna and not Flora or any other inanimate object. As you wish to include the Harp (patriotic symbol) we can therefore take the following as the symbol of Ireland;

Wolfhound
Red Setter
Shamrock
Sessile Oak
Harp
Or Celtic cross

Honest:wink:

 

[SpeedoGuy]

Eagles might have once been the USA's symbol. Now its GWB with a vacuous look on his face.

http://www.loyno.edu/~jpkutner/pictures/snapshots/bush_monkey3.gif

 

[B_Swimming Lad]

A relic of the Empire days.

Lol. Good old Empire :biggrin1:

As England is taken I'll do Russia. The double headed Imperial Eagle.

 

[ManlyBanisters]

You might not be far wrong there MB. Take a look at the attached and tell me what the Northern Scandinavian countries look like

I know :biggrin1::biggrin1: - priceless isn't it - they lopped Norway off (not in the EU) and guess what the rest looks like without it.

Love it - I always have a cock 'n' balls in me pocket :biggrin1:

 

[ManlyBanisters]

Since the first question gave the Bald Eagle as the answer, I assumed that the question would relate to Fauna and not Flora or any other inanimate object. As you wish to include the Harp (patriotic symbol) we can therefore take the following as the symbol of Ireland;

Wolfhound
Red Setter
Shamrock
Sessile Oak
Harp
Or Celtic cross

Honest:wink:

But the Harp is the OFFICIAL symbol of Ireland...

Honest - double :wink: with knobs on! :tongue::biggrin1:

 

[funnyguy]

The kiwi bird and the souther cross constilation.



What about the Silver Fern?

 

[koval]

Oh what the heck, Lets just choose one.

National emblem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[D_golden parachute]

Red Fox is blatantly the coolest British one

 

[ManlyBanisters]

Oh what the heck, Lets just choose one.

National emblem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah - I posted that link on the previous page too - note which one says 'official' next to it :biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1:

OK, OK - I'll stop now *hangs head in shame at the pedantry of it all*

 

[Mem]

Red Fox is blatantly the coolest British one

Red Foxx is the coolest American one.:wink:

 

[xemnasfury21]

Oddly enough I think ours is the Lion. A relic of the Empire days.

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Too right it is. Lions rock ass :biggrin1::biggrin1::biggrin1:

 

[midlifebear]

Since I was born in Canada (Kelowna, BC), I'll say
Official animal(s): the beaver (not the split kind); horses ridden by Mounties; and the ever-present Majestic Moose.

Of course, a big red maple leaf means a lot, too.



Coda: Best grafitti seen in a truck stop in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan --

"Why are you taking a dump here? Your asshole is in Ottawa!" followed by

"Joe Clark sucks dead bears." (it was 1979-80 at the time and you sort of had to be there, LOL!)

 

[got_lost]

In Wales we have 3 main ones

The Dragon

The Leek

The Daffodil

 

[Not_Punny]

USA's national symbol?

The Big Mac.

 

[D_Joseba_Guntertwat]

- UK is the Tudor rose

Ahem! I would expect an Irishman to know better.

Anyway, Scotland (where I'm originally from) has a few symbols - the lion, the unicorn, the thistle, the haggis - all of them tastefully presented in an understated way on our national coat of arms which you can see here:
Image:Kingdom of scotland royal arms.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[koval]

I've never said I was Irish, My profile just says that my location is in Ireland.:wink:

 

[D_Joseba_Guntertwat]

Sorry, wasn't paying attention.