The Swastika

[Simpo Two]

Any thoughts that I may be slightly bonkers have been knocked firmly into touch by whoever did this:

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Swastika

Wibble, and thrice wibble!

[mybrainhurts]

Gordon Brown's PR team, I would guess....

[Wacky Racer]

[Nobody You Know]

"The united states of Germania" made me laugh.

I spoke to a girl the other day (17 year old) who didn't even know what a Shwastika was? How can somebody in 6th form education not know this?

Admittedly I made the situation worse by drawing one in peanuts on the pub table to demonstrate.... more BNP accusations headed my way

[Asterix]

Nobody You Know said:

I spoke to a girl the other day (17 year old) who didn't even know what a Shwastika was? How can somebody in 6th form education not know this?

It is sad that she doesn't know.

Even more sad that the Swastika was taken from a spiritual sign.

[Killer2005]

Asterix said:

Nobody You Know said:

I spoke to a girl the other day (17 year old) who didn't even know what a Shwastika was? How can somebody in 6th form education not know this?

It is sad that she doesn't know.

Even more sad that the Swastika was taken from a spiritual sign.

Early Christian one?

[rabw]

[Asterix]

Killer2005 said:

Asterix said:

Nobody You Know said:

I spoke to a girl the other day (17 year old) who didn't even know what a Shwastika was? How can somebody in 6th form education not know this?

It is sad that she doesn't know.

Even more sad that the Swastika was taken from a spiritual sign.

Early Christian one?

Indian - The Sanskrit pronounciation is Svastika.

[nelson.tfr]

If you look closely above the first floor windows of the old council offices in Chelmsford, there are swastikas. The building is from the 20s or 30s, I'd guess.

[Eric Mc]

Official emblem of the Finnish (Blue) and Latvian (Red) air forces up until the end of WW2.

Finland





Latvia

Edited by Eric Mc on Wednesday 13th May 23:34

[Ganglandboss]

nelson.tfr said:

If you look closely above the first floor windows of the old council offices in Chelmsford, there are swastikas. The building is from the 20s or 30s, I'd guess.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/86102657@N00/151479227

[RDM]

You can also still see them on the ceiling of the main bier hall
in the HofBrau Haus in Munich. They've been disguised but you can
still make them out.

[Eric Mc]

The Swastika Laundry ran as a business in Dublin for seventy odd years.

[ewenm]

Asterix said:

Killer2005 said:

Asterix said:

Nobody You Know said:

I spoke to a girl the other day (17 year old) who didn't even know what a Shwastika was? How can somebody in 6th form education not know this?

It is sad that she doesn't know.

Even more sad that the Swastika was taken from a spiritual sign.

Early Christian one?

Indian - The Sanskrit pronounciation is Svastika.

IIRC the Nazi version is the mirror image of the Indian one. Not that many people would spot the difference.

[Eric Mc]

It is.

Swastikas can be in either orientation. The Nazi one (and the two air force ones I showed above) were the opposite to the Indian ones.

Many plastic model kits will not include Sawstikas in their decal sheets (because of legal probvlems in certain countries). Therefore, modellers, like me, have to buy sheets of Swastikas from specialist decal manufacturers.

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Eric Mc said:

Therefore, modellers, like me, have to buy sheets of Swastikas from specialist decal manufacturers.

I'm sorry, but that made me giggle

'What does your company make again?'

'Errr'.

[jesta1865]

Eric Mc said:

It is.

Swastikas can be in either orientation. The Nazi one (and the two air force ones I showed above) were the opposite to the Indian ones.

Many plastic model kits will not include Sawstikas in their decal sheets (because of legal probvlems in certain countries). Therefore, modellers, like me, have to buy sheets of Swastikas from specialist decal manufacturers.

IIRC they represent the rising and setting sun and are from the Hindu faith. Hence seeing them in both orientations.

Off to double check.

[Mexico.]

[GingerNinja]

Have a mate that works at the Royal Society, which used to be the German embassy back in the 1930s.....they were recently refitting the carpets, and apparently underneath was the original flooring, complete with inlayed Swastikas around the edges. Was quite eery apparently.

[Jgtv]

MY boss has a few off them around his house, few in his block paving drive and all sorts.
They are however the Hindu ones, not the Nazi ones.

It does always make me smile to see the milk on the door step in the middle of a big ol swastika.