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 Posted - 04/09/2007 : 20:00:47
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While looking through Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, I was struck by the fact that Lord Bassam of Brighton does not display a Coat of Arms.
However, I gather that he is considering the matter and would welcome suggestions about the form this emblem should take, along with a suitable motto along the foot of it (not "Gotta Get to Greggs").
Naturally, being a man of the people, he does not want a parade of lions and eagles. To express solidarity with the hard-pressed London Road, Brighton, it would take a certain ingenuity to pass off a pair of tuna baguettes as something that would be approved by the College of Arms.
I hope we can rely upon people not to dwell upon Lord Bassam's squatting past and insinuate that a meter key should form part of this heraldic display.
Lord Bassam has, for some reason, specified that the colour Green should appear nowhere in his Coat of Arms.
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nightowl
Barsoom
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 21:12:29
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A Fosters larger can crossed by two hypodermic syringes seems appropriate for Brighton, don't you think...  |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 22:28:05
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| I don't know about a coat of arms but I have a handy motto for him. Nihili est - in vita priore ego imperator romanus fui |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 04/09/2007 : 22:31:50
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| Ah, Miriam! - what's the Latin for "ouch!"? |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5314 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2007 : 22:34:02
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| Et tu Brutus? |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
1237 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2007 : 22:39:43
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| I should think Steve is immune by now to any attempts at backstabbing! |
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea
United Kingdom
5314 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2007 : 22:44:28
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| True I suppose ... |
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin |
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Discworld
1166 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2007 : 20:44:06
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| Lord Bassam is attracted by the idea of the intertwined baguette substitutes as a symbol of "joined-up government" (a notion which was around in his heyday). |
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Daveb
Discworld
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Posted - 06/09/2007 : 20:55:47
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It will not have rampant lions on each side, that's for sure.
Squatting students, maybe. |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Martha Gunn
Barsoom
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Posted - 06/09/2007 : 21:28:07
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quote:
Originally posted by nightowl
A Fosters larger can crossed by two hypodermic syringes seems appropriate for Brighton, don't you think...
A black sack covered in seagull crap with the crossed syringes might be more apt? |
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Discworld
1166 Posts |
Posted - 07/09/2007 : 08:18:22
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| Yes, instead of proud lions the Coat of Arms could have a couple of the drugged, semi-snoozing dogs which are de rigueur for any of the city's self-respecting beggars. |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 12/09/2007 : 14:04:54
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| Lord Bassam feels that it would be a fitting tribute to Anita Roddick to incorporate a couple of Body Shop bottles in the Coat of Arms. |
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Daveb
Discworld
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Posted - 13/09/2007 : 22:56:55
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| Why not just staple Bassam to a duffle coat? |
We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you! |
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld
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Posted - 14/09/2007 : 09:26:39
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| A splash of red is a recognised heraldic device for all the backstabbing that goes on. |
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Posted - 23/09/2007 : 16:11:55
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| When the Coat of Arms is ready Lord Bassam plans to have a version of it decorating a cake to eat at the unveiling ceremony. |
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Lord Bassam's Coat of Arms