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Note first: The sad little hop

Note second: The random brick house they’re in front of, with a little park, and a random little rainbow painted for a backdrop.

Note third: They’re supposed to be evocative of cameras, presumably to remind people that they’re on CCTV at all times while they enjoy their stay in the British Isles.

Note fourth: One of the two of them is named for the town in which the first Paralympic Games were held. Nothing wrong with that, but perhaps they could have focused on, like, water sports, for their second mascot?

Note fifth: Why is he in space chaps?

Note sixth: Why are they basing this on the opinions of CHILDREN? Can the modern creative not come up with anything anymore without falling back on THAT old chestnut? “I am completely bereft of ideas and paralyzed by political correctness, so I’ll just poll a bunch of school children and use whatever hideous Frankenstein they come up with.”

My new favourite character on television is Tony Blair’s guest appearances on 30 Rock (you know what I mean). His line from last week (which, btw, was about the funniest half hour on television, ever), “I don’t want to go back to England; I can’t suffer through the London Olympics,” is just so, so true.