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Thread poster: Daniel Frisano
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Jun 27, 2018

Is it just me or the Business Plus member logo looks a lot like a grenade if you don't look closely?

 
Tom in London
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? Jun 27, 2018

Daniel Frisano wrote:

Is it just me or the Business Plus member logo looks a lot like a grenade if you don't look closely?


Where is it?


 
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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Here... Jun 27, 2018

https://www.proz.com/business-membership

 
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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yes... Jun 27, 2018

Daniel Frisano wrote:

Is it just me or the Business Plus member logo looks a lot like a grenade if you don't look closely?


A hand grenade... or "bomba a mano" as we call it in Italian...


 
Tom in London
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No... Jun 27, 2018

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL wrote:

Daniel Frisano wrote:

Is it just me or the Business Plus member logo looks a lot like a grenade if you don't look closely?


A hand grenade... or "bomba a mano" as we call it in Italian...



No. My immediate perception is that it's the globe of the world.

I suppose it all depends on what our visual associations are.


Angie Garbarino
 
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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"if you don't look closely"... Jun 27, 2018

was the magic sentence... but I do agree that, if you look closely...

[Edited at 2018-06-27 11:56 GMT]


 
Lingua 5B
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Not really. Jun 27, 2018

The grenade has an oval egg-like shape and this logo has spherical shape like a Globe.

Btw, I can't believe someone started a thread about this.


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Tom in London
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No matter how closely Jun 27, 2018

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL wrote:

was the magic sentence... but I do agree that, if you look closely...

[Edited at 2018-06-27 11:56 GMT]


If you're never seen or held a hand grenade then you would not have that association - no matter how closely you look.

Anyway the point about a logo is that you don't look closely. Logos are about instant recognition.

How closely, or for how long, do you need to look at this logo to realise it's a "correct" tick?

Unknown


[Edited at 2018-06-27 12:04 GMT]


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Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
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Looks like... Jun 27, 2018

Tom in London wrote:


How closely, or for how long, do you need to look at this logo to realise it's a "correct" tick?

Unknown


[Edited at 2018-06-27 12:04 GMT]


a fishing hook to me...


 
Katalin Szilárd
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The 2nd logo Jun 27, 2018

reminds me of René Magritte's painting (The Treachery of Images) or left half of Poirot's mustache

[Edited at 2018-06-27 13:36 GMT]


 
Tom in London
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Candle Jun 27, 2018

And of course you'll instantly recognise this as a scented candle:

Unknown


 
Lingua 5B
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Looks like a bird. Jun 27, 2018

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL wrote:

Tom in London wrote:


How closely, or for how long, do you need to look at this logo to realise it's a "correct" tick?

Unknown


[Edited at 2018-06-27 12:04 GMT]


a fishing hook to me...


If you rotate it by 45 degrees to the right it looks like a bird with sharp peak and sharp tail.


 
Mirko Mainardi
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The perfect slogan to go with the grenade... Jun 27, 2018

"... 'cause Business membership iz da Bomb!"

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Jack Doughty
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Mills bomb Jun 27, 2018

The type of grenade we are talking about is the Mills bomb, used by the British Army in the Second World War. We've seen several other images, so I think we ought to see this one.

mills bomb

Yes, it is oval, not round, but there is a superficial resemblance.

Another business slogan could be the version of the Dwarf Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which goes:

"Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go,
With a bucket and spade and a hand grenade,
Heigh-ho,
Heigh-ho heigh-ho heigh-ho."

[Edited at 2018-06-28 06:04 GMT]


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