Could you draw the Union Jack?

[sammyc]

(Before looking at the clip, of course. They got an outline to colour in, lucky them, which I didn't realise before I started my freehand abstract expressionist effort.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-495...the-union-jack

May or may not be simplicity itself to some/all of you lot, but I have to say I *may* have failed to achieve a perfect-or-nearest-offer representation.

Have a go and if you wish to embarrass yourself by posting your result I don't think it's treason (is it?)


Btw this is not a ploy to see who gets it 100% because they have Union Jack wallpaper in front of them, in order to draw out those who are on the brexity side of Hexus (Hexiters?)

[peterb]

They mean, of course, the Union Flag.

Traditionally it is only the Union Jack when it is worn on the jackstaff of a ship, although the terms tend to be used synonymously on recent times.

[philehidiot]

I have Union Flag:
Socks
Bow ties
Pants
Tie
Mugs
Cushion
Cocktail umbrellas
Flags

The Union Jack / Flag thing is traditional but some change was made in Royal Navy nomenclature a while back which saved me kicking a lot of people in the crotch and just barely forgiving them instead.

I would have a Union Flag on my motorbike but frankly these days I'd probably get run off the road. I was very disappointed that when I went to a black tie charity do wearing my usual Union Flag bow tie that I was referred to the "Brexit Party Boy". Never mind that this has been my get up for the past 15+ years, no. It's now political.

[sammyc]

..Never mind that this has been my get up for the past 15+ years, no. It's now political.

hijacked, one might say. I get the annoyance (of circumstances slewing a thing that pre-dates them), hence the tongue-in-cheek ref in the OP, because I did precisely mean, this is a post with no political object any more than if I'd ask if you could draw a bicycle.

Thank you Peter for flagging up my misnomer.

[Galant]

Good question. I know I wouldn't get the ratios exact in terms of the width of the bars, but getting the colours all correct.... I think I might have a go at that later on!

Takes me back to my old Cub Scout days. Used to love raising and lower and folding the flag.

[Xlucine]

I'm doubtful that anyone could get the offset on the northern ireland bit right without a reference

[JoeDorson]

Yeah, the St Patrick's diagonals threw me off, I couldn't remember which were on top and which on bottom

[Spud1]

Nope, but then I am not remotely patriotic and couldn't care less about which country has which flag.

I could of course recognise it and could have a good go, but getting it spot on? Very unlikely.