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Republic of Shalampax An Inane Island in an Insane World | |
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Republic of Shalampax An Inane Island in an Insane World | |
The crest at the heart of our Coat of Arms is divided into four quadrants
because, after careful study, we came to the conclusion that dividing it
into any other number of quadrants would be semantically impossible. The
prestigious upper-left quadrant contains a stop sign. This was placed there
as a reminder of our overwhelming desire to keep outsiders away. We hope
that this image will quickly come to mind if, for even the briefest of
moments, you consider visiting us on your next vacation.
The yield sign in the upper-right quadrant of the crest represents the dominant sexual mores in Shalampax.
A fish was placed in the lower-left quadrant because fish are one of the
only two local foods in Shalampax. The other is coconuts. We tried putting
a coconut on the crest too, but reproduced at that size it looked more
like a battered bowling ball than a coconut. We feared that this would
be confusing as there are no bowlers or bowling alleys in Shalampax. Furthermore,
some people suggested that, rather than a bowling ball, the coconut looked
more like a testicle. Of course, that wasn't acceptiple because then women
would have wanted one of their body parts represented and the whole thing
would have gotten out of hand. There is, after all, only so much room on
the crest, so we dropped the coconut.
The cyclone and thundercloud in the bottom-right quadrant depict the weather that we experience in Shalampax nine days out of ten. (See climate.)
