Happy Thought for 11 April 2025
Ha ve a Happy Tho ught: Flags are a great way to show affiliation – with a team, or a social group, or, most often, a country. Flag design can be very in-depth, with vexillologists finding meaning in the smallest of details . For example, t he shape of the flag is very important – and while there are only two recognized countries with a square flag , the rectangularness 1 of other national flags varies quite a bit! So for example, the flag of the United States of America has a 10:19 ratio, while the New Zealand flag is a 1:2 ratio. 1 Definitely not a word, but you still get what I mean Image: Edward Mooney and Albert S Kirsch , 10 January 2000 However, the New Zealand Flag has a LOT more complexity on the inside, even using irrational numbers to define how the elements fit together. Image: the standardised sizing and placement of various elements of the New Zealand flag. Australia has kept their...