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British Arctic Territory Olympic Committee (Flag Hoax)

BATOC

All "British Arctic Territory" flags are hoaxes, developed by Clay Moss et al. on April Fools' Days

British Arctic Territory Olympic Committee flag
2026 Winter Olympics campaign flag

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British Arctic Territory

British Arctic Territory Olympic Committee flag

by Clay Moss, 1 April 2006

The BATOC has submitted a request for its own permanent territorial Olympic flag. OV grudgingly approved.
Clay Moss, 1 April 2006

2026 Winter Olympics campaign flag

by Clay Moss, 1 April 2006

Alert, BAT, is going to make a concerted effort to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. The British Arctic Territorial Olympic Committee, (BATOC) submitted a design to advertise their intention. Although the flag design itself is poor, it is consistent with other past local Olympic flags and was thus reluctantly approved by the OV.

Alert is not real optimistic about getting the nod to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. It is anticipated that the main hold up will be Alert's insistence that "real" winter sports be added to the Winter Olympic menu, and some of the stupider sports be removed. Snow ball fighting, artistic snow man making, speed snow man making, snow angel competition, polar bear wrestling, sled dog racing, iceberg surfing, frozen spit distance spitting, and one more "stand outside in freezing weather event that we haven't named yet competition" are a must while ice dancing's gotta go. Also, each country must sign a pact promising not to send any doofus athletes to the games. If any team is caught with doofus athletes, that country will forfeit its future Winter Olympics privileges. The IOC does have several years to mull things over, so we'll see.
Clay Moss, 1 April 2006

The BAT Olympic Committee has withdrawn its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. The two main reasons are that first, Olympics are insanely expensive to host and the BAT hasn't the money, and secondly, this year’s winter Olympics were deemed so boring that hardly anyone watched them here on television. Will the Winter Olympics even be a “thing” in 2026?
On the flag front, it means that the BAT will officially retire its first flag, that being the ALERT 2026 flag.
Clay Moss, 1 April 2018