The mascots for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are here and people reckon they look like walking clitorises in sneakers. That’s it. That’s the story.
They are called the Phryges, which is a word that has completely broken my Year 12 French-learning brain. Thank Christ that series of syllables never came up in an oral exam because I just know I would’ve been fighting for my life.
Obviously, they weren’t meant to resemble genitalia. The Phryges were modelled off Phrygian caps, which were worn during the French Revolution to symbolise the emancipation of slaves. The Smurfs also wore them, which is nice if you’re a Papa Smurf stan.
I feel like now is an appropriate time to unveil the aforementioned Phryges.
On vous présente la Phryge Olympique et la Phryge Paralympique ! Les mascottes de #Paris2024 Sportives, fêtardes… et françaises
Here are the Olympic Phryge and the Paralympic Phryge! The #Paris2024 mascots They are sporty, love to party… and are so French pic.twitter.com/plupKzQqNs
