Worst 2012 Olympic Mascot? Dow's Faceless Hedge Man

'Hopeiary' annoys London athletes

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Meet the new faceless face of chemical conglomerate Dow. He (it?) is a giant green biped made of hedges, created by Draftfcb in Chicago. He goes to London and helps Olympic athletes train, mostly by getting in their way. He symbolizes the planet, which the ad points out, has "its own Olympic dream"—which is, not getting completely destroyed by humans. Of course, the planet doesn't actually have that dream. Planets don't dream, or walk around as anthropomorphic shrubs.

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