Here he is, Clyde the thistle, mascot for the city of Glasgow, Scotland. An article in today’s online edition of The Scotsman reports he is “the gallus, Glaswegian face of the 2014 Commonwealth Games – complete with spiky purple haircut and cheeky grin” designed by a 12-year-old schoolgirl.

The article furth notes that “design experts were generally more positive about Clyde than…the London 2012 Olympic mascots, aliens Mandeville and Wenlock.”

Aye that!