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UPDATE: The deadline for submissions was supposed to be today, Feb. 17. And we’ve gotten interesting submissions from as far away as Illinois and Portugal. But to give the armchair vexillologists out there some more time, I’ve extended the deadline to midnight, March 1. (See rules below.)

Because I know some of you might just be able to top this concept:

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News that Yvonne Fritz, an MLA and alderman for more than a quarter-century, will not seek re-election has brought to mind her most regrettably lasting contribution to this city.

The flag, which turns 31 this year. And I’m not sure that many think it’s stood the test of time.

It’s too Arby’s, or too Pac-Man, or just too damn 1980s. Fittingly, it was in 1984 that the design by Fritz (before she was an alderman) and co-designer Gwin Clarke won out over hundreds of submissions to a contest run by Calgary’s Junior Chamber.

“I think it holds up, compared to all the other choices,” said contest organizer Bruce Lee, who is not a kung fu legend. “It does the job.”