The Family Crest

I WAS browsing through Debretts Peerage the other day (as you do) ~ I bought it for 20p in a library sale ~ gawping at the odd, ridiculous and strange family crests of the honoured and "noble"... And thought I'd have a go at making my own.



So here we go.

Animals are very important in heraldry so we'll start with them.

The main feature will be a wise looking Akita dog, head cocked, one ear up, the other lopsing down:



At the sides I will have four chinchillas, two each side:



And this will be underlined by seven tiny roborovski pygmy hamsters all in a row:







Weapons are very important on family crests, so I'll have the chinchillas brandishing AK47s:



Obviously the Gledwoods will want to outdo other families' inferior arms, so I might well add a thermonuclear blast to mine:



O yeah. And last but not least, every family crest must have a logo or strapline thing in Latin (or more recently in English). If I don't have this in English, I will get it translated into Chinese (because it looks funkier)

... and it goes like this ~

"FIRST IN HONOUR; LAST IN THE DONKEY DERBY!"



Which looks like this in Chinese:

第一榮譽，最後在驢德比

And this in Japanese:

名誉では、ロバのダービーの最後の最初の

an unfortunate mistranslation ~ thanks very much, Google ~

The honor is the first end of the donkey derby ~!!



Have a cheery weekend!