The London Olympics Mascot is a dick!

Canadians upset with the British press's treatment of the Vancouver Olympics are having the last laugh after the newly introduced mascots for the London 2012 Summer Games were met with nearly instant derision.

The mascots, Mandeville and Wenlock, can only be described as one-eyed alien Teletubbies that even 1970s-era "Doctor Who" fans would find embarrassingly cheesy.

"I think this one is going to have to grow on people, it's not getting great reviews," CTV London Bureau Chief Tom Kennedy told Canada AM Thursday.

Organizers said the idea for the characters came from two drops of molten steel dropped while making the last girder for London's Olympic Stadium, and the mascots tested well with children.

Olympic organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said kids don't want cuddly animals as mascots and wanted "something they can interact with and something with a good story behind it,"

The mascots have been given a detailed backstory by children's author Michael Morpurgo.

Organizers had hoped to make about $25 million in merchandising sales of the mascots, Kennedy said.

But perhaps the designers might have thought of including a snickering teenager or two in those focus groups, because the Internet practically overloaded Wednesday in a rush to make comments about the mascots', er, phallic nature.

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I don't think they will see much of the mascot. look like an evil eye like the one in the LOTR. Furthermore, i think the mascot look gay. no offence but how can you differentiate which is male and which is female? One Eye Monster is also another term for Dick Head. Well, they will sure kick themselves in the ass or stick the monster into their ass for choosing this. LOL