Shanghai World Expo mascot unveiled!

And ... ummm ... what ... exactly .... is ... that?

From Xinhua:

The mascot was named Haibao, which literally means "treasure of the world". It is a blue smiling cartoon figure with curly hair and shaped like the Chinese character REN, or human being.

Oh. Okay.

Another point of view via our Contribute Page:

Does anyone else think the 2010 Expo mascot looks like a happy blue condom (complete with reservoir tip)?

It does look like something we vaguely recall from middle school sex-ed class. What do you guys think? Personally, we've had a longstanding phobia of white Keds — don't ask — so we're more afraid of the dancers.

Image from Yahoo! News.