flags

According to a book I found, the UK flag does in fact have an
official aspect ratio, and also official ratios of stripe widths,
namely:

        _ (technically the white part is flush with the left hand side)
       |
       |                                    (likewise, on the right
       |                                     side the red stripe is
       |                                     flush with the right edge)
       V
     | 6  |       17     | 2|  6 | 2|    17         | 1| 5|   __
:~8a.`~888a:::::::::::::::88......88:::::::::::::::;a8~".a888~ 3 (the white
::::~8a.`~888a::::::::::::88......88::::::::::::;a8~".a888~:::~~    bit)
:::::::~8a.`~888a:::::::::88......88:::::::::;a8~".a888~::::::
::::::::::~8a.`~888a::::::88......88::::::;a8~".a888~::::::::: 6
:::::::::::::~8a.`~888a:::88......88:::;a8~".a888~::::::::::::
::::::::::::  :~8a.`~888a:88 .....88;a8~".a888~:::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::::::~8a.`~888......88~".a888~::::::::::::::::::__
8888888888888888888888888888......8888888888888888888888888888 2
..............................................................~~
.............................................................. 6
8888888888888888888888888888......8888888888888888888888888888~~
::::::::::::::::::a888~".a88......888a."~8;::::::::::::::::::: 2 (the lower
:::::::::::::::a888~".a8~:88......88~888a."~8;::::::::::::::::~~ white part)
::::::::::::a888~".a8~::::88......88:::~888a."~8;::::::::::::: 6
:::::::::a888~".a8~:::::::88......88::::::~888a."~8;::::::::::__
::::::a888~".a8~::::::::::88......88:::::::::~888a."~8;::::::: 1 (whitebit)
:::a888~".a8~:::::::::::::88......88::::::::::::~888a."~8;::::--
a888~".a8~::::::::::::::::88......88:::::::::::::::~888a."~8;: 2 (red bit)
                                                               ^
                                                               |
-Evan M Corcoran-             (and on the bottom right hand,___/
                               the white and red stripes are
                               on the 'fly' edge, and the thick
                               white stripe is on the bottom)