No Traffic Cone Emoji. No Party.

Last week, Glasgow and Boston found themselves connected by an unexpected symbol: a traffic cone.

While the Tartan Army were enjoying themselves in Boston during the World Cup celebrations, I was back home in Glasgow, Scotland suffering from a serious case of FOMO.

So I decided to get involved.

I took a traffic cone, branded it with the word "Boston", and with the help of Content Creator Mark Thorburn, ex-professional footballer Zander Murray and videographer Grieg Middlemiss placed it on Glasgow's iconic Duke of Wellington statue to celebrate the twinning of our two cities.

What happened next was completely unexpected.

The videos have now generated millions of views, attracted international media attention, and even led to an interview with The Boston Globe 🤯

But during all of this, I discovered something ridiculous.

There is no traffic cone emoji.

For more than 40 years, the traffic cone sitting atop the Duke of Wellington statue has become one of Scotland's most recognisable cultural symbols.

What started as a funny prank in Glasgow evolved into something much bigger.

The cone represents our humour, community, creativity, and our refusal to take ourselves too seriously. It has become part of Glasgow's identity and, thanks to recent events, part of Boston's story too.

Yet despite being recognised around the world, there is still no official traffic cone emoji.

We have emojis for trolls, melting face, geese and even the eggplant! 

Surely it's time for a traffic cone.

We're calling on the Unicode Consortium to add a Traffic Cone Emoji to the official emoji keyboard.

A simple orange traffic cone.

Just a universally recognised symbol that millions of people would instantly understand and use.

Glasgow and Boston have already embraced the traffic cone.

Now it's time for the rest of the world to do the same.

Sign the petition and help make the Traffic Cone Emoji a reality.

No Traffic Cone Emoji. No Party.